AREA: Area

Define an area of interest.
When an aircraft exits the area, it is deleted from the simulation. It is possible to predefine shapes using the BOX, CIRCLE, POLY and POLYALT commands.

This argument can be called in two ways:

  1. using the name of an already existing shape
  2. as a square shape

Note that shapes/areas defined in the second way can be 2D (without altitude constraints) or 3D (with altitude constraints).

Usage:

AREA Shapename/OFF or AREA lat1,lon1,lat2,lon2,[top,bottom]

Arguments 1:

Name Type Required Description
Shapename txt yes Name of the predefined shape to be used as an area of interest. If 'Shapename' is 'OFF', then aircraft are no longer deleted if they leave the area of interest.

Arguments 2:

Name Type Required Description
lat1 float yes latitude of the bottom left corner [deg]
lon1 float yes longitude of the bottom left corner [deg]
lat2 float yes latitude of the top right corner [deg]
lon2 float yes longitude of the top right corner [deg]
top float no altitude of the top of area [ft]
bottom float no altitude of the bottom of area [ft]

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