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realign photoreal to FSX

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I'm just beginning to open up this whole new world (literally) and have succeeded in getting a small airport into fsx. Now I notice that a road in the photoreal does not align precisely with the existing road in FSX.

Is it possible to realign/move the placement of the photoreal scenery with respect to the native fsx world?

It's only off by one lane of a two lane road, which is remarkably close, but I just wondered.

Thanks
 
If your photo fits "perfectly" to the runway/airport, I would choose not to trust the old (2006) FSX road data, and exclude the FSX road, then draw a new one with ADE or SBuilderX.

Using UTEX for Norway, I have also often found the UTEX roads are cheap data, with too many edges instead of proper curves. So I exlude them near my photos, and redraw them to fit.

Cheers,
:stirthepo
 
The FSX runway does not line up, so I was intending to exclude it. It's off by about 10 degrees rotated to the left.

Now that I have thought about it more, my question should have been answered by the fact that the fsx runway must be excluded and a new runway placed with ADE or SbuilderX. I should have waited overnight before posting.:(

Thanks for your answer; it helps to clarify.

The one thing I have learned is how much work it is to create sceneries, and it makes for a high degree of respect and admiration for the work of others who have mastered it.
 
Good I was able to clarify a bit :)

I always check the runway first, to use it as a reference to check if the photo is correctly placed. I take the runway threshold coordinates from official charts. Then I put in a marker in ADE for each threshold, using these coordinates. That way I know if the runway is correct or not, and adjust accordingly if I have to. For Norway, MS has most of the runways correct, but I had to move ENDI and ENBM between 100 and 600 meters (!), plus I had to adjust the ENBO geo bearing a bit. Because of this, the photos now fits like a glove. Of course there is also questionable quality of photos. I have seen several photos from google (via SBuilder) that is way off. Higher quality photos from norwegian sources (via Globalmapper) fits perfectly.

Cheers,
:stirthepo
 
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