Setting specific coordinates as target

[cxg2827]

I was wondering is there was any mod or stock function which would allow you to set a target on the planet you are orbiting at specific coordinates. Lets say you want to set a marker at the north pole, or near an anomaly mapsat found to get you to the location without having to many corrections.

I know kerbal engineer gives you your current latitude and longitude, and mechjeb landing function can tell you how far you are from the point, but nothing gives you a visual reticle

[Sol_Rokks_Teddy]

in the newest release of mechjeb, there is a landing autopilot that lets you set a visual marker on the planet from the map view. The only other way to mark a location (that i know of) is to send a prob to the surface and use it as a reference.

[RoboRay]

MechJeb 2 will give you a marker on the map at your desired target and current projected impact point, as well as (I believe) a NavBall cue aimed at the target.

[cxg2827]

Got it. I stationed a probe near the KSC runway to assist my SSTO landing approaches which proves a big help! I'll give mechjeb 2 a try to make some probes to navigate to the sites and act as permanent markers.

[RoboRay]

Yeah, I did the rover-probe thing for runway markers, too. I've got one 100m off each end of the runway, and another 5km west of the runway, forming a line. This makes it really easy to get a returning spaceplane lined up to land from a long way out.

[apoch1999]

Yeah, I did the rover-probe thing for runway markers, too. I've got one 100m off each end of the runway, and another 5km west of the runway, forming a line. This makes it really easy to get a returning spaceplane lined up to land from a long way out.

so are you guys haveing success with the mechjeb 2 landing guidence? i will go in and type in coordinates i want to land at and hit land autopilot but it always ends up WAYYYY off

[RoboRay]

I tested MJ2's landing autopilot three times on Kerbin from 100km+ orbits and got one right on target and two that were hundreds of km off. The guidance indications are correct, if you do the maneuvers manually, but MJ2 seems to ignore them sometimes and just do whatever it wants.

[apoch1999]

yeah i had more luck with choose target on map, than just putting them in...but its still way off....