Re: 0.9.10 Scenery Quirks (was Re: [Flightgear-devel] Discussion: next FlightGear release.)

2006-01-29 Thread Erik Hofman
Hi David, Welcome back! David Megginson wrote: I've been using the new scenery, and have noticed some quirks -- for example, the Tower Bridge in London is oriented east-west instead of north-south, and Manhattan is populated by giant electrical towers. Are these just quirks in the input

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Autopilot on default Cessna

2006-01-29 Thread Roy Vegard Ovesen
On Saturday 28 January 2006 16:52, Curtis L. Olson wrote: For what it's worth, it would be great if someone could figure it all out and write a up a little mini-howto so the rest of us don't have to wade through 100 page manual. There is a very short quick guide on the wiki page:

[Flightgear-devel] Request for comments: Airway database

2006-01-29 Thread Durk Talsma
Hi Folks, I just finished some initial experiments in loading the Robin Peel airway database for flightgear. The code is based on the ground network code that I wrote for AI taxiway following. While I have stuff working right now, one major problem is becoming apparent: It takes approximately

Re: 0.9.10 Scenery Quirks (was Re: [Flightgear-devel] Discussion: next FlightGear release.)

2006-01-29 Thread Jon Stockill
David Megginson wrote: On 28/01/06, Curtis L. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now that the v0.9.10 scenery is done. I would like to start thinking about the next FlightGear release which will be called v0.9.10 to match the scenery. I've been using the new scenery, and have noticed some

[Flightgear-devel] Compiling FlightGear question

2006-01-29 Thread Chris Millichamp
Hi Ive just discovered FlightGear and would like to compile the source code myself. Ive downloaded all the appropriate packages and downloaded and installed Cygwin as outlined in the flightgear getting started document. Im trying to install SimGear, the ZLIB library as per the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Compiling FlightGear question

2006-01-29 Thread Durk Talsma
On Sunday 29 January 2006 21:12, Chris Millichamp wrote: I'm trying to install SimGear, the ZLIB library as per the instructions (page 94 of the flightgear getting started pdf) but when it comes to typing ./configure an error occurs saying there is no such command. I'm using Windows XP

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: Saturday night movie review

2006-01-29 Thread GWMobile
Interesting to hear that about you Curtis! And now I will see that movie! I wonder how many others of us got interested in flying and flight simulation because of a lot of moving around ( probably by flying) in our youth? Probably pretty much why I got into it now that I think about it.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] NAVAIDS ???

2006-01-29 Thread Jon Stockill
Mathias Fröhlich wrote: Jon, On Tuesday 24 January 2006 22:45, Jon Stockill wrote: I've just discovered that when using the null fdm I'm not getting updates to /position/ground-elev-m any more. So I can't actually retrieve the terrain elevation. Is there somewhere else in the property tree I

Re: 0.9.10 Scenery Quirks (was Re: [Flightgear-devel] Discussion: next FlightGear release.)

2006-01-29 Thread David Megginson
On 29/01/06, Jon Stockill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That could be either incorrect entries in the FAA database, or we've misinterpreted that should be there - it's not a code issue. In Canada, all obstacles appear as radio towers. I'm guessing that there isn't enough information in the

Re: 0.9.10 Scenery Quirks (was Re: [Flightgear-devel] Discussion: next FlightGear release.)

2006-01-29 Thread Josh Babcock
Jon Stockill wrote: David Megginson wrote: On 28/01/06, Curtis L. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now that the v0.9.10 scenery is done. I would like to start thinking about the next FlightGear release which will be called v0.9.10 to match the scenery. I've been using the new scenery,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New JSBSim code

2006-01-29 Thread Richard Harrison
I do not demand an answer, but if someone has a document or something I've just made a page and put the four parts of the two documents from the freely available NASA/Boeing 747 report there. It's at http://www.zaretto.com/simdownloads.html It is very similar to the documents that you still