Things To See In FS9

[Randy L.]

I thought this would be a good place to start to find interesting scenic
objects in FS9. Scroll half-way down the page and you will find a table of
scenic objects and the lat.& long. coordinates. I know this table is for
FS2000, but so far all of the places that I have checked have also been
accurate for FS9, and I think this is a good place to start. I have also
found hot air balloons near Deer Valley, Ariz. and stone faces on Easter
Island. It's almost like a scavenger hunt! I hope others post interesting
scenic objects that they have found.

Randy L.

http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulator/fs2000_articles_scenicFS.asp

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[fred]

How about visiting Taj Mahal at N27* 10.66'E78* 3.07' From Agra, India. VIAG
RW5. Hdg 080.
See http://home.hccnet.nl/f.braaksma/docs/tajmahal/tajmahal1.html

fred

"Randy L." > wrote in message
...
> I thought this would be a good place to start to find interesting scenic
> objects in FS9. Scroll half-way down the page and you will find a table of
> scenic objects and the lat.& long. coordinates. I know this table is for
> FS2000, but so far all of the places that I have checked have also been
> accurate for FS9, and I think this is a good place to start. I have also
> found hot air balloons near Deer Valley, Ariz. and stone faces on Easter
> Island. It's almost like a scavenger hunt! I hope others post interesting
> scenic objects that they have found.
>
> Randy L.
>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulator/fs2000_articles_scenicFS.asp
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[A.A. Fussy]

Quite interesting is Brisbane and Sydney terminal buildings-both look like
what is currently there-even the closed Sydney Express terminal is there-and
both are quite update to date. Good, relaistic scenery there with Intel
Extreme Graphics (82845G)
"Randy L." > wrote in message
...
> I thought this would be a good place to start to find interesting scenic
> objects in FS9. Scroll half-way down the page and you will find a table of
> scenic objects and the lat.& long. coordinates. I know this table is for
> FS2000, but so far all of the places that I have checked have also been
> accurate for FS9, and I think this is a good place to start. I have also
> found hot air balloons near Deer Valley, Ariz. and stone faces on Easter
> Island. It's almost like a scavenger hunt! I hope others post interesting
> scenic objects that they have found.
>
> Randy L.
>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulator/fs2000_articles_scenicFS.asp
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[Bill Irvine]

Rapanui:
http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~ito-nori/e11.htm
Easter Island is one of the most isolated places on Earth. The island is
over 3,000Km far from nearest lands, Tahiti and Chile. Just four B767
flights a week between Santiago and Tahiti stop over here, the two are east
bound and the others are west bound. When the airplane arrives, the small
terminal building is crowded with the people who had come to meet or to see
off passengers.

fs9: SCIP Mataveria, 11000' runway Isla de Pascua; S27*09 W109*26

bill

p.s. gee, why didn't you look in fs9?

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http://members.shaw.ca/ssvb/aug03/fs9grandcanyon.JPG
In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.


"Neil E. Baird" > wrote in message
...
> Could you give lat long for easter island and name/callsign of nearest
> airstrip as I could not find it. Also if there isnt an airstrip on the
> island itself could you help me with the course to the island from nearest
> airstrip? Thanks.
>
> "Randy L." > wrote in message
> ...
> > I thought this would be a good place to start to find interesting scenic
> > objects in FS9. Scroll half-way down the page and you will find a table
of
> > scenic objects and the lat.& long. coordinates. I know this table is for
> > FS2000, but so far all of the places that I have checked have also been
> > accurate for FS9, and I think this is a good place to start. I have also
> > found hot air balloons near Deer Valley, Ariz. and stone faces on Easter
> > Island. It's almost like a scavenger hunt! I hope others post
interesting
> > scenic objects that they have found.
> >
> > Randy L.
> >
> >
>
http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulator/fs2000_articles_scenicFS.asp
> >
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[Neil E. Baird]

