hi all,
i'm working on an overhead gps-like display to aid landings
(because i'm too lazy to bother with VOR, etc). so far, i've got a
graphical app that takes in lat/long/heading from FG's network io and
displays the heading, KSFO's runways, and a line from the current
location to KSFO.
this works reasonably well--i was able to land the 747 (which
seems to require you to line up about 5 miles out)--, and i'd like to
expand it a bit now so that you can dial in arbitrary airports, maybe
setup waypoints, and display the runways with more accuracy.
can anyone give me some advice on where to look to figure out
how to pull information about airports' runways out of FG's data
files? also, does anyone know of a reference regarding making
corrections for true north and calculating geodetics and distances
from lat/long ?
thanks,
rob
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Robert Melby
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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