Hi folks, from time to time we're adjusting the ground elevations of all object positions in the Scenemodels-database and thus in the TerraSync- repository to the actual terrain elevation. Typically this is one of several preparational steps when people start getting serious about planning a release :-) If every of our submitters has properly followed the submission guidelines at:
http://scenemodels.flightgear.org/contribute.php .... then everything should look properly when you're pulling current Scenery with TerraSync. If particular models are standing too high out of the terrain or are sunken too low, then the respective submitter has forgotten to communicate an appropriate elevation offset together with his contribution. As a reminder, this is how we're determining at which elevation to 'mount' a model into the Scenery: For every object we're looking up the lon/lat location as given in the .stg-file, we're then taking the actual terrain elevation at the given position and finally, if available, we're adding an offset. The result is written as elevation into the .stg-files. Thus if your model, in order to look properly, has to be mounted into a reference point lying _below_ terrain elevation, then you have to supply a _negative_ offset in meters. I'm posting this reminder now so there's sufficient time before the release for everyone to fly along their favourite places and/or models and report positions and offsets for those objects which require fixing. Cheers, Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are ! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gaining the trust of online customers is vital for the success of any company that requires sensitive data to be transmitted over the Web. Learn how to best implement a security strategy that keeps consumers' information secure and instills the confidence they need to proceed with transactions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