"Bill Irvine" > wrote in message
. ca...
> Rapanui:
> http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~ito-nori/e11.htm
> Easter Island is one of the most isolated places on Earth. The island is
> over 3,000Km far from nearest lands, Tahiti and Chile. Just four B767
> flights a week between Santiago and Tahiti stop over here, the two are
east
> bound and the others are west bound. When the airplane arrives, the small
> terminal building is crowded with the people who had come to meet or to
see
> off passengers.
>
> fs9: SCIP Mataveria, 11000' runway Isla de Pascua; S27*09 W109*26
Is that Easter island itself? I found that but wasnt sure if it was the
right island as there was nothing to see there.
>
> bill
>
> p.s. gee, why didn't you look in fs9?
>
> --
> Bill Irvine
> http://members.shaw.ca/ssvb/aug03/fs9grandcanyon.JPG
> In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.
>
>
> "Neil E. Baird" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Could you give lat long for easter island and name/callsign of nearest
> > airstrip as I could not find it. Also if there isnt an airstrip on the
> > island itself could you help me with the course to the island from
nearest
> > airstrip? Thanks.
> >
> > "Randy L." > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I thought this would be a good place to start to find interesting
scenic
> > > objects in FS9. Scroll half-way down the page and you will find a
table
> of
> > > scenic objects and the lat.& long. coordinates. I know this table is
for
> > > FS2000, but so far all of the places that I have checked have also
been
> > > accurate for FS9, and I think this is a good place to start. I have
also
> > > found hot air balloons near Deer Valley, Ariz. and stone faces on
Easter
> > > Island. It's almost like a scavenger hunt! I hope others post
> interesting
> > > scenic objects that they have found.
> > >
> > > Randy L.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulator/fs2000_articles_scenicFS.asp
> > >
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> > >
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"B-Ware" > wrote in message >...
> Re my previous post....
> ... if you find the Rock of Gibraltar, let me know!
>
> Peter

http://www.gibnet.com/images/slim.htm

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[Boudewijn van Ingen]

On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 20:33:56 GMT, "Neil E. Baird"
> wrote:

>
>"Bill Irvine" > wrote in message
. ca...
>> Rapanui:
>> http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~ito-nori/e11.htm
>> Easter Island is one of the most isolated places on Earth. The island is
>> over 3,000Km far from nearest lands, Tahiti and Chile. Just four B767
>> flights a week between Santiago and Tahiti stop over here, the two are
>east
>> bound and the others are west bound. When the airplane arrives, the small
>> terminal building is crowded with the people who had come to meet or to
>see
>> off passengers.
>>
>> fs9: SCIP Mataveria, 11000' runway Isla de Pascua; S27*09 W109*26

>Is that Easter island itself? I found that but wasnt sure if it was the
>right island as there was nothing to see there.

Yes it is. I made the same mistake in FS2002 you're probably making
now: You'll have to turn on as much detail as possible on the grafix,
and look very close to see the statues. There are many of them, but
they are pretty small from the air.

Best would be to land your 'heavy' there, then take a helicopter for a
tour around the island, up close, slow and low.


--
Groeten,
Boudewijn.

[Neil E. Baird]

I don't know whats going on. I must have covered every inch of that island
and still cant find those statues. I cranked up all the settings as high as
they go. Maybe they are where all those missing brides are.(LOL). I also
didnt know Easter Island had another name.

"Boudewijn van Ingen" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 20:33:56 GMT, "Neil E. Baird"
> > wrote:
>
> >
> >"Bill Irvine" > wrote in message
> . ca...
> >> Rapanui:
> >> http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~ito-nori/e11.htm
> >> Easter Island is one of the most isolated places on Earth. The island
is
> >> over 3,000Km far from nearest lands, Tahiti and Chile. Just four B767
> >> flights a week between Santiago and Tahiti stop over here, the two are
> >east
> >> bound and the others are west bound. When the airplane arrives, the
small
> >> terminal building is crowded with the people who had come to meet or to
> >see
> >> off passengers.
> >>
> >> fs9: SCIP Mataveria, 11000' runway Isla de Pascua; S27*09 W109*26
>
> >Is that Easter island itself? I found that but wasnt sure if it was the
> >right island as there was nothing to see there.
>
> Yes it is. I made the same mistake in FS2002 you're probably making
> now: You'll have to turn on as much detail as possible on the grafix,
> and look very close to see the statues. There are many of them, but
> they are pretty small from the air.
>
> Best would be to land your 'heavy' there, then take a helicopter for a
> tour around the island, up close, slow and low.
>
>
> --
> Groeten,
> Boudewijn.

