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[durangoflyer]

Like the topic says.... I wanted a way to view my current position in XP10 without having to pause the simulation to open the local map in the sim, so I created my own custom application to grab the UDP data gram and build a KML file that is read by Google Earth on a timer. I can specify the eye level for the zoom and provide a custom icon for the aircraft position. I run this on my laptop over a wireless link sitting next to my XP10 monitor.

Development was done in Visual Studio Express 2010 as a WPF Tray Application in C#. I use IPEndPoint and UDPClient objects on an interval timer to fetch the data and a BinaryReader to parse it out into Lat and Long for the file which is just an XML File. Google Earth is setup with a new Network File pull to the location on a interval of 2-5 seconds.

Sectional Overlay: I found a KML link file called Aero_Charts that allows me to toggle a sectional chart on and off for my location.

If anyone is interested in trying this tool, I am close to having something to distribute.

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[Cameron]

Sounds awesome! I would be interested in keeping updated with this and anything you'd like to share with us!

[durangoflyer]

I use this all the time now and it is working really nice. Several things I plan to work on before I share this:
1. More robust UDP functionality. I need to put more error trapping among other things.
2. Put a slider control on the KML setting for the Eye Level so you can change the height quickly.

[OlaHaldor]

Very, very interesting! Would love to try this.