Roberto Inzerillo wrote:

> > > I would like to help, maybe with some simple objects around the scenery
> > > (buildings, aerial pictures of the terrain, some more details for the
> > > two airports around my city, Palermo, that's just an example).
> >
> > Probably just some pictures won't help _that_ much (although I'm
> > convinced there is still interest in the raw images) the results you
> > might produce from these images are very much appreciated.
> > The infrasctucture for creating a central repository for scenery
> > objects (database and different front-ends) is currently in the works.
>
> Please let me know about the repository.
>
> Anyway, is there an easy way to identify a building position in order to put
> the 3D model in the correct place (lat/long/alt) into the F.G. world
> scenery?
> Should I consider buying a portable GPS, going in place and check what the
> machine says? Is there a way I could use aerial/staellite pictures (there
> are tons on the net and many are free for viewing) and extract position
> spots out of them in order to correctly orientate and position the 3D obejct
> (here I'm mainly talking about buildings). Any suggestion?

FGSD ( http://fgsd.sf.net ) can help you to place buildings using a scanned map
or an aerial photography.

-Fred

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