[Kevin Reilly]

On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 Neil E. Baird wrote:

>I don't know whats going on. I must have covered every inch of that island
>and still cant find those statues. I cranked up all the settings as high as
>they go.

That may be part of the problem. With all settings full I couldn't have
found those heads if they'd been jumping up and down and waving at me.
They blend in too well with the terrain textures and especially the
autogen trees.

Try turning autogen off, leave other scenery settings on high, then drop
terrain specs (mesh detail, texture size etc.) to minimum. Now fly
SLOWLY around the coast. Once you spot a head you can crank the details
back up.

Alternatively, go to the coordinates in the screen shot:

http://www.denali.org.uk/fs2004/easter.jpg

--
Kev
__________________________________________________ ________________________
"I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country."
Ian Rush

[fred]

I found even a fallen statue. Face looking right ito the sky. First thought
it was a strange shaped rock.
The MS people gave us nice suprises.

fred

"Kevin Reilly" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 Neil E. Baird wrote:
>
> >I don't know whats going on. I must have covered every inch of that
island
> >and still cant find those statues. I cranked up all the settings as high
as
> >they go.
>
> That may be part of the problem. With all settings full I couldn't have
> found those heads if they'd been jumping up and down and waving at me.
> They blend in too well with the terrain textures and especially the
> autogen trees.
>
> Try turning autogen off, leave other scenery settings on high, then drop
> terrain specs (mesh detail, texture size etc.) to minimum. Now fly
> SLOWLY around the coast. Once you spot a head you can crank the details
> back up.
>
> Alternatively, go to the coordinates in the screen shot:
>
> http://www.denali.org.uk/fs2004/easter.jpg
>
> --
> Kev
> __________________________________________________ ________________________
> "I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country."
> Ian Rush
>

[Boudewijn van Ingen]

On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 11:34:19 +0100, Kevin Reilly
> wrote:

>On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 Neil E. Baird wrote:
>
>>I don't know whats going on. I must have covered every inch of that island
>>and still cant find those statues. I cranked up all the settings as high as
>>they go.
>
>That may be part of the problem. With all settings full I couldn't have
>found those heads if they'd been jumping up and down and waving at me.
>They blend in too well with the terrain textures and especially the
>autogen trees.

Yes, I guess I should have been more specific about this. The real
"Isla de Pascua" (a quite literal translation of "Easter Island")
apparently does not have many trees, as I learned here, just like you
do now.. ;-)

>Try turning autogen off, leave other scenery settings on high, then drop
>terrain specs (mesh detail, texture size etc.) to minimum. Now fly
>SLOWLY around the coast. Once you spot a head you can crank the details
>back up.
>
>Alternatively, go to the coordinates in the screen shot:
>
> http://www.denali.org.uk/fs2004/easter.jpg

Indeed, from the runway, you could even taxi to some statues,
following the 'roads'. If you go northeast from the tower, starting a
clockwise tour around the island, you'll find groups of statues every
mile or so.


--
Groeten,
Boudewijn.

[John Ward]

Hi Boudewijn,

Or d/l the Jaguar XK120 car and drive around?

Regards,
John
"Boudewijn van Ingen" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 11:34:19 +0100, Kevin Reilly
> > wrote:
>
> >On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 Neil E. Baird wrote:
> >
> >>I don't know whats going on. I must have covered every inch of that
island
> >>and still cant find those statues. I cranked up all the settings as high
as
> >>they go.
> >
> >That may be part of the problem. With all settings full I couldn't have
> >found those heads if they'd been jumping up and down and waving at me.
> >They blend in too well with the terrain textures and especially the
> >autogen trees.
>
> Yes, I guess I should have been more specific about this. The real
> "Isla de Pascua" (a quite literal translation of "Easter Island")
> apparently does not have many trees, as I learned here, just like you
> do now.. ;-)
>
> >Try turning autogen off, leave other scenery settings on high, then drop
> >terrain specs (mesh detail, texture size etc.) to minimum. Now fly
> >SLOWLY around the coast. Once you spot a head you can crank the details
> >back up.
> >
> >Alternatively, go to the coordinates in the screen shot:
> >
> > http://www.denali.org.uk/fs2004/easter.jpg
>
> Indeed, from the runway, you could even taxi to some statues,
> following the 'roads'. If you go northeast from the tower, starting a
> clockwise tour around the island, you'll find groups of statues every
> mile or so.
>
>
> --
> Groeten,
> Boudewijn.

