F10 map GPS coordinates?

[Stratos]

While we don't have the targeting pods (or pods), will be the F10 view precise enough to get GPS coordinates for our JDAM bombs?

 

Thanks.

[fitness88]

While we don't have the targeting pods (or pods), will be the F10 view precise enough to get GPS coordinates for our JDAM bombs?

 

Thanks.

 

 

I zoom in as much as I can to get GPS co-ords for waypoints at runway thresholds...very accurate.

[Stratos]

I zoom in as much as I can to get GPS co-ords for waypoints at runway thresholds...very accurate.

 

Hope it will work for JDAM too, as targets will be smaller than runways, but you have a good point, I haven't tought in zooming as much as possible, maybe this way I will get better coordinates. Can't wait to try it!

[_mu110_]

You can also use JTAC to call out target coordinates.

[backspace340]

Hope it will work for JDAM too, as targets will be smaller than runways, but you have a good point, I haven't tought in zooming as much as possible, maybe this way I will get better coordinates. Can't wait to try it!

 

It doesn't matter how much you zoom in, we can only currently enter 6 digit lats and longs - so the margin of error is something like 100m squared (I'm sure someone will give the exact figure). There are two features of the Hornet that we don't have which will allow us to enter decimal seconds (with the PRECISE mode) or MGRS, which will allow us to enter coordinates down to the square metre or so.

 

Right now, without either of those modes, you're basically not going to be able to target anything smaller than a runway/building/cargo plane.

[drPhibes]

so the margin of error is something like 100m squared (I'm sure someone will give the exact figure).

 

Since the meridians meet at the poles, the distance covered by one arc second of longitude changes depending on where on earth you are. At the equator, one arc minute is one nautical mile = 1852m, so 1 second = 30,86m. The parallels (circles of lattitude) are equally spaced, so one sec north or south equals the same distance everywhere.

 

1 arc second of longitude =

20m in Normandy

27,8m in the Persian Gulf

24m in Nevada

[Stratos]

That will not be precise enough to kill a tank, I think we will need to wait for the targeting pod.

 

Regarding the JTAC, they call for GPS coordinates?

[QuiGon]

That will not be precise enough to kill a tank, I think we will need to wait for the targeting pod.

No, that has nothing to do with the targeting pod. What we need to wait for is the option to enter precision coordinates on the UFC which Wags explained in his JDAM video.

Edited April 2, 2019 by QuiGon

[Stratos]

No, that has nothing to do with the targeting pod. What we need to wait for is the option to enter precise coordinates on the UFC which Wags explained in his JDAM video.

 

Will we get that on a future update?

[QuiGon]

Will we get that on a future update?

Yes, he explained that.

[Stratos]

Rgr, regarding the real life TGP, is not possible to find the target trough the pod, and then use the JDAM bombs on it?

[QuiGon]

Rgr, regarding the real life TGP, is not possible to find the target trough the pod, and then use the JDAM bombs on it?

We were talking about Pre Briefed (PB) mode so far. When using the TGP to mark a target, you would rather use Target of Opportunity (TOO) mode instead. With TOO mode the TGP will automatically pass its target data to the JDAM, just like in the A-10C which doesn't even support PB mode (in DCS at least).

Edited April 2, 2019 by QuiGon