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Started by jetsmell, May 04, 2017, 02:54:40 PM

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jetsmell

How do I get the Plan Elevation box to work?

dempsey

Once you have defined a flight plan then you watch the elevations for the flight plan via View -> Plan Elevation.

However, if you mean that you don't see any elevation then you have to manually "install" the map elevations first:

  • Go to https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/topo/gltiles.html and download the elevation tiles you need; e.g. as .zip files (a10g.zip, etc.)
  • Unzip those files into the directory: <user-name>/My Documents/Plan-G Files/DEM/  (e.g. a10g, b10g, etc.)
  • Start Plan-G and you should be back in business.
Dempsey

X-Plane 11.25, Plan-G 3.2.1.151

jetsmell

Do I have to do that every time I file a new flight plan?

tim arnot

You only need to install them once.

Tim. @TimArnot