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By far the easiest way to get this data is to download shapefiles from the wonderful [http://mapserver.flightgear.org MapServer]. The MapServer lets you download the shapefiles for any selected scenery area. Click on the "Download Shapefiles" link (or go direct: http://mapserver.flightgear.org/download.psp). Enter in the bounding box of the scenery you want to generate, select the type of shapefile data you want, and click download. For basic scenery, get everything listed under VMap0 (with prefix v0_). | By far the easiest way to get this data is to download shapefiles from the wonderful [http://mapserver.flightgear.org MapServer]. The MapServer lets you download the shapefiles for any selected scenery area. Click on the "Download Shapefiles" link (or go direct: http://mapserver.flightgear.org/download.psp). Enter in the bounding box of the scenery you want to generate, select the type of shapefile data you want, and click download. For basic scenery, get everything listed under VMap0 (with prefix v0_). | ||
{{caution|Make sure each shape file is in its own directory whether you download shape files or create your own otherwise the ogrDecode step will fail.}} | |||
Download each shapefile into a seperate (!) <tt>data/shapefiles/...</tt> directory. So, for v0_landmass, you would end up with <tt>data/shapefiles/v0_landmass/v0_landmass.shp</tt> etc. | Download each shapefile into a seperate (!) <tt>data/shapefiles/...</tt> directory. So, for v0_landmass, you would end up with <tt>data/shapefiles/v0_landmass/v0_landmass.shp</tt> etc. | ||