
OUT file by selecting Outline files to plot, and then repainting an outline. You can now enable the display of the new. If it is an outline of, for example, an airfield, click "Yes" and PlanePlotter will make sure the that final point of the polygon coincides with the first point on which you clicked to make a closed loop. If the polygon is open ended, the start and end being in different places, answer "No".
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When you have completed the series of clicks to create the desired new outline, click new outline (or type upper case "G") once again and the system will ask you if you want to "close" the polygon. The preview will display in red although after it is complete, it will display in the colour defined by the TYPE code. After the first click, PlanePlotter will join the dots to display the outline that you have created as it grows. It might be the outline of a runway that is currently displayed in a satellite image or the outline of a restricted area currently displayed on the chart. When you have completed the dialog, press OK and then begin to click on the vertices of the new polygon that you want to create.
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The comment should be included in curly braces the TYPE code should match the default format the file name should end with ".OUT". OUT file, the TYPE code which defines the colour that will be used for the outline, and the name of the. A pop up dialog will ask for the comment field to be included in the.

Select new outline (or type upper case "G"). To use the tool, first open a calibrated map or a satellite view covering the area of the new. OUT file that can be used in PlanePlotter, by clicking on the vertices of any area currently displayed on the screen. The version on the web site now includes :

I have added a feature to PlanePlotter to make this easy.


Is there a simple idiots guide to creating an outline map? I have searched but most info seems to be about installing them.Hi Steve, OUT files in Notepad and recognised the lats and longs. I would like to add a 3nm circle around Old Warden aerodrome as this is the Restricted Airspace (Temporary) we will have established for each air display.
