Insert Facility/Target From City Database

Use the Insert From City Database tool to select and insert cities as facilities or targets. The city database contains thousands of cities around the world. Individual city information includes the exact location of the city, the type of city and more.

The Insert From City Database tool is available from the Insert menu.

If you load a facility or target using the City database, information for the inserted object appears on the Description page of its Basic properties.

Searching the City Database

Enter as many search criteria as possible. If you do not know the exact criteria, you can enter a partial name or use the wildcard character *. For example, MOS results in Los Alamos, Okemos, and Moscow. A partial name assumes a wildcard on both ends (*MOS*); MOS* results in Moscow, and *MOS results in Los Alamos and Okemos .

Search Criteria Description
Name The name of the city for which you wish to search. In the database, city names are, to the extent permitted by the standard ASCII character set, spelled in the languages of the countries in which they are located. Thus Rome is Roma, Moscow is Moskva, Munich is Munchen (not München or Muenchen), and so on.
Province The name of the Canadian province or US state in which the city is located.
Country The country in which the city is located.
Advanced... Select to use advanced search options.
Search Results

All cities that meet the search criteria are listed. The results are sorted by city name. To sort the results by a different column, double-click the column heading.

If there are a number of items resulting from the search, you can select one or more items in the list to be inserted into your scenario. Use the SHIFT or CTRL key to select more than one item.

Modifying the Color and Model for the Selected Cities

To specify a label color for the selected cities, clear Auto Select Color to select the color.

To change the model for the selected cities, click the Model browse button and browse to the desired model file.

Defining a Constellation of Cities

You can group cities into a single unit called a constellation object. To create a constellation of cities:

  1. Select one or more cities to be added to the constellation.
  2. Select Create Constellation from Selected Cities and enter a name for the constellation.
  3. To specify a specific orbit and label color for the cities in the constellation, clear Auto Select Color to select the color.
  4. Click Add Cities to create the constellation. The constellation object is added to the object browser.