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Post by walterleo on Aug 21, 2019 10:43:32 GMT
Hi Friends: MMPS or Puerto Escondido in the beautiful state of OAXACA in Mexico lies on the Pacific Coast an is frequented by sun bathers and surfers. The airport lies near the beach but at an altitude of 294 ft. So the view for the pilots apraoching from west is interesting and the altitude control should be done by the barometric altimeter not the radar altimeter.  Kind regards Walter |
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Aug 21, 2019 13:32:11 GMT
Depends if the default (or even customized) FS scenery is accurate or not .... in terms of its "surrounding" airport geography and elevation I mean.
Sometimes it´s not.
A classic example of this is the "default" MSFS represntation of Bogota/SKBO .... which shows it/the airport and it´s RWY´s to be situated on an elevated table/plateau .... which it´s "not" in reality.
It seems that in most cases MSFS reproduces the actual default airport altitudes/elevtions correctly .... but .... in many instances the elevation of their surrounding terrain is "lss accurately" represented .... and which can then see airports, and their RWY´s, either elevated on a mountainous rises/plateaus (resulting in and aircraft carrier-like appearance) or even recessed within a ditches/canals.
I make this comment as "general observtion only" in regard to MSFS "default" scenery (because I´ve seen several examples of what I describe in FS) and "not in regard to" the MMPS/Puerto Escondido scenery presented made by Walter .... because I don´t know the R/W airport (he´s referring to) or any of its surrounding geogrphy.
Mark C
AKL/NZ
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Post by walterleo on Aug 21, 2019 15:50:42 GMT
Hi:
ITS an addon scenery. I Had the pleasure to be there ITS more or Less so. In the Default scenery the altitude is correct but Not the Surroundings. AS in many places Stock FS scenery smoothens the ragged Terrain.
Kind regards
Walter
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Post by walterleo on Aug 22, 2019 10:06:11 GMT
Hi:  Foto of real MMPS rwy 27, one can see that at the end the terrain falls down steeply, MMPS is sitting on a hill. The addon scenery LOD8 terrain mesh of Mexcio Projecto Real seems to be correct. Kind regards Walter |
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