Longitude and Latitude

[Alpenniless]

Firstly, reading longitude and latitude is really difficulty due to the color, screen contrast, etc.. on Anaconda and SRV (not sure other ships).

Suggestion to enable bookmarking (and entering it manually) longitude and latitude so it can be easily located.

I was doing some mining on SRV and found some canisters, but I forgot to install a cargo on my ship. So I wrote down the longitude and latitude, fly away to fit a cargo bay and return to salvage the canisters... it's so difficult to locate it. I never did.

 

[Factabulous]

So I wrote down the longitude and latitude, fly away to fit a cargo bay and return to salvage the canisters... it's so difficult to locate it. I never did.

Probably because those are non-persistent spawns, and vanished as you left....

(and Lat / Lon are easy enough with a little practice, think of it as a mini game. (Well, unless you list them in the wrong order, like you did ....))

 

[Azmuth Divarchchron]

There are randomly generated salvage events, once you leave they are gone

 

[Para Handy]

... plus of course they are not Longitude and Latitude numbers they are Northings and Eastings. Remembering them as Northings and Eastings also makes them easier to interpret.

 

[Alpenniless]

Thanks for all the info and correction

 

[Para Handy]

Thanks for all the info and correction

Well it wasn't really a correction because as I am sure someone will point out it isn't really (well I assume it doesn't meet a definition of ...) Northings and Eastings as it uses degrees rather than a distance base, however it is easier to interpret the figures if you consider them as Northings and Eastings. Well, it suits me better anyway.

 

[Alpenniless]

I would still like to see an easier to read coordinates - as currently, I need to tilt up my ship or drive the SRV up a small rock/crater so the dark sky background act as better contrast against the numbers (I've been adjusting the graphic setting, but not getting good result).

Adding a compass would definitely be a nice touch too.

 

[Ouberos]

I wouldn't hold your breath OP. There was a thread requesting this before. The thread had many hundreds of pilots agreeing including some who had programmed third party apps to do such a thing.

Sadly FD never once commented on it.

The changes to the way the surface scanner now mitigate much of this but if you do want to find a specific point on a planet you are still pretty much back to 19th century methods.

 

[Para Handy]

...........
Adding a compass would definitely be a nice touch too.

The compass ribbon is at the top of your HUD.

 

[Florenus]

HUD is pretty unreadable sometimes - that's true. I really hate that. You would think going from monitor displays to holograhic ones would be to make things better, not worse.
Some time ago I've made a suggestion to add non transparency option. Black, non transparent outline (switchable option) would help a lot to make information presented to pilot more readable.

optional HUD transparency

Please, consider adding option to have HUD backgrounds not transparent, looking similiar to station services interface. Sometimes (quite often actually) information on HUD panels is unreadable because of various lights that shine through. This is mostly problematic in ships with more open...

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As for the main topic, there are 3rd party programs that help in navigating SRV a lot.
I'm using this one, as it has other cool options also:

Release - Elite G19s Companion app (with simulated space traffic control)

Sometimes all you need is an easy way to listen to some music while trucking goods across space, or have a handy way of finding out exactly where you are. Because this was my need, I created an app for it. Main features include: system and station overview, play radio and podcast with audio...

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But there's more to choose from.