Next Generation Scenery

These are some ideas for new scenery and new scenery engine for FlightGear.

Why?

We want more detailed scenery that's visible farther away, for a better VFR experience all around. Specifically, more detail makes the near-ground experience more realistic, especially for helicopter flight; scenery that truly extends to the visible horizon would make high-altitude flight more interesting. In addition, it's fun to fly around a richly detailed world.

Related mailing list discussions

• Scenery engine features (collective brainstorming about desired features for a new engine, 4yrs old)
• UK Photo Scenery
• alternative terrain engine integration
• Landsat 7 data for FlightGear
• What happened to the new terrain engine?
• normal maps for flightgear
• When can we have roads like this
• Virtual Cities