On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 13:21:36 +
Jon Stockill wrote:
>
> I can position all the navaids for you if you like. If you have any
> lists of object positions (I've got lighthouses, wind farms, power
> stations, radio masts, and Ordnance Survey triangulation points in the
> database so far - but this only covers the UK) then I'd be happy to add
> them to the data I have and produce scenery object data for you.
Jon, are you agreeable to getting this stuff into the downloadable
scenery (that is, putting the models into the data tree and making their
placement part of the TerraGear/scenery generation process)? Curt, are
you? It would be cool to have this stuff in the scenery.
On a related note: I have a copy of the FAA's Digital Obstruction File
dated May 9, 2004, covering the U.S. and at least some of Canada. This
document is released periodically (quarterly?); and as near as I can
tell, is unencumbered by IP restrictions, although not released for free.
I think it'd be very useful for improving the generic scenery in the U.S.
Its contents look like this:
NOS V LATITUDE LONGITUDE OBSTACLEAGL
AMSL STROBE ACCUR MARK FAAACTION 308294
ST NO S ST CITY DEG MIN SECDEG MIN SECTYPE FREQ HT
HT IND H V IND STUDY NO JDATE 284460
---
300150
01-1307 O AL DAUPHIN ISLAND 30 10 45.00N 088 04 39.00W RIG0236
00236 R5 DY 90SO1578 C92125 235361
01-1472 O AL FORT MORGAN 30 11 20.00N 087 57 10.00W STACK 0193
00193 R5 DY 92SO2230 C96309 238951
01-1459 O AL DAUPHIN ISLAND 30 11 20.00N 088 07 15.00W RIG0240
00241 R5 DY 92SO2229 C93277 234894
01-2567 O AL GULF SHORES 30 13 49.00N 087 52 25.00W BLDG 0223
00242 R5 DN 00SO3180 CA4005 231225
01-2558 O AL GULF SHORES 30 13 49.00N 087 52 30.00W BLDG 0223
00242 R5 DN 99SO3256 CA4005 233277
01-2363 U AL FORT MORGAN 30 14 16.00N 087 52 01.00W TOWER 0300
00317 M N 00SO3108 AA0284 226782
01-1173 O AL DAUPHIN ISLAND 30 15 01.00N 088 04 45.00W TOWER 0201
00205 R5 DY 88SO2440 C89163 245470
01-1330 O AL DAUPHIN ISLAND 30 15 54.00N 088 07 32.00W RIG0186
00186 D5 EY 91SO0652 C91350 233927
01-0196 O AL FOLEY 30 16 46.00N 087 41 33.00W T-L TWR 2 0130
00140 N5 EY C84144 188870
01-2870 O AL ORANGE BEACH30 16 58.00N 087 35 04.00W TOWER 0155
00170 N2 CN 03SO0528 CA3341 239458
01-0291 O AL FOLEY 30 17 12.00N 087 36 23.00W TOWER 0300
00317 Y 66ME0248 D79163 212543
The obstruction types in the list are ARCH, BALLOON, BLDG,
BLDG-TWR, BRIDGE, CATENARY, COOL TWR, CRANE, DOME, ELEVATOR,
MONUMENT, OBSTACLE, PLANT, POLE, REFINERY, RIG, SIGN, SPIRE,
STACK/STACKS, T-L TWR, TANK, TOWER/TOWERS, TRAMWAY, and
WINDMILL. Some of these correspond to types of objects that
Jon has spent a lot of time creating very nice looking models.
I think this would help make scenery in the U.S. and Canada
look a lot nicer with very little help. My good news for the
new year is that I got a new job. While I'm employed, I'm
willing to buy a copy of this file annually for TerraGear
to use in object placement, and work on scripts to add to
TerraGear to do it, if the interest is there.
-c
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