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[[File:LOWI_with_OSM_buildings.jpg|thumb|LOWI with OSM buildings]]
[[File:LOWI_with_OSM_buildings.jpg|thumb|LOWI with OSM buildings]]


Dresden, Germany ([http://flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=18851 EDDC]) and Innsbruck, Austria ([http://flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=19625 LOWI]) have recently been populated with about 50,000 buildings derived from openstreetmap data. The buildings are textured with hi-res facade and roof images. While this certainly improves visual impression over the current random buildings, rendering a huge number of individual models in a scene is quite demanding. The FG process eats ~3GB RAM when flying in those areas, you might see a severe fps hit, and the download is ~50 MB each. However, the buildings respect LOD settings, and there's work underway to also reduce the memory footprint.
Dresden, Germany ({{forum link|t=18851|text=EDDC}}) and Innsbruck, Austria ({{forum link|t=19625|text=LOWI}}) have recently been populated with about 50,000 buildings derived from openstreetmap data. The buildings are textured with hi-res facade and roof images. While this certainly improves visual impression over the current random buildings, rendering a huge number of individual models in a scene is quite demanding. The FG process eats ~3GB RAM when flying in those areas, you might see a severe fps hit, and the download is ~50 MB each. However, the buildings respect LOD settings, and there's work underway to also reduce the memory footprint.


The conversion is done by [[Osm2city.py|osm2city.py]], currently being {{gitlab source|proj=fg-radi|repo=osm2city|text=developed}} by forum user radi. The approach is similar to [[OpenStreetMap_buildings#Tools|bob.pl]] or forum user Soitanen's scripts, (or osm2xp for X-Plane), both of which have been [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=17598 discussed] in the forums. Being at a rather early stage of development, osm2city.py is currently not very user-friendly. You probably should know some python if you want to use it yourself.
The conversion is done by [[Osm2city.py|osm2city.py]], currently being {{gitlab source|proj=fg-radi|repo=osm2city|text=developed}} by forum user radi. The approach is similar to [[OpenStreetMap_buildings#Tools|bob.pl]] or forum user Soitanen's scripts, (or osm2xp for X-Plane), both of which have been {{forum link|t=17598|text=discussed}} in the forums. Being at a rather early stage of development, osm2city.py is currently not very user-friendly. You probably should know some python if you want to use it yourself.


If you want to help out anyway: take pictures of buildings where you live! Radi is especially interested in south-east asian style architecture, as he's planning to populate Hong Kong Kai Tak (VHXX) in the future. But any other areas are welcome, too. There's a [[Howto:Create_textures_from_photos|howto]] on taking pictures ready for texture extraction.
If you want to help out anyway: take pictures of buildings where you live! Radi is especially interested in south-east asian style architecture, as he's planning to populate Hong Kong Kai Tak (VHXX) in the future. But any other areas are welcome, too. There's a [[Howto:Create_textures_from_photos|howto]] on taking pictures ready for texture extraction.
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* <s>Scenery repository (Gitorious)</s>
* <s>Scenery repository (Gitorious)</s>
* [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=19748 Forum topic]
* {{forum link|t=19748|text=Forum topic}}


[[File:France-850-v2.jpg|605px|Scenery france-850 v2 near of Grenoble (LFLG)]]
[[File:France-850-v2.jpg|605px|Scenery france-850 v2 near of Grenoble (LFLG)]]
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This is a new tutorial and guide for V.F.R. opperations.<br />
This is a new tutorial and guide for V.F.R. opperations.<br />
Get the download link for the latest version from the [http://flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=19600 forum post] under the "Documentation" tab.
Get the download link for the latest version from the {{forum link|t=19600|text=forum post}} under the "Documentation" tab.


=== Contributing ===
=== Contributing ===
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For ideas on starting to contribute to FlightGear, you may want to check out: [[Volunteer]].
For ideas on starting to contribute to FlightGear, you may want to check out: [[Volunteer]].


To learn more about how the project works, please see [http://flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=15267#p149971 this short essay] written by Thorsten, for a more detailed article see [[How the FlightGear project works]].
To learn more about how the project works, please see {{forum link|p=149971|text=this short essay}} written by Thorsten, for a more detailed article see [[How the FlightGear project works]].


=== Call for volunteers ===
=== Call for volunteers ===
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