We are upgrading The USFS Cabins webpage. (Go to Misty's Place, click on the USFS Cabins button). We have now added all of the cabins that came to us in the SAK package. At the same time, we've taken on the task of adding all of the "missing" cabins that Tongass X, PFJ and SAK do not include. Anything in BOLD type for the name is now "active". (Any location with "red" coordinates, is on our "due list).There is a link to the USFS cabin page for each particular cabin, there is a screenshot of the FSX cabin, a Plan-G map on how to get to the cabin, and a VFR flight plan that will guide you to it. There is also a GPS coordinate for the actual structure, and another for a starting point. (The starting point will position you at the location, adding the heading (given in degrees) will have you lined up correctly. Anything RTMM adds with have a green "R" after the cabin name. Look at the table LEGEND, a button is located at the top of each section, this will give you a key to the details on the page.
For the FSDiscover! fans among us. I do not yet have all the SAK cabins in the "mistycabins.dat" file. All of the previous cabin entries are there. But I've started at the top of the page and am coming down the list, adding the FSDiscover! data as I make the cabins and come down the list. You'll see I am working on the Chugach Forest area at present and have about half of those done. The new "missing" cabins added are as follows:
Admiralty Island Area
East Florence
Distin Lake
Hasselborg Creek
Lake Alexander
Lake Kathleen
Sportsman's Lake
Chugach National Forest
Aspen Flats
Beach River
Caribou Creek
Cooper Creek Campground
Crow Pass
Dale Clemens
Devils Pass
Double Bay
East Creek
Fox Creek
Goose Bay
Granite Creek Campground
Green Island ================= as of May 12, 2013
All of these are "new" locations for you to visit. I'll keep you posted on progress on this thread and would appreciate anything you see that needs improvement as this (long) journey continues. This will take some time, but it is a great way to "learn" the new areas. Flying the cabins is a great way for our newcomers to quickly get active finding locations and enjoying the beautiful scenery of our "home" area.
On "The Cabins" page, there is an installation button that takes you to a zip button where you can download the missing cabins we have so far. You'll see a date there that gives you the date of the latest entry. The README for this file is also updated, so all of the new cabins will be listed there in the addendum. If you would just like to see the work we are doing, you can click on the (P) and (M) after each cabin's name and you'll get a picture of the location and see the map to it.
Most of our cabin entries have been on water. Some of these new ones are land-locked. You will need a helicopter or a tundra wheeled aircraft. Note also, don't expect a runway or a helipad at any of these. Those that need a helicopter or Tundra are marked with H and T after the cabin name.
Dieter Linde is looking over my shoulder on this project to make sure we get the placement correct ... he will later follow up with a file that will update your Plan-G program with all the new waypoints. My thanks to Dieter (as always) for his input on this and so many other projects at RTMM.
The work will continue, as you will see at the page there are many cabins still missing, so this is just a beginning of a much longer project. I will keep you posted here...let us know what you think.