Curtis L. Olson wrote: > Martin Spott wrote: > >> Vassilii Khachaturov wrote: >> >> >>>> Hmm, according to this, there is a canal that carries the San Juan >>>> river >>>> there. >>>> >>>> http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/images/teotihuacan.jpg >>>> >>> >>> Strange... maybe it was not with water when I was walking there? >>> According >>> to the pictures, it would be difficult to miss... >>> >> >> >> We should be happy that reality has always some surprise for us from >> time to time :-) >> >> > > I have a lot of stories of people swearing up and down that something in > a simulation just isn't right ... doesn't feel right, doesn't look > right, is scaled wrong, doesn't accelerate fast enough, etc. and then > after going and examining the real world, it becomes clear that the > simulation is spot on. Of course for each of those stories there are a > 100 or so where the simulator was actually way off. :-) > > Curt. >
Well, looking at that satellite photo and the screenshot I think this one qualifies as at least a little off. The river is in pretty much the right place, but it is definitely not shaped or sized right. Of course, this is the standard with VMAP0 and how terragear interprets it. Josh ------------------------------------------------------- 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
