{"id":2812,"date":"2021-08-11T08:08:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T07:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meiotic.co.uk\/my\/?p=2812"},"modified":"2021-08-11T20:39:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T19:39:40","slug":"microsoft-flight-simulator-msfs-2020-points-interest-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.meiotic.co.uk\/my\/research\/msfs-points-of-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS) 2020: Points of Interest Map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>document.getElementById('menu-item-102').className += \" current-menu-item current_page_item\";<\/script><script src=\"\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/prism.js\"><\/script><link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" href=\"\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/prism.css\">\nMicrosoft Flight Sim (MSFS) 2020 is now out on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-GB\/games\/microsoft-flight-simulator\" target=\"_blank\">Xbox Series S|X<\/a>, allowing more and more people to explore the world by plane. Bringing together a vast amount of aerial imagery, the game can make flying anywhere in the world feel pretty realistic, but a few places have been given extra attention as &#8216;points of interest&#8217;. Over on Xbox Era, they&#8217;ve published an <a href=\"https:\/\/xboxera.com\/2021\/08\/07\/list-of-points-of-interest-in-microsoft-flight-simulator\/\" target=\"_blank\">up-to-date list<\/a> of all these locations, but a map was lacking &#8211; the following allows these places to be explored (hover over each for more info) without loading up the game, hopefully helping to guide a flight plan or two. To give the map some context, I&#8217;ve also added on the <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.openaip.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">OpenAIP map layer<\/a>, showing airports, flight zones and air traffic control areas. You de\/select the points of interest (POI) and AIP data, and choose between a mixed satellite map or Open Street Map (OSM) mapping:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"..\/msfs-points-of-interest\/data\/msfs_poi.html\" style=\"width:100%; height:580px;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"..\/msfs-points-of-interest\/data\/msfs_poi.html\" target=\"_bottom\" style=\"font-weight:bold;\">&#187; full screen map<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Data<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Flight navigation data from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openaip.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">OpenAIP<\/a> [<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.openaip.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">map<\/a>] &#8211; AIP = Aeronautical Information Publication [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aeronautical_Information_Publication\" target=\"_blank\">wiki<\/a>].<\/li>\n<li>MSFS Points of Interest (POI) from <a href=\"https:\/\/xboxera.com\/2021\/08\/07\/list-of-points-of-interest-in-microsoft-flight-simulator\/\" target=\"_blank\">Xbox Era<\/a> &#8211; geocoded using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doogal.co.uk\/BatchReverseGeocoding.php\" target=\"_blank\">Doogal<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Code<\/h5>\n<p>The map was made using <a href=\"https:\/\/leaflet-extras.github.io\/leaflet-providers\/preview\/\" target=\"_blank\">Leaflet for R<\/a>, with the following code adapted from <a href=\"https:\/\/rstudio.github.io\/leaflet\/\" target=\"_blank\">Leaflet Extras<\/a> &#8211; it&#8217;s important to get this right or the AIP data can present itself in weird ways:<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"language-clike\">addTiles(group=\"AIP\", urlTemplate = \"http:\/\/{s}.tile.maps.openaip.net\/geowebcache\/service\/tms\/1.0.0\/<br \/>\nopenaip_basemap@EPSG%3A900913@png\/{z}\/{x}\/{y}.png\", attribution = '<a href=\"https:\/\/www.openaip.net\/\">openAIP Data<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/\">CC-BY-NC-SA<\/a>)', options = tileOptions(minZoom = 3, maxZoom = 14, tms = 'true', subdomains = '12', opacity = 1))<\/code><\/p>\n<div style=\"width:100%; max-width:640px; margin-top:50px;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 52.3%; \/* 16:9 *\/ padding-top: 25px; height: 0;\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%;  height: 100%; width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7o_atr9u1Gg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">MSFS in action &#8211; a stormy sunrise landing in Puerto Rico.<span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Flight Sim (MSFS) 2020 is now out on Xbox Series S|X, allowing more and more people to explore the world by plane. 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