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Old December 18th 08, 01:24 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default North-Up versus Direction-Up?

Eric Greenwell wrote:
What kind of features are you looking for, and why? I'm normally
concerned with where the airports or landing areas are in the direction
I'm going. They look the same regardless of the map orientation


Landing sites in the database are high priority, but also navigation
features like mountains, lakes, rivers and roads are what I want to
see. If I can't easily see a landing site directly, I want to know
what kind of terrain features point it out.

Todd Smith
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