kneemap

[Red Dog]

Hi gents,

I was looking at the possibility to redo the kneemaps and since I'm busy with ODS for now, I started playing with my background images

The idea is to get them looking like the ONC (or TPC) charts, just like this one:


If I do this I will update all my kneemaps with the new color code.
The goal behind all this is to draw the FIR, ADIZ, and the restricted and prohibited zones that I use on my approach charts.
We may even consider using those as UI maps

here's the intial color playing: I'm not happy with it yet....


What would be the ideal size? 4096x4096 or 2048x2048

Your comments are welcome

[Jaguar]

no idea about the size but i welcome a kneeboard with an NAV-Chart instead of a regular MAP! Great Idea RD !

[Red Dog]

Well, I would gladly scan a real ONC and use it after having tweaked a littl, but I'm unable to scan it, those charts are too big, so I have to make them from scratch as best as I can

[ranger822]

Wonderful idea - - what about applying to UI maps? Those maps could benefit with something a little more "real"

I wonder if we could coordinate an effort so all the maps/kneemaps follow a unified approach - - maybe some generic PSD with some stuff that could be applied for any map - - just change the background image and move generic symbology around?

Sometimes changing out stuff in UI can be tricky and doesn't always work out simply.

[Fafa]

Of course I agree with your idea, it is the best solution

[Red Dog]

Ranger,

I totally agree - As I work with photoshop with those, it's quite possible
Since all it's required is deleting some group layers

I'd be 150% for that. - I'd love to have the UI maps looking like an official aeronautical chart

We take the kneemap, delete the airbases, airbase names, tacan rings, etc and we get a nice UI map very easy for me
But somebody else will have to do the TGA converting

[ranger822]

I can handle the TGA conversion stuff. I will put together a list of the file names I need from various theaters that contain the idx/rsc combinations that require repacking with TGA files. I will need all the idx/rsc file sets categorized by theater and of course the final artwork then I can cycle thru them pretty easily in only a few minutes. The artwork will need to be tested - - I don't have install of stuff - sometimes the pallet gets weird and sometimes the maps don't show up properly. We will have to try it and see how it goes.

RV UI is using a different set of sizes for maps now I think so we probably need to separate out the specific map sizes by exe - - do we want all maps just some maps? Etc.

I suspect that using one master size and then resizing should work just fine.

I will see about putting together something this weekend and posting