Flat, Low Landing Coordinates on Eve

[ScottyDoesKnow]

I'm trying to build a ship that can take off from any altitude on Eve. Does anyone have a good longitude/latitude for a fairly flat, near-zero altitude landing spot? I assume somebody out there has a rover on the beach that could grab the numbers for me.

Edited January 5, 2014 by ScottyDoesKnow

[nhnifong]

I'm trying to build a ship that can take off from any altitude on Eve. Does anyone have a good longitude/latitude for a fairly flat, near-zero altitude landing spot? I assume somebody out there has a rover on the beach that could grab the numbers for me.

I don't have coords for you, but may I suggest several fun ways to deal with the problem?

* Send a mission with a few probes that can be detached. Drop them one at a time in an attempt to score a nice location.

* Send a robotic lander, drive it to a decent location.

* Equip your lander with wings so you can glide to a good landing location. Gliding is extremely easy on eve. Even if your lander is huge and just has some tail canards at the draggy end, this can give you tens of kilometers of range flexibility if used correctly.

* Install Scan Sat, send a mapping probe, and make your own map to use for planning landing sites.

[ScottyDoesKnow]

For the "real" thing the point is that I can land anywhere so I won't have to search for a good location. This is just the testing phase, I'll be using hyperedit to land the ship so I can make sure it can get into orbit from that low.

[Kasuha]

When I was testing my lander, I used the lake in this picture.

Islands at the north end are reasonably low and flat.

On KSP maps it is somewhere around -0.1 / 107.6

[Blue]

Though if you have plans on driving from the landing location to a higher altitude for departure, those islands aren't exactly as-friendly as the mainland.

[ScottyDoesKnow]

Thanks Kasuha, I'll check it out. And the point is to take off from as low as possible, so the island-ness won't be a problem.

[Eric S]

NM, you answered that question and I overlooked it.

EDIT: To be clear, I was asking a question someone else had already asked and hadn't seen the answer, so I deleted the question.

Edited January 5, 2014 by Eric S