Making of routes with the help of Google Earth

sreeju444 · Post by **sreeju444** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 7:06 am

I am trying to make a route with the help of Google Earth by entering the Longitude/Latitude data taken from Google Earth & Entering to the marker file in my route. All markers came Ok. But the problem is with the distance. For example, the distance between the two Longitude/Latitude points is 770 meters in Google Earth. But in Route Editor, the distance between same markers are about 740 meters. So I think the distance error is coming in MSTS when comparing with the original distance calculated in Google Earth. Is there any fix for this problem?

Cheers
Sreejith

chandramohan · Post by **chandramohan** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 7:18 am

Are you comparing the linear distance - tracks are not always straight.

Thanks

thenudehamster · Post by **thenudehamster** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 8:29 am

Edited to delete modified and triplicated post - mea culpa

BarryH - thenudehamster

thenudehamster · Post by **thenudehamster** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 8:31 am

There is a known error in MSTS relating to distance on the ground; it varies with direction and bearing, and as far as I'm aware there's no simple method of correcting it. Most people fudge around the errors by modifying the distances in the building of the route - as you can't alter the earth quite so easily...
Place route markers according to Lat/Long co-ordinates and build to them.
You simply cannot be absolutely geographically precise with distances in MSTS, it isn't up to it.

BarryH - thenudehamster