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FranceVFR Releases France VFR Obstacles & VFR Landmarks For MSFS
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/images/notams/notams20/fran1224.jpgObstacles & VFR landmarks - FRANCE is an add-on for Microsoft®Flight Simulator® covering the entire French territory anddesigned to add more than 500,000 landmarks to the scenery, includingvirtually all of the obstacles to navigation identified by the SIA(Service for Aeronautical Information), that have been qualified andgeo-referenced. The ambition of this product is to provide a true benchmark ofobstacles and landmarks for VFR simulated navigation. We have set up amonitoring and reporting system that allows to regularly specify,modify existing data and add new objects or object classes. Technical SpecificationsMore than 4000 obstacles identified by S.I.A. including: 1000 radio and television antennas, telecommunications towers1000 microwave towers and telecom transmitters200 cooling towers, smokestacks and flares1500 water towers130 lighthouseschurchesbiggest bridges and viaductsentire set of thermal and nuclear power plantsDetails of obstacles and landmarks included: 350 000 power towers with lighting in the vicinity of airports, representing virtually all High Voltage and Extra High Voltage networks3000 HV substations8500 windmills65,000 churches, cathedrals, basilicas, chapels and religious buildings55,000 agricultural greenhouse11,000 water towers16,000 agricultural silos12,000 industrial tanks14,000 antennas3500 lifts/cable carSource -
/images/notams/notams19/fran0624.jpgObstacles and VFR Landmarks - FRANCE is an add-on for LaminarResearch® X-Plane® that covers the entire French territoryand adds more than 500,000 obstacles and VFR landmark objects,including almost all the obstacles officially identified by the SIA(Aeronautical Information Service), which have been qualified andgeo-referenced. The product is designed to be compatible with alltypes of overlays including Simheaven overlay complements. Technical SpecificationsMore than 4000 obstacles identified by S.I.A. including: 1000 radio and television antennas, telecommunications towers1000 microwave towers and telecom transmitters200 cooling towers, smokestacks and flares1500 water towers90 lighthouseschurchesthermal and nuclear power plantsDetails of obstacles and landmarks included: 450,000 power towers with red/white markings in the vicinity of airports, representing virtually all High Voltage and Extra High Voltage networks3000 HV substations7500 windmills65,000 churches, cathedrals, basilicas, chapels and religious buildings55,000 agricultural greenhouse23,000 castles11,000 water towers5000 agricultural silos12,000 industrial tanks14,000 antennas3500 lifts/cable carMore information and screen shots on France VFR web site:www.francevfr.com
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/images/notams/notams19/fran0119.jpgObstacles & VFR Landmarks - " FRANCE" is an add-on forLockheed Martin® Prepar3D® covering the entire Frenchterritory and designed to add more than 500,000 landmarks to thescenery, including virtually all of the obstacles to navigationidentified by the SIA (Service for Aeronautical Information), thathave been qualified and geo-referenced. The ambition of this product is to provide a true benchmark ofobstacles and landmarks for VFR simulated navigation. We have set up amonitoring and reporting system that allows to regularly specify,modify existing data and add new objects or object classes. Technical SpecificationsMore than 4000 obstacles identified by S.I.A. including: 1000 radio and television antennas, telecommunications towers1000 microwave towers and telecom transmitters200 cooling towers, smokestacks and flares500 water towers130 lighthouseschurchesbiggest bridges and viaductsentire set of thermal and nuclear power plantsDetails of obstacles and landmarks included: 350 000 power towers with lighting in the vicinity of airports, representing virtually all High Voltage and Extra High Voltage networks3000 HV substations7500 windmills65,000 churches, cathedrals, basilicas, chapels and religious buildings55,000 agricultural greenhouse23,000 castles11,000 water towers5000 agricultural silos12,000 industrial tanks14,000 antennas3500 lifts/cable carLocations are geo-referenced to ensure compatibility with any othergeo-referenced product. Ojects design optimized to add thousandswithout significant loss of frame rate. "Obstacles & VFR landmarks - FRANCE" is compatible with all typesof add-ons, such as landclass or photo sceneries. It must be set inthe scenery library over "photo" and "landclass" sceneries and belowthe local sceneries such as airports. As "Obstacles & VFR landmarks - FRANCE" is built upongeo-referenced data, we recommend the combined use of a highresolution mesh such as France VFRA® NEXTMesh France. More informations and screen shots on France VFR web site: https://www.francevfr.com/product_orvfrap3d.htm