Curtis Olson wrote: > > GIS on a global scale is a really really hard thing. There are tremendous > challenges in terms of data set sizes, processing time, numerical > representations, manipulating and crunching data, etc. "Terrorgear" is a > clever play on words, but any one who is ready to dive in and create a > better scenery system is more than welcome. The current system certainly > has some limitations and I'd welcome updates that brought the system up to > the next level of realism and polish ... or even replaced the current > system > entirely with something better. Sorry if I'm a little overly sensitive > today to criticism ... even it it is wrapped in humor or cleverness...
I can only agree with you here, Curt. Everyone who has worked with GIS data knows that it can become very complex and time consuming to process. That we get scenery, now even from more complex data (although with errors and artefacts at some places) can be considered as a miracle, given the amount of development time TG receives, compared to FG/SG. I also have to say that the sourcecode of TG is nicely documented (i'm a complete noob when it comes to C/C++ programming) and yet I somehow can follow the logic in the code. That's why I'd like do dive deeper into the airport code and see if I can do something there. Building a frontend (Qt-based) as Gijs did, is a nice endeavour, but I hope the backend will not be forgotten and the audience will not have too elevated expectations. Cheers Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
