Howto:Make an airport: Difference between revisions

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For changing [[scenery]] and airports you need [[TerraGear]]. This article will guide you through the process and link you to related articles.
For changing [[scenery]] and airports you need [[TerraGear]]. This article will guide you through the process and link you to related articles.


== What you need: ==
== What you need: ==
* [[TaxiDraw]]
* [[WorldEditor]]
* Runway layout data - either from the USA Airport & Scenery Database or from other free imagery
* Runway layout data - either from the USA Airport & Scenery Database or from other free imagery
* Other data (approach lighting systems, frequencies etc.) about the airport you want to make
* Other data (approach lighting systems, frequencies etc.) about the airport you want to make
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== Airport layout ==
== Airport layout ==
At first we have to define the runways and taxiways. So we use [[TaxiDraw]]. A tutorial about using TaxiDraw could be find here: http://taxidraw.sourceforge.net/taxidraw/tutorial.html
At first we have to define the runways and taxiways. So we use [[WorldEditor]].


So if we have done the airport in TaxiDraw, we save it as "ICAO.dat" (replacing ICAO with the ICAO code of your airport). That's the X-Plane fileformat, which is used by FlightGear too.
So if we have done the airport in TaxiDraw, we save it as "ICAO.dat" (replacing ICAO with the ICAO code of your airport). That's the X-Plane fileformat, which is used by FlightGear too.

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