>I haven't tried a lot of alternate airports but have been plopped right in >the middle of KGCN and C74 as well, so that must be the starting point and >then offsets somehow calculated from there--perhaps something like this? >http://baron.flightgear.org/pipermail/flightgear-cvslogs/2004-December/009252.html
>I have used quite a lot of other airports around the world, but not >the ones you mention, and I have never been placed anywhere except on >the threshold of the runway I have specified. I have on occasions >been displaced off to the side of a runway but this has almost always >been because I have been using an incorrect scenery file for the >version of FG I am running. To know if this is a bug or not I guess >you need someone else that uses these airports to confirm the >problem. Also you could check the lat/lon of the thresholds of the >runways at the airports concerned against the information for that >airport in the apt.dat.gz file. > >Having a quick look at the preferences.xml file I note that near the >top is areas to specify the airport and the runway. >Could you also say what OS you are using. >HTH >> >>Pat > >Cheers >Innis Thanks, Innis! Debian 2.4 via Libranet 2.8.1 I think I�m using the wrong lat/lon information. I specified: ~$ fgfs �-lat=41.1960000 �-lon=-96.1122778 �-airport-id=kmle �-aircraft=p51d-yasim �-heading=310 �-runway=30 from the AirNav page for KMLE but I should probably have used the runway-specific data � RUNWAY 30 Latitude: 41-11.563217N Longitude: 096-06.412900W Elevation: 1046.0 ft. Traffic pattern: left Runway heading: 303 magnetic, 309 true I�ll try ~$ fgfs �-lat=41-11.563217N �-lon=096-06.412900W �-airport-id=kmle �-aircraft=p51d-yasim �-heading=310 �-runway=30 when I get home tonight. I tried leaving out the latitude and longitude, thinking that the app might go fetch the relevant information about KMLE from apt.dat.gz with just a specification of KMLE, but then fgfs gave me a generic airport with runways going everywhere, a tower resembling KSFO and surrounding terrain which also appears to be KSFO. Pat _________________________________________________ FindLaw - Free Case Law, Jobs, Library, Community http://www.FindLaw.com Get your FREE @JUSTICE.COM email! http://mail.Justice.com _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
