Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fun with the FAA DOF.

2005-02-18 Thread Erik Hofman
Frederic Bouvier wrote: Jon Stockill a écrit : Assuming there's a unique ID in the DOF (I've not seen the file yet) I'll maintain an exclusions list, so that when an updated DOF is imported such buildings can be ignored because we have a better version available.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fun with the FAA DOF.

2005-02-18 Thread Frederic Bouvier
Quoting Erik Hofman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Frederic Bouvier wrote: Jon Stockill a écrit : Assuming there's a unique ID in the DOF (I've not seen the file yet) I'll maintain an exclusions list, so that when an updated DOF is imported such buildings can be ignored because we have a better

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fun with the FAA DOF.

2005-02-18 Thread Erik Hofman
Frederic Bouvier wrote: Quoting Erik Hofman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Are these generic buildings now officilally part of the database? I don't know if it is official, but they are in the database I downloaded recently. Cool, that would make the scenery much more realistic IMHO. I think the problem is

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fun with the FAA DOF.

2005-02-18 Thread Frederic Bouvier
Quoting Erik Hofman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Frederic Bouvier wrote: Quoting Erik Hofman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Are these generic buildings now officilally part of the database? I don't know if it is official, but they are in the database I downloaded recently. Cool, that would make the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fun with the FAA DOF.

2005-02-18 Thread Erik Hofman
Frederic Bouvier wrote: I think this is nearly impossible to have the position that match. It should be better to have areas of exclusion, either rectangular ( 2 points ), or circular ( center + radius ). Unless the database allows one to replace the model you are right. I think a 100 meter

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fun with the FAA DOF.

2005-02-18 Thread Erik Hofman
BTW. Just for the sake of completeness, the models created by Unknown are all created by me: http://fgfsdb.stockill.org/author.php?id=1 Erik ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fun with the FAA DOF.

2005-02-18 Thread Steve Hosgood
On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 09:37, Frederic Bouvier wrote: I think this is nearly impossible to have the position that match. It should be better to have areas of exclusion, either rectangular ( 2 points ), or circular ( center + radius ). -Fred Could you not have something like RPM's

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fun with the FAA DOF.

2005-02-18 Thread Jon Stockill
Erik Hofman wrote: Frederic Bouvier wrote: Quoting Erik Hofman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Are these generic buildings now officilally part of the database? I don't know if it is official, but they are in the database I downloaded recently. Cool, that would make the scenery much more realistic IMHO. I

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fun with the FAA DOF.

2005-02-18 Thread Jon Stockill
Erik Hofman wrote: BTW. Just for the sake of completeness, the models created by Unknown are all created by me: http://fgfsdb.stockill.org/author.php?id=1 Thanks - this is now updated. -- Jon Stockill [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fun with the FAA DOF.

2005-02-18 Thread Erik Hofman
Jon Stockill wrote: Erik Hofman wrote: BTW. Just for the sake of completeness, the models created by Unknown are all created by me: Thanks - this is now updated. Thanks. Erik ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fun with the FAA DOF.

2005-02-18 Thread Martin Spott
Jon Stockill wrote: Erik Hofman wrote: I think the problem is that your models are not listed in the database then? If they where they would probably overwrite the default ones (provided they are located at _exactly_ the same location). They don't need to be *exact* as they're linked by

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fun with the FAA DOF.

2005-02-17 Thread Frederic Bouvier
Jon Stockill a écrit : Frederic Bouvier wrote: That's really nice ! But if all these models are placed automagically, what would happen to model that represent the real buildings ? I mean : if I create the Empire State Building and put it in fgfsdb, would there be a hole around it or would it

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fun with the FAA DOF.

2005-02-07 Thread David Luff
On 31/01/2005 at 17:19 Chris Metzler wrote: With building positions and heights from the FAA Digital Obstruction File, and a few new buriable (thus, height-adjustable) models, here's an approach into La Guardia Rwy 04, starting over Staten Island.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fun with the FAA DOF.

2005-02-01 Thread Dale E. Edmons
Chris Metzler wrote: Chris, Is there code we can grab to test and look at other areas? Even what you have is okay for a lot of stuff. I like the screenshots. Thanks. Dale With building positions and heights from the FAA Digital Obstruction File, and a few new buriable (thus, height-adjustable)

[Flightgear-devel] Fun with the FAA DOF.

2005-01-31 Thread Chris Metzler
With building positions and heights from the FAA Digital Obstruction File, and a few new buriable (thus, height-adjustable) models, here's an approach into La Guardia Rwy 04, starting over Staten Island. http://www.speakeasy.org/~cmetzler/KLGA_04_approach_001.jpg thru

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fun with the FAA DOF.

2005-01-31 Thread Frederic Bouvier
Chris Metzler a écrit : With building positions and heights from the FAA Digital Obstruction File, and a few new buriable (thus, height-adjustable) models, here's an approach into La Guardia Rwy 04, starting over Staten Island. http://www.speakeasy.org/~cmetzler/KLGA_04_approach_001.jpg thru

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fun with the FAA DOF.

2005-01-31 Thread Chris Metzler
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 23:37:49 +0100 Frederic Bouvier wrote: That's really nice ! But if all these models are placed automagically, what would happen to model that represent the real buildings ? I mean : if I create the Empire State Building and put it in fgfsdb, would there be a hole around

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fun with the FAA DOF.

2005-01-31 Thread Jon Stockill
Frederic Bouvier wrote: That's really nice ! But if all these models are placed automagically, what would happen to model that represent the real buildings ? I mean : if I create the Empire State Building and put it in fgfsdb, would there be a hole around it or would it be in collision with its