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== Scenery corner == | == Scenery corner == | ||
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New additions to the scenery model database this month include models of Wimbledon, a handful of skyscrapers from New York City and Montréal, the Great Orme lighthouse, and Trento and Asiago airports (discussed further below). | |||
The database now has 1983 distinct models. Please consider contributing a model to the FlightGear scenery model database! | |||
===Land Cover=== | ===Land Cover=== | ||
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==== New England ==== | ==== New England ==== | ||
More New England coverage as western Massachusetts has been added to the map server and therefore has been made part of the default scenery package. The next scenery release will allow users to fly from New York John F. Kennedy Int'l to Burlington, Vermont without having to pass over any vmap0 (current) scenery. More coverage is planned as well. | More New England coverage as western Massachusetts has been added to the map server and therefore has been made part of the default scenery package. The next scenery release will allow users to fly from New York John F. Kennedy Int'l to Burlington, Vermont without having to pass over any vmap0 (current) scenery. More coverage is planned as well. Also, at least four of the five boroughs of New York City should have land cover in the database by the start of the new year with the only other missing borough, Manhattan, to come in the very near future. | ||
====Republic of Ireland==== | ====Republic of Ireland==== | ||