Re: [Flightgear-devel] small VMAP1 demo

2006-05-26 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Fri, 26 May 2006 13:04:10 + (UTC), Martin wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Martin Spott wrote: > > > Sorry, no VMAP1 data available for the Great Lakes region, at least > > not for the part where KOSH is located, > > Here's an overview: > > ftp://ftp.ihg.uni-duisburg.de/GIS/GIS

Re: [Flightgear-devel] small VMAP1 demo

2006-05-26 Thread Martin Spott
Martin Spott wrote: > Sorry, no VMAP1 data available for the Great Lakes region, at least not > for the part where KOSH is located, Here's an overview: ftp://ftp.ihg.uni-duisburg.de/GIS/GISData/NIMA/VMAP1/vmap1_coverage_west.gif As far as I was able to determine, KOSH ist located in the empty

Re: [Flightgear-devel] small VMAP1 demo

2006-05-26 Thread Martin Spott
Martin Spott wrote: > Arnt Karlsen wrote: >> On Thu, 25 May 2006 09:27:01 + (UTC), Martin wrote in message >>> I think I'll start with a 2x2 degree shapefile set for KOSH, so if >>> someone would build a scenery tile from that >> >> ..url and approx eta? > > It depends - I suggest to do it

Re: [Flightgear-devel] small VMAP1 demo

2006-05-25 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 25 May 2006 13:40:39 + (UTC), Martin wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > On Thu, 25 May 2006 09:27:01 + (UTC), Martin wrote in message > > >> I think I'll start with a 2x2 degree shapefile set for KOSH, so if > >> someone would build a scenery tile fr

Re: [Flightgear-devel] small VMAP1 demo

2006-05-25 Thread Martin Spott
Arnt Karlsen wrote: >> The respective filenames end with '_vmap1.tar.bz2'. Would anyone see >> if they manage to build Cape Verde Scenery from these shapefiles ? > > ..wget in progress. Scenery build docs recommendations? Read the appropriate documents that have been mentioned on this list many

Re: [Flightgear-devel] small VMAP1 demo

2006-05-25 Thread Martin Spott
Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Thu, 25 May 2006 09:27:01 + (UTC), Martin wrote in message >> I think I'll start with a 2x2 degree shapefile set for KOSH, so if >> someone would build a scenery tile from that > > ..url and approx eta? It depends - I suggest to do it yourself if you're in hurry. O

Re: [Flightgear-devel] small VMAP1 demo

2006-05-25 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 25 May 2006 11:57:44 + (UTC), Martin wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Martin Spott wrote: > > > then select ICAO GVAC. Zoom into GVAC twice, add the two layers > > 'intermittentstream_vmap1' and 'road_vmap1' (don't forget to set the > > mouse-click mode back to "Pan") and

Re: [Flightgear-devel] small VMAP1 demo

2006-05-25 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 25 May 2006 09:27:01 + (UTC), Martin wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Chris Metzler wrote: > > On Wed, 24 May 2006 12:30:24 + (UTC) Martin Spott wrote: > > >> I'm inclined to replace VMAP0 data in the Landcover DB with VMAP1 > >where > the latter is available, but first I'

Re: [Flightgear-devel] small VMAP1 demo

2006-05-25 Thread Martin Spott
Martin Spott wrote: > then select ICAO GVAC. Zoom into GVAC twice, add the two layers > 'intermittentstream_vmap1' and 'road_vmap1' (don't forget to set the > mouse-click mode back to "Pan") and hit refresh. This demo tells us an > interesting story about the quality of line data in VMAP0 ...

