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index 00000000..5138f386
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+			<Tool
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Release|Win32"
+			OutputDirectory="Release"
+			IntermediateDirectory="Release"
+			ConfigurationType="4"
+			CharacterSet="2">
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\..\SimGear.cs;..\..\..\..;..\..\..\..\3rdParty\include;..\..\..\..\install\msvc71\OpenSceneGraph\include;..\..\..\src\Lib;..\..\..\src\BuildTiles;..\..\..\..\gpc232"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;NOMINMAX"
+				RuntimeLibrary="2"
+				RuntimeTypeInfo="TRUE"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
+				WarningLevel="3"
+				Detect64BitPortabilityProblems="TRUE"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCLibrarianTool"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)/osgb36.lib"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+		</Configuration>
+	</Configurations>
+	<References>
+	</References>
+	<Files>
+		<Filter
+			Name="Source Files"
+			Filter="cpp;c;cxx;def;odl;idl;hpj;bat;asm;asmx"
+			UniqueIdentifier="{4FC737F1-C7A5-4376-A066-2A32D752A2FF}">
+			<File
+				RelativePath="..\..\..\src\BuildTiles\Osgb36\osgb36.cxx">
+			</File>
+			<File
+				RelativePath="..\..\..\src\BuildTiles\Osgb36\osgbtc.cxx">
+			</File>
+			<File
+				RelativePath="..\..\..\src\BuildTiles\Osgb36\uk.cxx">
+			</File>
+		</Filter>
+		<Filter
+			Name="Header Files"
+			Filter="h;hpp;hxx;hm;inl;inc;xsd"
+			UniqueIdentifier="{93995380-89BD-4b04-88EB-625FBE52EBFB}">
+			<File
+				RelativePath="..\..\..\src\BuildTiles\Osgb36\osgb36.hxx">
+			</File>
+			<File
+				RelativePath="..\..\..\src\BuildTiles\Osgb36\osgbtc.hxx">
+			</File>
+			<File
+				RelativePath="..\..\..\src\BuildTiles\Osgb36\uk.hxx">
+			</File>
+		</Filter>
+		<Filter
+			Name="Resource Files"
+			Filter="rc;ico;cur;bmp;dlg;rc2;rct;bin;rgs;gif;jpg;jpeg;jpe;resx"
+			UniqueIdentifier="{67DA6AB6-F800-4c08-8B7A-83BB121AAD01}">
+		</Filter>
+	</Files>
+	<Globals>
+	</Globals>
+</VisualStudioProject>
diff --git a/projects/VC7.1/terragear.sln b/projects/VC7.1/terragear.sln
index a7ddb193..246b6da5 100644
--- a/projects/VC7.1/terragear.sln
+++ b/projects/VC7.1/terragear.sln
@@ -164,6 +164,39 @@ Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "genapts", "genapts\genapts.
 		{22540CD3-D3CA-4C86-A773-80AEEE3ACDED} = {22540CD3-D3CA-4C86-A773-80AEEE3ACDED}
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "osgb36", "osgb36\osgb36.vcproj", "{A30DFFC2-97E5-48F6-B8E0-A85435328ABA}"
+	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
+	EndProjectSection
+EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "clipper", "clipper\clipper.vcproj", "{78922FED-3B8B-4276-ADFF-9A19330F7CFE}"
+	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
+	EndProjectSection
+EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "GenOutput", "GenOutput\GenOutput.vcproj", "{A192B19C-8839-4BF8-A517-963B4DBA740C}"
+	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
+	EndProjectSection
+EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "Match", "Match\Match.vcproj", "{7572D7B9-9DCD-4B98-AB04-1E9BFC8BA099}"
+	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
+	EndProjectSection
+EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "fgfs_construct", "fgfs_construct\fgfs_construct.vcproj", "{8AB3DC28-1CAC-4DC0-B8CD-EB066E3711F9}"
+	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
+		{DC950200-4824-4EEC-8F81-1FEAC31C8206} = {DC950200-4824-4EEC-8F81-1FEAC31C8206}
+		{19722E03-D871-4719-A075-D763EE7E272D} = {19722E03-D871-4719-A075-D763EE7E272D}
+		{9AABEE2B-19BC-4479-ADBE-58CA0A8BBC93} = {9AABEE2B-19BC-4479-ADBE-58CA0A8BBC93}
+		{7405A25C-8A2B-44FA-9C9A-A028AF2AB61A} = {7405A25C-8A2B-44FA-9C9A-A028AF2AB61A}
+		{A192B19C-8839-4BF8-A517-963B4DBA740C} = {A192B19C-8839-4BF8-A517-963B4DBA740C}
+		{610D5DAE-45EC-446E-86F2-73FDD24449C9} = {610D5DAE-45EC-446E-86F2-73FDD24449C9}
+		{7572D7B9-9DCD-4B98-AB04-1E9BFC8BA099} = {7572D7B9-9DCD-4B98-AB04-1E9BFC8BA099}
+		{2871F3BA-ADCC-4440-8078-FC76C5983FCE} = {2871F3BA-ADCC-4440-8078-FC76C5983FCE}
+		{B1FB93BB-ED1D-40A1-9B35-FCC232F473FD} = {B1FB93BB-ED1D-40A1-9B35-FCC232F473FD}
+		{A30DFFC2-97E5-48F6-B8E0-A85435328ABA} = {A30DFFC2-97E5-48F6-B8E0-A85435328ABA}
+		{C581C8C9-1DD4-4684-9FAB-CF229AC20A4E} = {C581C8C9-1DD4-4684-9FAB-CF229AC20A4E}
+		{22540CD3-D3CA-4C86-A773-80AEEE3ACDED} = {22540CD3-D3CA-4C86-A773-80AEEE3ACDED}
+		{78922FED-3B8B-4276-ADFF-9A19330F7CFE} = {78922FED-3B8B-4276-ADFF-9A19330F7CFE}
+	EndProjectSection
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfiguration) = preSolution
 		Debug = Debug
@@ -290,6 +323,26 @@ Global
 		{B7FA9359-D05E-42DA-8E57-5A932D8EC603}.Debug.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
 		{B7FA9359-D05E-42DA-8E57-5A932D8EC603}.Release.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
 		{B7FA9359-D05E-42DA-8E57-5A932D8EC603}.Release.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{A30DFFC2-97E5-48F6-B8E0-A85435328ABA}.Debug.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{A30DFFC2-97E5-48F6-B8E0-A85435328ABA}.Debug.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{A30DFFC2-97E5-48F6-B8E0-A85435328ABA}.Release.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{A30DFFC2-97E5-48F6-B8E0-A85435328ABA}.Release.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{78922FED-3B8B-4276-ADFF-9A19330F7CFE}.Debug.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{78922FED-3B8B-4276-ADFF-9A19330F7CFE}.Debug.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{78922FED-3B8B-4276-ADFF-9A19330F7CFE}.Release.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{78922FED-3B8B-4276-ADFF-9A19330F7CFE}.Release.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{A192B19C-8839-4BF8-A517-963B4DBA740C}.Debug.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{A192B19C-8839-4BF8-A517-963B4DBA740C}.Debug.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{A192B19C-8839-4BF8-A517-963B4DBA740C}.Release.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{A192B19C-8839-4BF8-A517-963B4DBA740C}.Release.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{7572D7B9-9DCD-4B98-AB04-1E9BFC8BA099}.Debug.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{7572D7B9-9DCD-4B98-AB04-1E9BFC8BA099}.Debug.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{7572D7B9-9DCD-4B98-AB04-1E9BFC8BA099}.Release.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{7572D7B9-9DCD-4B98-AB04-1E9BFC8BA099}.Release.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{8AB3DC28-1CAC-4DC0-B8CD-EB066E3711F9}.Debug.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{8AB3DC28-1CAC-4DC0-B8CD-EB066E3711F9}.Debug.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{8AB3DC28-1CAC-4DC0-B8CD-EB066E3711F9}.Release.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{8AB3DC28-1CAC-4DC0-B8CD-EB066E3711F9}.Release.Build.0 = Release|Win32
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
 	EndGlobalSection
diff --git a/src/BuildTiles/GenOutput/genobj.cxx b/src/BuildTiles/GenOutput/genobj.cxx
index 73250126..1eb3c699 100644
--- a/src/BuildTiles/GenOutput/genobj.cxx
+++ b/src/BuildTiles/GenOutput/genobj.cxx
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@
 
