Although 329 (at July 2008) VRPs are defined, these are not to be used as Waypoints, except where there is a coincidental BGA point. Many are in restricted/prohibited airspace.
Nonetheless, knowledge of them can be useful when talking to ATC units, where your position can be given as a range/bearing from a VRP. For more information on use of VRPs, look at http://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com/aip/current/aic/yellow/EG_Circ_2005_Y_098_en.pdf, in particular Section 3.
Files of VRPs for use with PDAs are now available from the links below. In these files, VRPs are grouped by the Controlling Unit that uses them. The side effect of this is that some VRPs are listed more than once. For example, Severn Bridge is used by Bristol, Bristol (Filton) and Cardiff, and therefore apprear three times.
These files are Text Files and so can be edited with a Text Editor (e.g. Wordpad) to exclude unwanted VRPs.
| Glide Navigator II: | http://www.spsys.demon.co.uk/software/vrp-gnii.dat |
| WinPilot | http://www.spsys.demon.co.uk/software/vrp-winp.dat |
| ClearNav | http://www.spsys.demon.co.uk/software/vrp-stx.stx |
Notes on ClearNav:
If the ClearNav is
set to use Short Names for Control Points, and Name for Other Waypoints, the
BGA set are Trigraph only, and VRPs are the full name.
Also, BGA TPs are
red dots, and VRPs are Blue dots.