On Wednesday 02 January 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Would really be nice, at least for low altitude flying, approaches, > > takeoffs, to have "real" scenery. As I have said, if I am landing in New > > York, I want to SEE New York, Empire State, Chrysler Building, the > > bridges. Google has it! > > You model the buildings and bridges, I'll add them to the scenery. ;-)
If I had sensible tools, I might give it a try. I cannot afford to buy ac3d, cannot figure out blender. The ac3d files look like wire-frames with bitmap skins. If there were some unified tool that was suitable, why not. However, why reinvent the wheel. Google has Manhattan filled, I mean every building--BTW, not really necessary, the main landmarks are enough for flavor and seat-of-the-pants navigation. Other cities, they are very sparse as we are. Actually, several generic shapes with different skins could cover a large percentage of buildings. Again, I need more convenient tools. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
