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Old 16-03-2009, 12:53 PM
Barrykgerdes
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Hi Eric and all
Here is the format of the user_locations.txt it also suffices for the base_locations.txt

Locations file.
This file is used to create the location list as used in the location selection dialog.
Format:
One record per line
Fields in a record are delimited with the tab character
Line beginning with a # character are comments
Field are as follows:
1 LocationName, Provice/State (supports spaces)
2 Country(ISO Code/Full English Name) (supports spaces)
3 Type code (C/B=Capital, R=Regional capital,N=Normal city,
O=Observatory, L=lander, I=spacecraft impact , A=spacecraft crash
4 Population (thousand)
5 Latitude (deg[N/S]) in decimals
6 Longitude (deg[E/W]) in decimals
7 Altitude (meters)
8 Light Pollution (0-9 Bortle scale, empty=auto)
9 TimeZone (empty=auto)
10 Planet (empty=Earth)
11 LandscapeKey (empty=auto)

This information is in the header of the *_locations.txt header.

Barry
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