On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 23:25:21 +0100, Thomas wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Am Freitag 03 März 2006 21:55 schrieb Martin Spott: > > Jon Stockill wrote: > > > I think there have been objects added for that area, but the > > > screenshots I've seen seem to indicate that a lot more are > > > available. The power station data for Germany was added this > > > morning, so that'll give a few hundred more objects when it's > > > exported tonight. Just a generic model for now, but since these > > > things are often used as reporting points > > > > [...] > > > > To my experience power stations are most useful when you fly over > > the clouds and don't want to bother with radio navigation. Simply > > follow the cloud-'towers' that break through the 'regular' cloud > > layers and you're done :-) > > Yep, we're just calling them visual VOR, though visual NDB might be > more appropiate... Nice for cross bearings if you only have 1 VOR > receiver. > > BTW would it be possible to somehow wrap the 3D clouds code in a model > animation, so that it could be used for smoke/steam plumes from > cooling towers? ..if you're thinking "check for vapor pressure, dew point" etc, some of this code could be used to draw contrails, too. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
