David Megginson said: > On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 00:36:03 -0000, Jim Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Wouldn't it make sense to start with something like the atlas generated > > data? > > I mean, we'd probably want to cache it to disk anyway...dynamic updating of > > that data could be added later. > > Cache it to disk for the whole world? >
Yeah. This is not nearly as detailed (or large) as the scenery data. Probably a CD worth of images would do the world. With a directory of 25mb of images for atlas I've got North America pretty much covered. The text and icons would need to be overlayed, probably in a transparent image, on seperate polygon(s) over the map would make sense for performance...although floating a bunch of little polygons with airport ID characters similar to how the 747-pdf is setup might be the fastest. Norman's suggest might work here as well, but I really don't understand it, particularly as far as performance is concerned. This is really the hard work, getting the basic nav display setup and running. The terrain won't be that bad either way. Now the weather radar mode...that might be another story! Best, Jim _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
