Remembering where to land

[Chucktheninja]

Long story short i need to land a craft somewhere i know there is ore but I can never remember where exactly i planned on landing from the satellite scan. Is there anyway i can place a temporary marker without placing a flag?

[Venusgate]

If you use the SCANSat Mod, it lets you put relatively large X's on planets in the map view.
Nothing like that exists in stock though.

[RocketPropelledGiraffe]

I think waypoint manager also allows you to set custom waypoints on the map.

[Superfluous J]

Yeah Waypoint Manager is the way I'd go, personally. Visually dropping a waypoint in map mode that then shows up not only in map mode and on the navball, but also on the screen is a boon for nailing perfect landings.

[ForScience6686]

My advice is a small probe after your polar orbit scan.  You need better data than that anyways. So I send a small probe to find my ideal mining target.  Making sure concentration is high enough and terrain level enough.  Than target it.

My orbital scanners are built with the probe so it's a complete kit in locating my mining location.  I also use this method as it seems the most realistic.  One would think you would need more than an orbital survey to pick a good mining location.  Plus I'm all vanilla.

 

 

 

[Aethon]

Put a small rover down with the surface scanning module and drive around to find the best concentration.  

Edited December 7, 2015 by Aethon

[Superfluous J]

I often also use "Prospector Probes" for this purpose. Small, efficient probes with about 3-4x the dV needed to land on the surface of the target planet. I either bring 1-2 with me when scanning, or send them in a separate mission.

I find where I want to land, send the Prospector Probe down, and then use it to hop around the area and find a nice flat spot for the base, ISRU unit, or whatever.

Edited December 7, 2015 by 5thHorseman