Re: Ground observer position

On Sun, 29 May 2005 14:38:24 +0200, Sam wrote in message 
<[email protected]>:

> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to create a new view for my RC UAV. The view I would like
> is a ground observer, standing by the edge of the runway, near the
> aircraft.
> 
> This is the view section I have included in my aircraft-set file:
> 
> <location>
>   <ground-observer-lon-deg>48.6124</ground-observer-lon-deg>
>   <ground-observer-lat-deg>63.1243</ground-observer-lat-deg>
>   <ground-observer-alt-ft>123.5</ground-observer-alt-ft>
> </location>
> 
> <view>
>     <name>Ground Observer</name>
>     <type>lookat</type>
>     <config>
>       <eye-lat-deg-path>/location/ground-observer-lat-deg></eye-lat-d
>       eg-path>
>       <eye-lon-deg-path>/location/ground-observer-lon-deg</eye-lon-de
>       g>
>       <eye-alt-ft-path>/location/ground-observer-alt-ft</eye-alt-ft>
>       <eye-roll-deg-path>/sim/tower/roll-deg</eye-roll-deg-path>
>       <eye-pitch-deg-path>/sim/tower/pitch-deg</eye-pitch-deg-path>
>       <eye-heading-deg-path>/sim/tower/heading-deg</eye-heading-deg-p
>       ath>
> 
>       <at-model type="bool">true</at-model>
>       <at-model-idx type="int">0</at-model-idx>
>     </config>
>  </view>
> 
> 
> Questions:
> ----------------
> 1) When I add this to my file, the aircraft no longer loads (not
> displayed in the aircraft list) - which is not a good start!
> 
> 2) What should I specify in the location section, so that any airport
> can be chosen and the observer always stands next to the runway?
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> Sam

..this is not a FG FDM issue, but a FG-devel issue, so I CC&FU there.

..I just chked the FG-devel backtraffic for "tower view" back, and found
these posts and threads relevant to your idea:


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