reported North Field nuclear bomb loading pit geometry

[Northstar98]

Hi everyone,

 

Another small issue with the mesh of the Marianas map. The taxi-way/road leading to the WWII nuclear bomb pit, located to the north-west of North Field on Tinian has some geometry issues - there's a steep incline (I'd estimate ~30-35°), whereas IRL the area looks like it couldn't be more flat.

 

Here's a Google Earth street-view of the area, looking to the south:

 

And here's the same shot in DCS (-camera 176.207132 0.027198 91.657734 -cameradir -0.967976 -0.087994 -0.235114):

 

Here's an overhead view in DCS, to really highlight the hill (-camera 176.250335 0.056178 91.713985 -cameradir -0.798708 -0.267452 -0.539013):

 

And finally, here's a topographic map, sourced from here), Google Earth seems to agree with the topography (i.e the area should be almost completely flat), but deviates on the actual elevation.

 

If I draw a straight line from the road, down in-between the 2 bomb-pits - bisecting the area, the line has a constant elevation of 29m, in Google Earth, the same line is 23m and in DCS, the same line starts off at 30m, then there's a hill at 31m, and then bomb loading pit area is 23m. It's as if the road referenced the topographic map above, but then bomb-pit was referencing Google Earth, and so there needed to be a steep hill in between the 2.

 

In any case, flattening the area will resolve the issue.

 

Edited July 3, 2021 by Northstar98

[NineLine]

Thanks, I will check it out

 

[Northstar98]

Why do these keep getting moved to the wishlist? I'm not asking for anything more, just the current geometry seems to be incorrect.

 

That would be an 'issue' would it not?

Edited July 5, 2021 by Northstar98

[NineLine]

Well the WWII Nuclear bomb pit is not a critical item, because its moved to wishlist doesn't mean its not going to get reported, its just that it might take longer to report/do as its not critical, for example, I am working on reporting some of these today. Thanks

[NineLine]

Reported