Re: New ILS at CYBR

Ron Jensen <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.games.flightgear.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Monday 12 September 2011 18:10:40 trennor turcotte wrote:
> CYBR has recently installed an ILS/DME on rwy 08:
>
>  localizer 110.1, IBR, .. -... .-. , DME 110.1, Ch 38, Runway is 083
> degrees, 1593 (250) (I'm assuming this is the glideslope) This information
> is from the most recent Canadian Airports Manual, issued this year. Local
> pilots believe this ILS is a CAT III, but nothing was said on the Airports
> page about its category.
>
> My question is, how would I go about getting this ILS onto our MPMap? I'm
> no programmer, so any instructions would please need to be step by step,
> assuming I know absolutely nothing about placing objects etc. onto scenery
> (which would be a very true assumption; I know nothing about it.) Would
> someone please advise me, or put me on to someone who might undertake this
> little project? Thanks in advance.
>
> Tren

So, adding nav-aids to flightgear is actually pretty easy. But we need to know 
exactly where the localizer and DMEs are. Exactly meaning a latitude and 
longitude pair to 4 or 5 decimal places...

Getting them added in MP Map is just a matter of getting the right person to 
update his database.

Ron

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