Hello!

I think we may have a potential solution to this, where some VRPs are left with their identifiers intact when generating a flightplan. Specifically just those which HAVE identifiers. Could somebody give me a few example flightplans where there are VRPs which should be left intact according to local rules?

Here is the excerpt from Austro Control regarding specification of flight routes in a flightplan (translated from German):

For those parts of the route which lie inside FIR WIEN, only ATS routes, pre-defined routes and 3 or 5 letter identifiers as specified in the AIP are allowed to be used in field 15 as enroute points.

This means quite specifically, that geo coordinates are not accepted.

If SD already maintains a list of reporting points and knows where they come from (either AIP or not) then use that information. Otherwise I would use names that either are 3 or 5 letters long verbatim in the flight plan. All others still as geo coordinates.

-- Chris.