SGunard Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 H Everyone, I recently bought Tongass Fjords to adjoin my existing OrbX regions and have been having fun exploring, looking for the forest cabins and buzzing the freeware shipping I installed from the Misty Moorings site. What has really helped the enjoyment factor are the four maps that installed onto my system along with the scenery. I managed to get them printed onto A3 sheets which I have laminated. My question is: does anyone know of anywhere I can get maps of the same scale for the OrbX regions? I appreciate that the Tongass Fjords scenery is somewhat smaller than the OrbX regions and would require more maps, but I would prefer more maps at the same scale as the Tongass ones rather than the same number of maps but at a smaller scale. Regards, Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holger Sandmann Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Hi Steve, the Tongass maps were based on the US VFR Terminal Area Raster charts, which you can download here -- http://aeronav.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=aeronav/applications/VFR/chartlist_tac -- and then annotate as needed (in Photoshop or similar) using our Google Earth .kmz overlays as a guide. Those same maps (and more) can be browsed online at http://skyvector.com/ . The corresponding Canadian charts -- http://www.navcanada.ca/NavCanada.asp?Language=en&Content=ContentDefinitionFiles\Publications\AeronauticalInfoProducts\Charts\VTA\default.xml -- are not yet officially available for download and thus need to be purchased as hardcopies. My favorite mapset for Alaska is the Delorme Gazetteer -- http://www.amazon.com/Alaska-Atlas-Gazetteer-DeLorme/dp/0899332897 -- as it has much more topographical detail than the VFR charts. Cheers, Holger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Terry Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Would not Plan G give you all you need in lieu of a hard copy map? Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGunard Posted June 19, 2013 Author Share Posted June 19, 2013 Thanks for the replies guys. Holger: Thanks for the links, I'll check those out later, when I get home from work, but they sound like they fit the bill precisely Ken: I have PlanG installed at home but can only print A3 at work (with permission I might add!). Since I only have a single screen, and no ipad or tablet, a hard copy is the best way for me. I've tried running PlanG in the background but my machine is more than 6 years old and the hit on frame rates is just too high! Regards Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdguy Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 The DeLorme Gazetteers are excellent hard copy atlases for VFR flying Holger. I have a set for all the Western states including Alaska. I also use a hi-liter to trace railroad routes for my train simulator on them. Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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