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Frequently Asked Questions
When
I try to register my copy of EZ-Landmark, Flight Simulator appears
to lock up. How can I register?
When
I try to change the EZ-Landmark options. Flight Simulator appears
to lock up. How can I change the EZ-Landmark options?
How can I get
the most current database for EZ-Landmark?
How does EZ-Landmark
detemine the name and locations of the sites that it displays?
When I use EZ-Landmark,
the names of a few sites are hard to read because they overlap
one another. How can I reduce the amount of clutter?
EZ-Landmark displays
the information for a site on the screen but I cannot see the
landmark itself. What is the problem?
Answers to your Frequently
Asked Questions
Question: When I try to register my copy of EZ-Landmark,
Flight Simulator appears to lock up. How can I register?
Answer: Flight Simulator is not really locked
up.
However, when Flight Simulator
is running in Full Screen mode, EZ-Landmark is unable to draw
the Registration dialog box.
To get around the problem, press ALT + ENTER or select Views
| Full Screen from the menu to remove the check mark. This
cancels the full screen mode of Flight Simulator. If you see
a check mark in front of Full Screen of the View
menu, then Flight Simulator is running in Full Screen mode. Clicking
it or pressing ALT + ENTER removes the check mark.
When not in Full Screen mode, you can access the Abacus |
EZ-Landmark menu and type your registration number. After
you have registered, you can revert to Full Screen mode by pressing
the Alt + Enter keys or selecting View | Full Screen from
the menu.
NOTE: Press the Escape key [ESC] to return to Flight Simulator
if it appears to be locked-up while trying to register while
in Full Screen.
Question: When I try to change the EZ-Landmark
options. Flight Simulator appears to lock up. How can I change
the EZ-Landmark options?
Answer: Flight Simulator is not really locked
up.
However, when Flight Simulator
is running in Full Screen mode, EZ-Landmark is unable to draw
the options dialog box.
To get around the problem,
press ALT + ENTER, or select Views | Full Screen from
the menu to remove the check mark. This cancels the full screen
mode of Flight Simulator. If you see a check mark in front of
Full Screen of the View menu, then Flight Simulator
is running in Full Screen mode. Clicking it, or pressing ALT
+ ENTER removes the check mark.
When not in Full Screen mode, you can access the Abacus |
EZ-Landmark menu to change the options. After changing any
of the EZ-Landmark options, you can revert to Full Screen mode
by pressing the Alt + Enter keys or selecting View | Full
Screen from the menu.
NOTE: Press the Escape key [ESC] to return to Flight Simulator
if it appears to be locked-up while trying to change the EZ-Landmark
options while in Full Screen.
Question: How can I get the most current database
for EZ-Landmark?
Answer:
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Download
the latest databases
Depending
on the number of sites that you'd like to include, you can download
additional databases to use with EZ-Landmark.
Here's
a list of the current databases which you can user with EZ-Landmark:
- Default (ez-landmark.dat)
- This database is installed with the compact version of EZ-Landmark
and contains 1200 Easter Eggs, 125 Mountain Peak sites + 4000
sites from the LargerWorldCities database + 37,000 sites from
the USAConcise database.
- USAConcise This
contains 37,000 sites. The USA Concise database is derived from
the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) US-Concise listings.
The data includes physical and populated place data for the United
States and outlying territories. A very few names with diacritic
marks or other non-Western characters may not appear correctly
in EZ-Landmark. Using this database with WorldCitiesAndTowns
database will result in many overlaps in towns and cities. USAConcise
can be used as standalone coverage of the United States
- LargeWorldCities -
4,000 sites which are the world's larger cities
- WorldCitiesAndTowns -
21,000 sites which are a larger collection of world's cities
and towns
- UK-Ireland -
9700 sites covering the physical features of the United Kingdom
and Ireland.
- Utah -
17,000 sites throughout the state of Utah
- DigitalChartWorld -
129,000 sites which are physical and populated features of the
Earth outside of the USA.
- 170000_EZ-Landmark -
170,000 sites that combine those in the Default database and
DigitalChartWorld database. If you use this database, do not
use USAConise, LargeWorldCities nor DigitalChartWorld - otherwise
there will be many duplicate entries
1. Click below to download
the additional databases. You may have to right-click and choose
"Save Target As" to download the database.