Re: [Flightgear-devel] small VMAP1 demo

2006-05-25 Thread Martin Spott
Chris Metzler wrote: > On Wed, 24 May 2006 12:30:24 + (UTC) Martin Spott wrote: >> I'm inclined to replace VMAP0 data in the Landcover DB with VMAP1 where >> the latter is available, but first I'll have to investigate if the >> extent of the VMAP1 tiles really and precisely matches the definit

Re: [Flightgear-devel] small VMAP1 demo

2006-05-24 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 24 May 2006 23:48:20 -0400, Chris wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, 25 May 2006 01:15:31 +0200 > Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > On Wed, 24 May 2006 20:25:43 + (UTC), Martin wrote in message > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > Well, go ahead and get yourself familiarized with

Re: [Flightgear-devel] small VMAP1 demo

2006-05-24 Thread Chris Metzler
On Wed, 24 May 2006 12:30:24 + (UTC) Martin Spott wrote: > > Just to let you share the look at the improvements in Scenery detail > that VMAP1 data might bring us, I set up a small demo on the Mapserver > site. Visit: > > http://mapserver.flightgear.org/ > > then select ICAO GVAC. Zoom

Re: [Flightgear-devel] small VMAP1 demo

2006-05-24 Thread Chris Metzler
On Thu, 25 May 2006 01:15:31 +0200 Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Wed, 24 May 2006 20:25:43 + (UTC), Martin wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Well, go ahead and get yourself familiarized with TaxiDraw, > > ..erm. ;o) TaxiDraw is really, really, REALLY easy to use, IMHO. If you're

Re: [Flightgear-devel] small VMAP1 demo

2006-05-24 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 24 May 2006 20:25:43 + (UTC), Martin wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > The idea is make a familiarisation tool off the NOTAM procedures, > > [...] > > I'm sure it would be fun to fly the 'real' AirVenture approach in > FlightGear, be it for just for f

Re: [Flightgear-devel] small VMAP1 demo

2006-05-24 Thread Martin Spott
Arnt Karlsen wrote: > ..and I now see mapserver is a scenery build tool, No, Mapserver is 'only' a tool for visualising data that's already available - currently I'm not generating any new data here. The difficult part is to convert data from different sources that come in totally different data

Re: [Flightgear-devel] small VMAP1 demo

2006-05-24 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 24 May 2006 15:20:56 + (UTC), Martin wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > On Wed, 24 May 2006 14:14:19 + (UTC), Martin wrote in message > > >> You can't feed this data neither to FG nor to Atlas - well, you > >could > try it but you' won't have any suc

Re: [Flightgear-devel] small VMAP1 demo

2006-05-24 Thread Martin Spott
Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Wed, 24 May 2006 14:14:19 + (UTC), Martin wrote in message >> You can't feed this data neither to FG nor to Atlas - well, you could >> try it but you' won't have any success, > > ..ah, I was wondering what I had missed. ;o) Well, my notice was primarily addressed t

Re: [Flightgear-devel] small VMAP1 demo

2006-05-24 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 24 May 2006 14:14:19 + (UTC), Martin wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > On Wed, 24 May 2006 12:43:35 + (UTC), Martin wrote in message > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> Errrm, I probably should have told you that reorganization of the > >DB > is current

Re: [Flightgear-devel] small VMAP1 demo

2006-05-24 Thread Martin Spott
Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Wed, 24 May 2006 12:43:35 + (UTC), Martin wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Errrm, I probably should have told you that reorganization of the DB >> is currently underway, so response times might be a bit bad - even >> worse than usually ;-) > > ..proba

Re: [Flightgear-devel] small VMAP1 demo

2006-05-24 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 24 May 2006 12:43:35 + (UTC), Martin wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Martin Spott wrote: > > Just to let you share the look at the improvements in Scenery detail > > that VMAP1 data might bring us, I set up a small demo on the > > Mapserver site. Visit: > > > > http://mapse

Re: [Flightgear-devel] small VMAP1 demo

2006-05-24 Thread Martin Spott
Martin Spott wrote: > Just to let you share the look at the improvements in Scenery detail > that VMAP1 data might bring us, I set up a small demo on the Mapserver > site. Visit: > > http://mapserver.flightgear.org/ Errrm, I probably should have told you that reorganization of the DB is current