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FSX Best software for photreal scenery
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Hi,
Personally I always just use the resample tool from the sdk. When you have the source imagery you want to use for the scenery that is the quickest way I think. But of course SBuilderX gives you a nice user interface.
Personally I always just use the resample tool from the sdk. When you have the source imagery you want to use for the scenery that is the quickest way I think. But of course SBuilderX gives you a nice user interface.
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I agree with Arno.
Initially, using resample.exe directly seems a little cumbersome ... but it gives you ultimate control over what is happening.
The question to the 'OP", however, is when you say 'I just care about photoscenery', what sort of photoscenery do you mean?
If you are talking about creating very very large areas of photoimagery in an automated way, then the single biggest problem you have is the source imagery. There have been a few products that do this in the past (eg FSEarthTiles, etc), it has not a particular area of interest for me, so others would need to comment.
It has , however, become less easy to scrape large numbers of tiles from Google and BingMaps servers, as Google in particular, have put some measures to limit what you can download.
If you are making specific areas, learn resample, and how to make an .inf file.
Initially, using resample.exe directly seems a little cumbersome ... but it gives you ultimate control over what is happening.
The question to the 'OP", however, is when you say 'I just care about photoscenery', what sort of photoscenery do you mean?
If you are talking about creating very very large areas of photoimagery in an automated way, then the single biggest problem you have is the source imagery. There have been a few products that do this in the past (eg FSEarthTiles, etc), it has not a particular area of interest for me, so others would need to comment.
It has , however, become less easy to scrape large numbers of tiles from Google and BingMaps servers, as Google in particular, have put some measures to limit what you can download.
If you are making specific areas, learn resample, and how to make an .inf file.
Actually, it is not a specific area. I and a few others want to work at area of about 600000 sq mi .So I don't care about higher zoom level, zoom 11 is enough
what do you think, is it possible to create photo scenery of such an area during one month?
and I want to ask your opinion on "Tile proxy". is it good and fast program ?
what do you think, is it possible to create photo scenery of such an area during one month?
and I want to ask your opinion on "Tile proxy". is it good and fast program ?
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The issue is the imagery itself.
I don't use tileproxy as this sort of scenery is not of interest to me, but many do, and it does what you are intending (scrape tiles and resample them into scenery)
Note that the source of the tiles will determine whether you can use the imagery for your own use only, or for distribution.
Unless you purchase the imagery, or it is explicitly public domain, you will not be able to share your creation.
I don't use tileproxy as this sort of scenery is not of interest to me, but many do, and it does what you are intending (scrape tiles and resample them into scenery)
Note that the source of the tiles will determine whether you can use the imagery for your own use only, or for distribution.
Unless you purchase the imagery, or it is explicitly public domain, you will not be able to share your creation.
Thanks hcornea
It is for me and my few friends's personal uses, so copyright will not be an issue here.
Could you please throw some light on tiles scraping? How can I do that? Is there any guide or tutorial on that?
And one another question, can I make scenery with a fixed zoom level (for example, zoom13) for all regions with tileproxy? Or it creates the image based on the flight level? (for example, if I fly at low altitude, it will create a more detailed image than say when I fly at high altitude)
It is for me and my few friends's personal uses, so copyright will not be an issue here.
Could you please throw some light on tiles scraping? How can I do that? Is there any guide or tutorial on that?
And one another question, can I make scenery with a fixed zoom level (for example, zoom13) for all regions with tileproxy? Or it creates the image based on the flight level? (for example, if I fly at low altitude, it will create a more detailed image than say when I fly at high altitude)
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I do not recommend using Tileproxy as the process of processing Tiles acquired by it would be very difficult and time consuming.Also I do not recommend using Tileproxy with low speed Internet connection which will simply result in black holes in tiles.
As Arno said it is much better for a project at this scale to acquire pictures separately and turn it into scenery file via Resample etc...
You will have more control over your project.
But if you have just decided to use Tileproxy you may give Map2BGL a try.Just note that I have not tested it in FSX!
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EDIT: After reading this to my wife she feels I was too harsh in this post, thus it must be so. That was not my intention so I apologize up front if the tone is less than cordial. I was merely trying to inform a comrade FlightSim developer of the pitfalls of copyright law. I regret that this came across as harsh. That said, I do stand by the dry, unemotional meaning of my statements.
I wish you the best of luck with your project and am happy to see that the forum was able to help on the technical issues - which in fact was the purpose of your posts - a purpose from which I strayed.
Warm Regards, Will
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Not quite. For your personal use? You are correct - No problem. Giving to friends - i.e. distributing it even though you are not charging for it? Problem - that is technically a copyright infringement.
Think of it in terms of taping a US football game - in the US the National Football League warning states:
"This telecast is copyrighted by the NFL for the private use of our audience. Any other use of this telecast or any pictures, descriptions, or accounts of the game without the NFL's consent is prohibited."
Tape it so you can watch it later? - no problem - that's private use and you are the audience. Tape it so you can give copies to your friends? - that's not private use.
Yes, I know, there is the "Fair Use" stipulation written into copyright law which means you can use a part of the material as long as it is not a substantial portion and that you give full credit - i.e. using a quote from a publication or a small video clip in a presentation. However, using large sections of commercial imagery in scenery is probably well beyond fair use - even if you give full credit in the accompanying documentation.
That said, I'm not the copyright police - not even a lawyer. I'm just somebody whose former job took him deep into copyright law - I learned it so I didn't go to jail.
Cheers!
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Will, of course, is right.
And nobody here is the copyright police. Be informed that giving protected imagery or data to friends is a violation, and then use your own judgement as to whether you still chose to do it. Your decision, your friends, and your risk... even though the risk might be small, the consequences could be large. Just sayin'.
Dick
And nobody here is the copyright police. Be informed that giving protected imagery or data to friends is a violation, and then use your own judgement as to whether you still chose to do it. Your decision, your friends, and your risk... even though the risk might be small, the consequences could be large. Just sayin'.
Dick