POI’s, runways, airports etc all have correct altitude set in the location
object in world locationinfos, but custom waypoints altitude are fixed at
1640ft or 500m everywhere.
I’m on SU12 beta, but I think this is also the case in live.
This is problematic later on when trying to use the custom waypoints as the
altitude is incorrect. It would be much better if custom waypoint altitudes
were consistent with all the other info element altitudes. Can we get that
changed, or is there some special reason it’s like that?
Thanks!
See the data dumps below of a custom waypoint on a lake next to a POI.
The poi is not ~600ft higher than the lake, it’s level right beside it. In any
event, just click all over the map anywhere creating custom waypoints and
you’ll see the altitude is always 500m/1640ft, which makes it difficult to
use.
[Log] GenericWorldLocationInfoElement.setData: (LocationInfos.js, line 347)
[Log] Object (LocationInfos.js, line 348)
Example 1 __Type: “WorldLocationWaypoint”
__Type: “WorldLocationWaypoint”
altitude: {__Type: “DataValue”, ID: 0, icon: “”, name: “”, valueStr: “1640”,
…}
icao: “”
icon: “/Icons/Waypoints/WORLDMAP/ICON_MAP_FREELOCATION.svg”
image: “/Textures/Locations/GENERIC_CUSTOM.jpg”
latDMS: “47° 32’ 50.25" N”
lla: {__Type: “LatLongAlt”, lat: 47.54729080200195, long: 12.975679397583008,
alt: 500}
longDMS: “12° 58’ 32.45" E”
name: “Custom”
type: “navaid”
waypointInfos: Object
__Type: “WaypointInfos”
frequency: {__Type: “DataValue”, ID: 0, icon: “”, name:
“TT:MENU.WAYPOINT_FREQUENCY”, valueStr: “”, …}
tacanChannel: “”
waypointType: “TT:MENU.LOCATIONTYPE_WAYPOINT_CUSTOM”
Object Prototype
weather: {__Type: “WeatherData”, index: -1, locked: false, name: "fec 3’8 21c
- Large Loose Assemblages", category: “”, …}
wlType: 8
Example 2 __Type: “WorldLocationPOI”
[Log] GenericWorldLocationInfoElement.setData: (LocationInfos.js, line 347)
[Log] Object (LocationInfos.js, line 348)
__Type: “WorldLocationPOI”
altitude: {__Type: “DataValue”, ID: 0, icon: “”, name: “”, valueStr: “2215”,
…}
icon: “/Icons/Waypoints/WORLDMAP/ICON_MAP_LANDMARK.svg”
image: “/Textures/Locations/GENERIC_POI.jpg”
latDMS: “47° 32’ 41.08" N”
lla: {__Type: “LatLongAlt”, lat: 47.54474379122257, long: 12.972026467323303,
alt: 675.1640014648438}
longDMS: “12° 58’ 19.30" E”
name: “St. Bartholomew’s Church”
poiInfos: {__Type: “POIInfos”, POIType: “Point of Interest”, creator: “”}
type: “point of interest”
weather: {__Type: “WeatherData”, index: -1, locked: false, name: "fec 3’8 21c
- Large Loose Assemblages", category: “”, …}
wlType: 4
