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Custom scenery is available for continental France, using a variety of free sources. [[Image:Alps-custom-france-scenery.jpg|thumb|500px|Flying over the Alps using the custom France scenery.]] | Custom scenery is available for continental France, using a variety of free sources. [[Image:Alps-custom-france-scenery.jpg|thumb|500px|Flying over the Alps using the custom France scenery.]] | ||
== Distribution == | |||
'''The first release of this custom scenery covering all of continental France is available from [http://www.mguillaud.net/fg/custom-scenery-france-v1.tgz] (warning: 781 MB file).''' | '''The first release of this custom scenery covering all of continental France is available from [http://www.mguillaud.net/fg/custom-scenery-france-v1.tgz] (warning: 781 MB file).''' | ||
This work is released under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/]. | This work is released under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/]. | ||
== Improvements over the standard scenery == | |||
The following data sources have been used and processed to generate this scenery: | The following data sources have been used and processed to generate this scenery: | ||
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Please see the forums [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5631&sid=4d3e3507c3ef5fe2d2dbb7bd138ef8ea] for feedback and information about work in progress. | Please see the forums [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5631&sid=4d3e3507c3ef5fe2d2dbb7bd138ef8ea] for feedback and information about work in progress. | ||
== Suggested flights == | |||
* Take-off from Grenoble le Versoud (LFLG). Head south following the general direction of the Alps. Bearing left (East) will take you into high alpine territory, while towards the West lie the plains of the Rhône valley. Once you reach the Mediterranean coast, follow it to land at Mareilles (LFML), Nice (LFMN), or another smaller airport serving the French Riviera. | |||
Revision as of 20:32, 17 August 2009
Custom scenery is available for continental France, using a variety of free sources.
Distribution
The first release of this custom scenery covering all of continental France is available from [1] (warning: 781 MB file).
This work is released under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license [2].
Improvements over the standard scenery
The following data sources have been used and processed to generate this scenery:
- landcover information from the CORINE program (Source : European Union, SOeS, CORINE Land Cover, 2006 - [3]),
- landmass updated according to CORINE data,
- digital elevation data from Jonathan de Ferranti for the alpine area [4],
- fitting of the elevation data with 20m accuracy ("terrafit.py -e 20"),
- Road and rail information from OpenStreetMap [5].
Please see the forums [6] for feedback and information about work in progress.
Suggested flights
- Take-off from Grenoble le Versoud (LFLG). Head south following the general direction of the Alps. Bearing left (East) will take you into high alpine territory, while towards the West lie the plains of the Rhône valley. Once you reach the Mediterranean coast, follow it to land at Mareilles (LFML), Nice (LFMN), or another smaller airport serving the French Riviera.