simmerhead2 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 I've just been visiting your product page and notices two things. 1) Please note that the Arctic Ocean islands of Svalbard and Jan Mayen are not included with FTX Norway (no suitable data were available) In case you didn't know, all map and topographical data for the Norwegian Arctic and Antarctic territories are made by the Norwegian Polar Institute. Here's a link to their map page: http://www.npolar.no/en/services/maps/ That said, I have no idea if they can provide "suitable data". 2) EN67 (Broggerhalvoya) airport The ICAO code and name of the airport is wrong. This should be Ny Ålesund, which lies on the Brøggerhalvøya (Brogger Peninsula), but it is called "Hamnenabben" and has ICAO code ENAS. It would have been nice if you included Svea airport (ENSA) as well in a later release. The link above has good maps and aerial photos of the Svalbard airports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaboki Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 I didn't see them mention Bjørnøya(Bear Island), is that included? Not Bouvet Island either, but since it's close to Antarctis I didn't expect it either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerhead2 Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 I didn't see them mention Bjørnøya(Bear Island), is that included? Not Bouvet Island either, but since it's close to Antarctis I didn't expect it either Bjørnøya has no airport, just a small heliport with a fuel depot to serve helicopters on rescue missions in the Barents Sea. The island is includede in the defualt FSX map/terrain. Same goes for Hopen, an even smaller island closer to Svalbard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaboki Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Bjørnøya has no airport, just a small heliport with a fuel depot to serve helicopters on rescue missions in the Barents Sea. Same goes for Hopen, an even smaller island closer to Svalbard. I know, but that heli refuel port is really important for serving rescue helicopters in the area, could be great for us that fly's helis in FSX:) Could also be cool to simulate the historical post drops with the Catalina:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerhead2 Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 I know, but that heli refuel port is really important for serving rescue helicopters in the area, could be great for us that fly's helis in FSX:) Could also be cool to simulate the historical post drops with the Catalina:) Sorry, didn't see you were a fellow Norwegian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaboki Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Offcourse, and it's an intresting thread:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerhead2 Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 As an update to my original post, if the Polar Institue can provide suitabale data, maybe ORBX could consider making Svalbard, Bjørnøya and Jan Mayen into a stand alone addon with all the airports and heliports included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack the Swede in Spain Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 simmerhead2 Seen this made by a member of the ORBX team? http://www.orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/72505-norway-scenery-jan-mayen-v2-norway-for-fsx-p3d-p3d2/?hl=%2Bjan+%2Bmayen Jack the Swede in Spain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerhead2 Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 Thanks Jack. Will certainly have to check that out! ENJA is a very special airport with some unique wind conditions under certain meteorologiccal conditions. There has been a few close calls with the RNoAF Hercules there: http://www.jan-mayen.no/airfield.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaoticBeauty Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I'd love to see Svalbard modelled, so another vote for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I'd love to see Svalbard modelled, so another vote for this. + another! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Nelson Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Wrong thinking... deleted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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