Hello all,I am very new at this so please bear with me. I have a scenery file that added landing surface helipads on various hospitals around the Seattle area. The problem is that these heliports do not show up as airports so it makes navigating to them difficult. I am trying to add these in so that they show up in the GPS and in the airport selections in the flight planner. I have tried using the BGL Compiler and can not seem to get anything to work. I know I must be missing something but have been unable to locate any useful tutorials or info for this scenario. Please help. I have created this so far in notepad.<Airport region="North America" country="United States" state="Washington" city="Seattle" name="Columbia Memorial Hospital" lat="46-02-32" lon="123-48-96" alt="1300F" magvar="0.0" ident="WN56"> <!-- Extra Airport facility data --></Airport> <Airport region="North America" country="United States" state="Washington" city="Olympia" name="Capitol Medical Center" lat="47-02-32" lon="122-57-10" alt="200F" magvar="0.0" ident="WN58"> <!-- Extra Airport facility data --></Airport> <Airport region="North America" country="United States" state="Washington" city="Seattle" name="Harborview Medical Center" lat="47-36-24" lon="122-19-48" alt="315F" magvar="0.0" ident="WA53"> <!-- Extra Airport facility data --></Airport> <Airport region="North America" country="United States" state="Washington" city="Port Townsend" name="Jefferson General Hospital" lat="48-06-22" lon="122-47-35" alt="160F" magvar="0.0" ident="7WA2"> <!-- Extra Airport facility data --></Airport> What's next? I can't seem to get it to work? Thank you.Kyle

Hello all,I am very new at this so please bear with me. I have a scenery file that added landing surface helipads on various hospitals around the Seattle area. The problem is that these heliports do not show up as airports so it makes navigating to them difficult. I am trying to add these in so that they show up in the GPS and in the airport selections in the flight planner. I have tried using the BGL Compiler and can not seem to get anything to work. I know I must be missing something but have been unable to locate any useful tutorials or info for this scenario. Please help. I have created this so far in notepad.<Airport region="North America" country="United States" state="Washington" city="Seattle" name="Columbia Memorial Hospital" lat="46-02-32" lon="123-48-96" alt="1300F" magvar="0.0" ident="WN56"> <!-- Extra Airport facility data --></Airport> <Airport region="North America" country="United States" state="Washington" city="Olympia" name="Capitol Medical Center" lat="47-02-32" lon="122-57-10" alt="200F" magvar="0.0" ident="WN58"> <!-- Extra Airport facility data --></Airport> <Airport region="North America" country="United States" state="Washington" city="Seattle" name="Harborview Medical Center" lat="47-36-24" lon="122-19-48" alt="315F" magvar="0.0" ident="WA53"> <!-- Extra Airport facility data --></Airport> <Airport region="North America" country="United States" state="Washington" city="Port Townsend" name="Jefferson General Hospital" lat="48-06-22" lon="122-47-35" alt="160F" magvar="0.0" ident="7WA2"> <!-- Extra Airport facility data --></Airport> What's next? I can't seem to get it to work? Thank you.Kyle

I would suggest that rather then writing your xml code by hand you use an airport editor to create your new airports. For FS9 this could be one of several including AFCAD2, AFX and ADE. If it is for FSX then you have a choice of FSX Planner, AFX or ADE. In fact simple airports created using AFCAD2 will usually work in FSX as well.These editors should eliminate most errors in xml code and will have fault finders to check your airport before you try to compile it. On your XML above I am not sure your Lat/Lon formats are correct.

Hi Kyle:Yes it is possible to build entire websites in NotePad (just as it was once necessary to build entire airports and scenery areas in SCASM and/or Assembler files years ago ...before XML was implemented). :( But now, available freeware and payware GUIs for development work can help one be more creative by reducing a stressful detailed workload. :( FYI: We need to use proper XML syntax required by the version of BGLComp being used to make airport code work in a target FS version.But as Jon points out, the risk of errors in one's XML for an average airport is rather high, and the many benefits of a GUI make it best to use a airport utility.Jon Masterson (aka "Scruffyduck") and his team offer a lot of great features in ADE, although each airport utility below does have some unique features to offer.With most of these utilities you should be able to simply add a helipad "start location" to the airports list, or create as complex of a heliport as you wish.A few links to consider that should help you get started:Airport Design Engine - for FS9 / FSX (ADE9 / ADEX)http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=95Airport Facilitator X - for FS9 / FSX (AFX):http://www.flight1.com/products.asp?product=afxv1FSXPlanner - for FSX (FSXP)http://www.zbluesoftware.com/fsxplanner/AFCAD v2.21http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID...&DLID=46238Hope this helps... and Happy Flying ! :( GaryGB