GOOD NEWS! Konstantin Kukushkin, who made EZ-Landmarks and is also the author of FSDiscover! sent me the "how to" so we can now put the Misty Database into FSDiscover! just like we used to with EZ-Landmarks. The new data file rtmm.dat can be found on the FAQ page under "F" (for FSDiscover!).
OK, there's the GOOD NEWS ... now the "bad". The database needs some "fixing up." We got many of the old Misty Moorings locations in it, and the new places are not there yet. I'll be going after this database from this moment forward fixing it up, making it more accurate, etc.
In FSDiscover! It will show up as a POINT OF INTEREST, (be sure your POI button is clicked "on"). You can make those a different color if you like. I have my Misty Database rtmm.dat set for "yellow" the rest are "green". this way you can see "our" stuff vs the GNIS database stuff. Also, with anything we put in, a "(mm)" will show after the entry on your screen. that way, you know that data point is from US and not GNIS.
For those of you using FSDiscover! We need your help. First of all, we have to clean up the database we've got. I'll be putting in the new scenery locations, etc. Also, GNIS changes now and then and there may be some duplicates, I'll be going after those too.
Once you cross into BC, it is a data point wasteland! GNIS, for some reason hasn't discovered BC yet! So we need a GREAT DEAL of help in that area. Almost nothing there is showing. As you see a river, lake, significant mountain ,etc ... slew to it (for a mountain slew to the top of it) ... and grab the GPS data for us. We will also need the altitude. Give us the proper name for it and the coordinates and we'll put it into the database.
I'll be updating the database quite a bit over the next couple of weeks. And I'll not be putting NOTAMs out for each time it changes, which will be several times a day. But to get the latest, go to the FAQ under FSDiscover! and grab it.
For those of you NOT YET using FSDiscover. You may or may not have a need for this program. I like to know what I'm seeing out the window. Once you see it, then if you are curious, you can google it and learn more about it. Many of the historical/cultural things in the Trip Tics come from seeing something out the window in FSDiscover, then hitting Google to learn about it. If you have no interest in such things, then this program is a waste of time for you. However, flying VFR and KNOWING the area cold is part of why you love flying Misty ... then this program is an absolute MUST HAVE. It costs about $29 US ... you WILL get your money's worth on this one ... especially since we can enhance it for our own purposes.
PLEASE send us correction and additions ... it's YOUR database too ... so help us get it "right." You can email us, but if you put the corrections here in this thread, then folks will see what is posted and that could cut down on duplicates. So put your corrections here.
Thanks for you help ...
Doug
UPDATE: All present locations as of 2/9/2011 are in the database. All old (non-existent) Misty Moorings locations are out of it.