Re: [Flightgear-devel] different planetary models

[Josh Babcock]

As to the topography, All of mars has been topographically mapped by 
Global Surveyor at a resolution up to 230m.  Vertical acuracy is about 
1m.  I don't know exactly how much has been mapped at the highest 
resolution, but the data is freely available at 
http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/tharsis/data.html.

Josh

Jon S Berndt wrote:

I believe we (JSBSim team) will soon have a rudimentary model of the 
Martian environment integrated within JSBSim.  This leads me to a 
question about FlightGear/SimGear:  What is the potential for modeling 
a planetary body that is different from earth in the following ways:

1) Different radius
2) Different length of day
3) Different inclination angle of axis
4) Different length of year
5) Different moon[s]
6) Earth is in the *sky* - not under your wheels.
7) different oblateness
8) etc.
I think much of the surface of Mars has been photographed in decent 
enough detail - but I don't know about how well the topography is known.

Jon

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