[Boudewijn van Ingen]

On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 09:41:55 +1000, "John Ward"
> wrote:

>Hi Boudewijn,
>
> Or d/l the Jaguar XK120 car and drive around?

It "skids" around, rather than driving, in my experience. ;-)

But yes, that is an option. ;-)

[snip]


--
Groeten,
Boudewijn.

[John Ward]

I think its readme files say something about having AutoRudder on, or is it
off - anyway. :-))

Regards,
John
"Boudewijn van Ingen" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 09:41:55 +1000, "John Ward"
> > wrote:
>
> >Hi Boudewijn,
> >
> > Or d/l the Jaguar XK120 car and drive around?
>
> It "skids" around, rather than driving, in my experience. ;-)
>
> But yes, that is an option. ;-)
>
> [snip]
>
>
> --
> Groeten,
> Boudewijn.

[Neil Trotter]

In article >, Boudewijn van
Ingen said:

> Yes, I guess I should have been more specific about this. The real
> "Isla de Pascua" (a quite literal translation of "Easter Island")
> apparently does not have many trees, as I learned here, just like you
> do now.. ;-)

Does anyone here know *why* there are so few trees?

And since at least one person in this thread has found a statue
(upturned), I wonder if should be called Easter Egg Island?

Sometimes I crack myself up.


--
Neil Trotter, Canewdon, UK

[Al Denelsbeck]

Neil Trotter > wrote in
:

> In article >, Boudewijn van
> Ingen said:
>
>> Yes, I guess I should have been more specific about this. The real
>> "Isla de Pascua" (a quite literal translation of "Easter Island")
>> apparently does not have many trees, as I learned here, just like you
>> do now.. ;-)
>
> Does anyone here know *why* there are so few trees?


The consensus at this point seems to be "because they were all cut
down".

If you dig around at
http://jcolavito.tripod.com/lostcivilizations/id12.html, you can find some
mention of the tree issue. Best to ignore everyting related to the nutcase
von Daniken (repeatedly misspelled on this page).

With trees on the island, moving and erecting the statues becomes
less of a mystery.


- Al.

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[Mark Cherry]

In . ca,
Bill Irvine wrote:

> Rapanui:
> http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~ito-nori/e11.htm
> Easter Island is one of the most isolated places on Earth. The island
> is over 3,000Km far from nearest lands, Tahiti and Chile.

Sorry to quibble about the definition of 'nearest land' but Sala-y-Gomez island
is less than 5° away (~300nm), to the east; Ducie Island is about 15° to the
west. Then you've got Pitcairn Island, Totegegie (which has an NDB on it) and
the islands of the Tuamoto ridge between there and Tahiti. For literal
remoteness, maybe Ascension Island (which has an airbase), or Bouvetoya
(Antarctic Ocean, approx S55 E003:30) could give it a run for its money?

In as far as Easter Island's neighbouring isles being inaccessable by air, to
all but helicopters and only then if they've got the range, then you've got a
point.


> fs9: SCIP Mataveria, 11000' runway Isla de Pascua; S27*09 W109*26

Landed there not so long ago on a RTW flight, in FS98. Quite a long drag, from
Santiago, even in a 757. FWIW, the stone heads have been present in the default
scenery since FS98, AFAIK.

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Mark

[Mark Cherry]

In ,
Kevin Reilly wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 Neil E. Baird wrote:
>
>> I don't know whats going on. I must have covered every inch of that
>> island and still cant find those statues. I cranked up all the
>> settings as high as they go.
>
> That may be part of the problem. With all settings full I couldn't
> have found those heads if they'd been jumping up and down and waving
> at me. They blend in too well with the terrain textures and
> especially the autogen trees.

Trees? On Easter Island? ROFL The curse of auto-gen!

To quote the back of the box :-
"As you fly above cities, towns and phot-realistic airports, you'll see dramatic
landscapes and vegetation taking shape that are *true to the native terrain*"
{my emphasis}. Somebody hasn't done their research.