Small database EZ-LandmarkDatabases.exe
(7.5MB)
2. Run the program EZ-LandmarkDatabases.exe
to install these new databases to your EZ-Landmark folder
3. Start Flight Simulator and choose the database or databases
to be active with EZ-Landmark. To find out how to change the
active databases see Options below.
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Question: How does EZ-Landmark
detemine the name and locations of the sites that it displays?
Answer: EZ-Landmark refers to a database to locate the
sites. The
EZ-Landmark database contains
more than 1000 buildings, bridges, stadiums, rivers and lakes
in the major metropolitan areas of Flight Simulator.
Here's the
entries in the EZ_Landmark.dat database for a few
of the sites in the downtown Chicago area:
2 Prudential Plaza N41
53.13 W87 37.41 1465 1
900 North Michigan N41 53.92 W87 37.53 1491 1
Adler Planetarium N41 51.99 W87 36.38 738 0
Aon Center N41 53.06 W87 37.28 1757 2
Comiskey Park N41 49.34 W87 38.79 689 0
Field Museum N41 51.98 W87 36.95 752 0
John Hancock N41 53.79 W87 37.39 1783 0
McCormick Place N41 51.17 W87 36.70 710 0
McCormick West N41 51.23 W87 36.98 753 0
Navy Pier N41 53.63 W87 36.62 610 0
Sears Tower N41 52.78 W87 38.18 2042 1
Shedd Aquarium N41 52.07 W87 36.81 762 0
Soldier Field N41 51.70 W87 37.01 610 0
Union Station N41 52.64 W87 37.80 765 2
Water Tower N41 53.90 W87 37.51 720 2
Wrigley Field N41 56.89 W87 40.30 621 0
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Landmark Name Latitude Longitude Elev Density code 0=always,1=high
or medium,2=high
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A new entry
in the database can be added using a text editor and separating
the fields by the tab character.
From left to
right the fields are
- Name of the
site
- Latitude
- Longitude
- Elevation
- for best view, use the elevation at the top of the objects
- Density code
- tells EZ-Landmark to display this landmark when display is
set to Low, Medium or Dense
Question: When I use EZ-Landmark,
the names of a few sites are hard to read because they overlap
one another. How can I reduce the amount of clutter?
Answer: There are several things that you can
due to reduce the clutter. You can adjust the EZ-Landmark display
from the EZ-Landmark options dialog. From your Flight Simulator
menu choose Abacus | EZ-Landmark | Options like this:
From
the options dialog:
- Adjust Display - reduce the amount
of information that is displayed for each site. If you display
only the Landmark name, the messages are less cluttered.
- Adjust Landmark
Density -
each site in the database has a "density code", one
of three values: Low, Medium or High. Change this field to display
sites that have matching codes. Sites having a density of "0"
are displayed when Landmark density is set to "low"
or "medium" or "high". Sites having a density
code of "1" are displayed when Landmark density is
set to "medium" or "high". Sites having a
density code of "2" are displayed when Landmark density
is set to "high".
- Adjust Show
landmarks up XX NM away - reduce the distance at which the information
for each site appears. At 10 NM,information for more sites are
displayed than at 5NM.
- Adjust Font
size: use a smaller font size - change the font size of the display to medium
or small
- Change the
density code - change
the density code for any entry in the database. The density code
must have a value of "0", "1" or "2".
This density code works in conjunction with #2 above.
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Description of EZ-Landmark
options
Display
-
you can choose to display a landmark's the name, distance, magnetic
bearing and true bearing
Landmark
Density -
you can choose from three different settings to specify which
landmarks are displayed on the screen. You can individually set
a database entry to display at low, medium or high density.
Show
landmarks -
you can adjust the visibility to display landmarks that are from
1 to 30 nautical miles from your aircraft
Font
size
- you can choose on of three different display font sizes for
optimum viewing
Landmark
databases
- this checklist identifies the various databases that are installed
in your EZ-Landmark folder. Check or uncheck the corresponding
box to activate or deactivate a database.
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Question: EZ-Landmark displays the information for a site
on the screen but I cannot see the landmark itself. What is the
problem?
Answer: You can adjust the amount and detail (resolution)
of 3D scenery from the Flight Simulator menu, not EZ-Landmark.
To display the maximum amount
of 3D scenery, use the Flight Simulator menu: Options
| Settings | Display and move the Scenery
Complexity slider to the right until it is set to Extremely
Dense. This ensures that all of the Flight Simulator 3D objects
are displayed.
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