Re: [Flightgear-devel] View for a down facing camera

2005-03-30 Thread Erik Hofman
Martin Spott wrote: During holidays last week I actually recieved ten photographs which have been used for the FreeGIS tutorial by Heiko Kehlenbrink - see page 115. You'll find a copy of the tutorial here (it's in German): ftp://ftp.ihg.uni-duisburg.de/GIS/GRASS/docs/freegis-tutorial-1.0.pdf The

Re: [Flightgear-devel] View for a down facing camera

2005-03-30 Thread Martin Spott
Erik Hofman wrote: As I see it, these photographs don't add much to what we already have, but I might be wrong. Honestly I have no any idea which material was used for the textures that FlighGear currently includes so I can hardly guess how much these aerial photos can contribute to improving

Re: [Flightgear-devel] View for a down facing camera

2005-03-29 Thread Martin Spott
Erik Hofman wrote: Martin Spott wrote: I'm pretty sure they exist albeit D-FOTO is a Caravan, used for photogrammetry of the nearby brown coal mining. They have a nice 19 rack inside the cabin for analysis equipment, So now you are going to provide me with all kinds of pretty

Re: [Flightgear-devel] View for a down facing camera

2004-10-20 Thread Jim Wilson
Birger Brunswiek said: I'm trying to create a new view which is supposed to be a camera fixed under the Cesna at the body. So far it looks like this: view nameCamera View/camera internal type=boolfalse/internal config from-model type=booltrue/from-model from-model-idx

Re: [Flightgear-devel] View for a down facing camera

2004-09-22 Thread Martin Spott
Birger Brunswiek wrote: I'm trying to create a new view which is supposed to be a camera fixed under the Cesna at the body. [...] Oh yeah, enlarge the C172 a bit, replace the engine with a PT6 and call it D-FOTO (based at my home airport EDLN :-) Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's

Re: [Flightgear-devel] View for a down facing camera

2004-09-22 Thread Martin Spott
Erik Hofman wrote: Martin Spott wrote: Oh yeah, enlarge the C172 a bit, replace the engine with a PT6 and call it D-FOTO (based at my home airport EDLN :-) So they do exist, turboprop driven C-172's? I'm pretty sure they exist albeit D-FOTO is a Caravan, used for photogrammetry of

Re: [Flightgear-devel] View for a down facing camera

2004-09-22 Thread Erik Hofman
Martin Spott wrote: I'm pretty sure they exist albeit D-FOTO is a Caravan, used for photogrammetry of the nearby brown coal mining. They have a nice 19 rack inside the cabin for analysis equipment, So now you are going to provide me with all kinds of pretty pictures which can be used to

Re: [Flightgear-devel] View for a down facing camera

2004-09-22 Thread Martin Spott
Erik Hofman wrote: Martin Spott wrote: I'm pretty sure they exist albeit D-FOTO is a Caravan, used for photogrammetry of the nearby brown coal mining. They have a nice 19 rack inside the cabin for analysis equipment, So now you are going to provide me with all kinds of pretty

Re: [Flightgear-devel] View for a down facing camera

2004-09-22 Thread Mat Churchill
Erik Hofman wrote: So now you are going to provide me with all kinds of pretty pictures which can be used to create textures? I'm certainly planning exactly this, have been messing around with low budget aerial photography. This device (MK1, now on MK3)

Re: [Flightgear-devel] View for a down facing camera

2004-09-22 Thread Martin Spott
Erik Hofman wrote: So now you are going to provide me with all kinds of pretty pictures which can be used to create textures? Ok, now I realize that I misunderstood your message e, better late than never :-) Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its

Re: [Flightgear-devel] View for a down facing camera

2004-09-22 Thread Erik Hofman
Martin Spott wrote: Erik Hofman wrote: Martin Spott wrote: I'm pretty sure they exist albeit D-FOTO is a Caravan, used for photogrammetry of the nearby brown coal mining. They have a nice 19 rack inside the cabin for analysis equipment, So now you are going to provide me with all kinds of

Re: [Flightgear-devel] View for a down facing camera

2004-09-22 Thread Erik Hofman
Mat Churchill wrote: Erik Hofman wrote: So now you are going to provide me with all kinds of pretty pictures which can be used to create textures? I'm certainly planning exactly this, have been messing around with low budget aerial photography. This device (MK1, now on MK3)

Re: [Flightgear-devel] View for a down facing camera

2004-09-22 Thread Boris Koenig
Mat Churchill wrote: Erik Hofman wrote: So now you are going to provide me with all kinds of pretty pictures which can be used to create textures? I'm certainly planning exactly this, have been messing around with low budget aerial photography. This device (MK1, now on MK3) [...] Planning on a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] View for a down facing camera

2004-09-22 Thread Erik Hofman
Boris Koenig wrote: I'm sure this has been brought up before, but has anybody ever really *tried* to ask companies that sell satellite imagery on CD-ROM for their permission to use derived work (= FG textures) freely in an opensource project ? As long as not the actual product itself can be