Originally Posted by flyme273
Not sure about the wisdom of using large cities as waypoints, sounds more like “Target for Tonight”. I prefer nav aids, identified reporting points (e.g. from IFR chart) – makes it easier for position reporting, or terrain features such as bridges, river, railway, motorway, etc. Of course, one could Project a user waypoint say 5 miles west from a city then report e.g. “Passing west abeam [city]”.
What i had in mind was not NY or LA, but cities on road crosses, which are "bigger" then cities w/o roads on the map. They are causing the mentioned effect. Small cities w/o road crossings appear with their names.
I agree 100% that it is not wise - or even prohibited - to fly over cities, were they big or not.
Regards
KatanaDV20