As any documentary addict (me, for instance) will tell you, there ain't no trees
left on Easter Island. The indigenous people cut them all down, probably to roll
statues from place to place on, until there were no trees left. (Statue building
had become an inter-tribal competitive sport, the experts reckon). By the time
Captain Cook got there, most of them had starved to death. The remainder were
basically at war and/or eating each other because they couldn't make boats, or
even simple dugout canoes to go fish from.

I wonder what happens with auto-gen as you fly through the Brazilian rain
forest?

I apologize for this post being of no technical assistance whatsoever but I
couldn't help myself.

--
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Mark

[paul s]

Mark Cherry wrote:
> In ,
> Kevin Reilly wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 Neil E. Baird wrote:
>>
>>> I don't know whats going on. I must have covered every inch of that
>>> island and still cant find those statues. I cranked up all the
>>> settings as high as they go.
>>
>> That may be part of the problem. With all settings full I couldn't
>> have found those heads if they'd been jumping up and down and waving
>> at me. They blend in too well with the terrain textures and
>> especially the autogen trees.
>
> Trees? On Easter Island? ROFL The curse of auto-gen!
>
> To quote the back of the box :-
> "As you fly above cities, towns and phot-realistic airports, you'll
> see dramatic landscapes and vegetation taking shape that are *true to
> the native terrain*" {my emphasis}. Somebody hasn't done their
> research.

And there's trees in Antartica, I've seen them in FS. Autogen at it's
best...NOT!

> As any documentary addict (me, for instance) will tell you, there
> ain't no trees left on Easter Island. The indigenous people cut them
> all down, probably to roll statues from place to place on, until
> there were no trees left. (Statue building had become an inter-tribal
> competitive sport, the experts reckon). By the time Captain Cook got
> there, most of them had starved to death. The remainder were
> basically at war and/or eating each other because they couldn't make
> boats, or even simple dugout canoes to go fish from.
>
> I wonder what happens with auto-gen as you fly through the Brazilian
> rain forest?

Icebergs and Glaciers??

> I apologize for this post being of no technical assistance whatsoever
> but I couldn't help myself.

--
Paul S

[Kevin Reilly]

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 Mark Cherry wrote:

>Trees? On Easter Island? ROFL The curse of auto-gen!

Well to be fair there are one or two scattered around. Probably planted
quite recently by resort owners and well-meaning environmentalists but
they are there. Some good photos at http://www.islandheritage.org/

But granted it's nothing like the virtual forest that FS renders. Maybe
there's a wishful-thinking tree-hugger on the FS scenery team? :)

--
Kev
__________________________________________________ ________________________
"Because elderly people find it difficult to climb the hill at Castle
Green, Kenilworth, a seat is to be provided at the top by the
District Council." Local newspaper

[Mark Cherry]

In ,
paul s wrote:

>>
>> To quote the back of the box :-
>> "As you fly above cities, towns and phot-realistic airports, you'll
>> see dramatic landscapes and vegetation taking shape that are *true to
>> the native terrain*" {my emphasis}. Somebody hasn't done their
>> research.
>
> And there's trees in Antartica, I've seen them in FS. Autogen at it's
> best...NOT!

Uhhhnnnn. Will somebody save us from these people? We can only hope... ;-)


>> I wonder what happens with auto-gen as you fly through the Brazilian
>> rain forest?
>
> Icebergs and Glaciers??

LOL 'That would be cool', he lied, unconvincingly.


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Mark
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[Mark Cherry]

In ,
Kevin Reilly wrote:

> On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 Mark Cherry wrote:
>
>> Trees? On Easter Island? ROFL The curse of auto-gen!
>
> Well to be fair there are one or two scattered around. Probably
> planted quite recently by resort owners and well-meaning
> environmentalists but they are there. Some good photos at
> http://www.islandheritage.org/

I think I can take your word for it. I was only going by what I've seen and
that's restricted to what I've seen on the old goggle-box.

> But granted it's nothing like the virtual forest that FS renders.
> Maybe there's a wishful-thinking tree-hugger on the FS scenery team?
> :)

A distinct possibility.


--
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Mark