fsx-ms Any Addons to tell me what's around?

[zkline 1]

Hi All,

 

I wasn't quite sure how to put this, but was wondering if their were any admins  that might help me get a sense of what's around me at any given time. It's impossible for me to see the FSX map, let alone look outside the cockpit. I guess i'm hoping for some kind of "points of interest," feature, which might give me the bearing to any nearby VORs/cities/airports. 

 

I like the idea of being able to do my own route planning at some point, so a tool like this might be  helpful for more than sigh-seeing. The key point for my purposes would have to be a non-graphical interface, which seems to limit a lot of the "moving map," style programs, unfortunately.

 

Any thoughts would be appreciated. ItsYourPlane's flight following announcements kind of serve this purpose, but of course are mostly focused on cities.

[Boeing or not going 578]

I have never tried it, but you can download and try it as a demo http://www.fsdreamteam.com/products_xpoi.html

[cmpbellsjc 2,960]

Right here

 

https://www.fsdreamteam.com/products_xpoi.html

[Boeing or not going 578]

Right here

 

https://www.fsdreamteam.com/products_xpoi.html

jinx!

[zkline 1]

THat's definitely interesting. I'm a bit wary of 3D icons though, I'll have to see how much, if any, of this I can access. Thanks for the pointer, at least. 

 

I honestly can't get anything from the screenshots.

[cmpbellsjc 2,960]

jinx!

Lol, we posted at the same time, 12:14