Re: [Flightgear-devel] DEM, sigh

2002-10-30 Thread Curtis L. Olson
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take ... :-) Christopher S Horler writes: > I guess, we ain't going to have much success starting our own little > fgfs scenery fund then:-) > > On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 19:21, Christian Mayer wrote: > > Christopher S Horler wrote: > > > > > > Just while we wait

Re: [Flightgear-devel] DEM, sigh

2002-10-30 Thread Christopher S Horler
I guess, we ain't going to have much success starting our own little fgfs scenery fund then:-) On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 19:21, Christian Mayer wrote: > Christopher S Horler wrote: > > > > Just while we wait for the free data, I'm curious to know how much it > > costs to get the use of a satellite fo

Re: [Flightgear-devel] DEM, sigh

2002-10-30 Thread Christian Mayer
Christopher S Horler wrote: > > Just while we wait for the free data, I'm curious to know how much it > costs to get the use of a satellite for collecting it. Is it the > blender fund kind of area? IIRC the SRTM SpaceShuttle mission had a budget of 250 million US$... CU, Christian -- The idea

Re: [Flightgear-devel] DEM, sigh

2002-10-30 Thread Christopher S Horler
Just while we wait for the free data, I'm curious to know how much it costs to get the use of a satellite for collecting it. Is it the blender fund kind of area? Later, Chris ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] DEM, sigh

2002-10-30 Thread Christian Mayer
Andy Ross wrote: > > David Megginson wrote: > > I have a feeling that we won't have good, free geodata for the rest > > of the world until the U.S. decides to provide it for us, > > Actually, wasn't there a shuttle mission about two years ago which did > a high-resolution radar survey of the whol

Re: [Flightgear-devel] DEM, sigh

2002-10-29 Thread Andy Ross
I wrote: > Actually, wasn't there a shuttle mission about two years ago which did > a high-resolution radar survey of the whole planet? Duh, that's what the "SRTM" link is about on the page Norman sent. I followed through to the project webpage at JPL (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm). In their wor

Re: [Flightgear-devel] DEM, sigh

2002-10-29 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Norman Vine writes: > David Megginson writes: > > > Erik Hofman writes: > > > > > After a long search I finally found the digital elevation model data of > > > The Netherlands (up to 5 meter resolution!), but then discovered it > > > isn't free. > > > :-( > > > > To the rest of the world,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] DEM, sigh

2002-10-29 Thread Andy Ross
David Megginson wrote: > I have a feeling that we won't have good, free geodata for the rest > of the world until the U.S. decides to provide it for us, Actually, wasn't there a shuttle mission about two years ago which did a high-resolution radar survey of the whole planet? I remember reading so

Re: [Flightgear-devel] DEM, sigh

2002-10-29 Thread Gene Buckle
> military defence (not that I doubt that the Canadian navy or French > army, for example, could actually fight a war on their own -- no, on > second thought, I do doubt it). > Well it all depends on how much we're currently charging for troop and cargo transport services aboard C-17's. :) g. _

Re: [Flightgear-devel] DEM, sigh

2002-10-29 Thread David Megginson
Norman Vine writes: > > To the rest of the world, it seems backwards that the U.S. (home of > > software patents, the DMCA, and perpetual book copyright extensions) > > got something about intellectual property so right while the rest of > > us got it so wrong, but there you have it. > > it

Re: [Flightgear-devel] DEM, sigh

2002-10-29 Thread Norman Vine
David Megginson writes: > Erik Hofman writes: > > > After a long search I finally found the digital elevation model data of > > The Netherlands (up to 5 meter resolution!), but then discovered it > > isn't free. > > :-( > > To the rest of the world, it seems backwards that the U.S. (home o

re: [Flightgear-devel] DEM, sigh

2002-10-29 Thread David Megginson
Erik Hofman writes: > After a long search I finally found the digital elevation model data of > The Netherlands (up to 5 meter resolution!), but then discovered it > isn't free. > :-( Canada has a set of digital geodata available -- high resolution line graphs, DEMs, the works -- for only C

Re: [Flightgear-devel] DEM, sigh

2002-10-29 Thread Erik Hofman
Curtis L. Olson wrote: Erik Hofman writes: Hi, After a long search I finally found the digital elevation model data of The Netherlands (up to 5 meter resolution!), but then discovered it isn't free. :-( It just doesn't seem right that they would charge money for a big file with the number

Re: [Flightgear-devel] DEM, sigh

2002-10-29 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Erik Hofman writes: > > > Hi, > > After a long search I finally found the digital elevation model data of > The Netherlands (up to 5 meter resolution!), but then discovered it > isn't free. > :-( It just doesn't seem right that they would charge money for a big file with the number "-10" repe

[Flightgear-devel] DEM, sigh

2002-10-29 Thread Erik Hofman
Hi, After a long search I finally found the digital elevation model data of The Netherlands (up to 5 meter resolution!), but then discovered it isn't free. :-( Erik (Time to contact some politicians over here.) ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [