[Flightgear-devel] Re: taxiway runway signs

2006-04-12 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Chris Metzler -- Wednesday 12 April 2006 04:45: I would naively expect the angle that you give the sign to correspond to the orientation of a normal either going out of the sign face or going into the sign face. However, there seems to be an offset between the angle used and the heading of

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Use of old maps

2006-04-12 Thread Steve Hosgood
David Luff wrote: Hi folks, I happened to come across the following ebay item whilst looking for a map which caught my eye: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1937-Ordnance-Survey-Map-42-Llandudno-and-Denbigh_W0QQitemZ8403614581QQcategoryZ121824QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem It's a 1937 OS map to a reasonably

[Flightgear-devel] Bremen-Weser VFR demo scenery now available for download

2006-04-12 Thread Georg Vollnhals
Hi all, as many of us will have some time for FlightGear next weekend I decided to upload my Bremen-Weser demo-scenery so that you might have a nice flight over my homeland. Before uploading you my have a preview of the enclosed *.pdf manual here in *.html format:

[Flightgear-devel] Re: request for new screen shots

2006-04-12 Thread Pigeon
I am interested in getting a few more high quality screen shots for the v0.9.10 release. While we're on the topic, it would be good if someone can provide/suggest some good screenshots for the FG Live CD. They could be used as kernel booting splash screen and/or default X background.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Possible bugs in v0.9.9 (Airbus A380 and p51d) ?

2006-04-12 Thread Mike Rawlins
--- Jim Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Mike Rawlins When starting with: --aircraft=p51d I get system crash (no splash screen) with message Reading xml electrical system model from /usr/local/FlightGear-0.9/data/Aircraft/Generic/generic-electrical.xml

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Possible bugs in v0.9.9 (Airbus A380 and p51d) ?

2006-04-12 Thread Jim Wilson
From: Mike Rawlins I checked out and compiled a copy of v0.9.9 (source and base) from CVS on February 17. I always assume that checking out a copy of a given version from CVS shortly after a release will be relatively bug free. Maybe! A lot of software projects it is exactly the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: taxiway runway signs

2006-04-12 Thread Chris Metzler
On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:18:13 +0200 Melchior FRANZ wrote: * Chris Metzler -- Wednesday 12 April 2006 04:45: I would naively expect the angle that you give the sign to correspond to the orientation of a normal either going out of the sign face or going into the sign face. Oh, you are

[Flightgear-devel] Re: taxiway runway signs

2006-04-12 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Chris Metzler -- Wednesday 12 April 2006 19:39: Heh, this is embarassing. First off, [...] No, it isn't. That's normal fgfs business. It makes sure that rocket scientist will remain the *minimum* qualification for fgfs developers. ;-) m.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Use of old maps

2006-04-12 Thread Ralf Gerlich
Hi, David Luff schrieb: Hi folks, I happened to come across the following ebay item whilst looking for a map which caught my eye: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1937-Ordnance-Survey-Map-42-Llandudno-and-Denbigh_W0QQitemZ8403614581QQcategoryZ121824QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem It's a 1937 OS map to a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Use of old maps

2006-04-12 Thread Jon Stockill
Ralf Gerlich wrote: IANAL, but you might be even better off than you think. At least here in Germany, courts seem to consider only the map itself (its presentation) to be protected by copyright but not the base data (such as elevation isolines, roadlines, etc.), as the base data itself

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Use of old maps

2006-04-12 Thread Lee Elliott
On Wednesday 12 April 2006 20:23, Jon Stockill wrote: Ralf Gerlich wrote: IANAL, but you might be even better off than you think. At least here in Germany, courts seem to consider only the map itself (its presentation) to be protected by copyright but not the base data (such as elevation

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Use of old maps

2006-04-12 Thread Jon Stockill
Lee Elliott wrote: On Wednesday 12 April 2006 20:23, Jon Stockill wrote: Ralf Gerlich wrote: IANAL, but you might be even better off than you think. At least here in Germany, courts seem to consider only the map itself (its presentation) to be protected by copyright but not the base data

Re: [Flightgear-devel] European Scenery Textures

2006-04-12 Thread Rob Oates
Hmm, I haven't noticed any problems with hgtchop as of yet...at least no messages while converting the srtm's to *.arr.gz. file format.I compiled my version of terragear using Simgear 0.3.9 and Terragear CVS however, I still havve a ways before I get to building the completed scenery...-RobOn

[Flightgear-devel] interpolate() acting funny

2006-04-12 Thread Josh Babcock
I'm getting some strange results from interpolate(). I put the attached code into ch53e.nas and get the following results: * GearIndicator0-pos instantly goes to 0, then after 6 seconds goes to -1 or 1, depending on the gear condition. This is the desired behavior. * GearIndicator1-pos does not

Re: [Flightgear-devel] request for new screen shots

2006-04-12 Thread Ampere K. Hardraade
On Wednesday 12 April 2006 00:38, Curtis L. Olson wrote: I am interested in getting a few more high quality screen shots for the v0.9.10 release. Thanks, Curt. Who needs screenshots where there are movies?! :P http://pigeond.net/photos/flightgear/videos/ Ampere

RE: [Flightgear-devel] request for new screen shots

2006-04-12 Thread Jon S. Berndt
Who needs screenshots where there are movies?! :P http://pigeond.net/photos/flightgear/videos/ Ampere These won't play on my WinXP box using Windows Media Player. Jon --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking