Get Plane Coordinates of P3D

[hkhoanguyen]

Hi,

I would like to know how to get plane coordinates broadcasting by P3D ? I want to develop a moving map actually,

Thanks in advanced.

[nealmac]

If you hit Shift+Z it will display your coordinates at the top left of the screen.

[hkhoanguyen]

If you hit Shift+Z it will display your coordinates at the top left of the screen.

Sorry if there is anything not clear in my question.

I wanted to get the GPS Coordinates of the plane in real time in order to develop a moving map that shows the plane actual position on the map.

[WarpD]

Have you read the SDK?

[hkhoanguyen]

Have you read the SDK?

Hi, Thanks for your reply,

I read the SDK and following to the example of getting the Data from Data Request Class.

However, I had this error while running my visual studio solution :

System.BadImageFormatException occurred
HResult=0x8007000B
Message=Could not load file or assembly 'LockheedMartin.Prepar3D.SimConnect, Version=4.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.
Source=WindowsFormsApp1
StackTrace:
at WindowsFormsApp1.Form1..ctor() in C:\Users\P3D-PC\source\repos\ConsoleApp1\WindowsFormsApp1\Form1.cs:line 53
at WindowsFormsApp1.Program.Main() in C:\Users\P3D-PC\source\repos\ConsoleApp1\WindowsFormsApp1\Program.cs:line 19

LockheedMartin.Prepar3D.SimConnect.dll is added into my References.

I also tried to target to both x86 and x64 and Any CPU

Do you have any idea of how to solve this? Thanks

[WarpD]

Why would you directly reference the DLL? I am not familiar with C# but shouldn't you be referencing SimConnect with it's header and library and not the DLL? Also, ensure you're using the correct version of Visual Studio.

[JB3DG]

@Ed There are a number of ways to link dlls in C#. Here is a snippet from one of my config manager projects that is in C#. The dlls (Xceed.Wpf.Toolkit.dll and SharpDX.DirectSound.dll) are then to be included in the installer, preferably in the same location as the exe.


using Xceed.Wpf.Toolkit;
using Xceed.Wpf.Toolkit.Themes;
using SharpDX.DirectSound;


There is another way I link to certain core system dlls. For example GetPrivateProfileString and WritePrivateProfileString. I simply place the following members in my C# base class.


[DllImport("kernel32")]
private static extern int GetPrivateProfileString(string section,
string key, string def, StringBuilder retVal,
int size, string filePath);
[DllImport("kernel32")]
private static extern long WritePrivateProfileString(string section,
string key, string val, string filePath);


@hkhoanguyen if you go to your SDK directory\lib\SimConnect\managed, you should see 2 dlls. LockheedMartin.Prepar3D.SimConnect.dll and LockheedMartin.Prepar3D.SimConnect.Debug.dll. Did you place the LockheedMartin.Prepar3D.SimConnect.dll in the same directory as your final executable?

[WarpD]

Right... why are you importing the DLL and not using the LIB file?

[JB3DG]

C# doesn't use libs in the same way as C++. After all, managed code is rather different from native.

[WarpD]

Reminds me of VB... LOL

Since the OP hasn't responded... guess we assume all is well? :)

[JB3DG]

Either way he got the answer to his problem at the end of my first reply. And yes I would guess VB is quite similar to C#.

[WarpD]

Arcane note: Borland's Delphi was a response to Microsoft's VB back in the day... and C# is Microsoft's response to Borland's Delphi. Both Delphi and C# were created by the same guy.

[hkhoanguyen]

Hi Guys, Thanks a lot for your replies,

I managed to get the coordinates and display the plane on Google Map,

However, I have one question, of how to draw a line that follows the plane on google map ?

2nd question: how to draw a flight plan line from A to B on google map based on the list of waypoints we provide ?

as i'm new to this kind of development, it would be great for me if you guys have some ideas or links that I can look into.

Thanks,

[JB3DG]

That you would best contact google for....I don't know of anyone here who has done that.

[hkhoanguyen]

That you would best contact google for....I don't know of anyone here who has done that.

There are many examples out there like fsxtracker.com or other moving map... I just still don't know how to implement that, any idea would help