 #include <time.h>
 
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#  include <win32/mkdir.hpp>
-#endif
-
 #include <simgear/compiler.h>
 #include <simgear/io/sg_binobj.hxx>
 #include <simgear/misc/texcoord.hxx>
diff --git a/src/BuildTiles/Match/match.cxx b/src/BuildTiles/Match/match.cxx
index f3220085..df8d42f7 100644
--- a/src/BuildTiles/Match/match.cxx
+++ b/src/BuildTiles/Match/match.cxx
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@
 #include <simgear/math/point3d.hxx>
 #include <simgear/math/sg_geodesy.hxx>
 #include <simgear/misc/sgstream.hxx>
-
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#  include <Win32/mkdir.hpp>
-#endif
+#include <simgear/misc/sg_path.hxx>
 
 #include "match.hxx"
 
@@ -465,12 +462,9 @@ void TGMatch::write_shared( TGConstruct& c ) {
     string dir = base + "/Shared/" + b.gen_base_path();
     string file = dir + "/" + b.gen_index_str();
 
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-    fg_mkdir( dir.c_str() );
-#else
-    string command = "mkdir -p " + dir;
-    system(command.c_str());
-#endif
+    SGPath sgp( dir );
+    sgp.append( "dummy" );
+    sgp.create_dir( 0755 );
 
     cout << "shared data will be written to " << file << endl;
 
@@ -615,7 +609,7 @@ void TGMatch::write_shared( TGConstruct& c ) {
 
     fclose( fp );
 
-    command = "gzip --force --best " + file;
+    string command = "gzip --force --best " + file;
     system(command.c_str());
 }