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[[Image:Terragearprocesschart.png|thumb|TerraGear Process Flow Chart]] | [[Image:Terragearprocesschart.png|thumb|TerraGear Process Flow Chart]] | ||
[[TerraGear]] | The [[TerraGear]] software project supports [[FlightGear]] by creating the files used by FlightGear to represent the elevation and texture of Earth, including airports, cities, fields, forests, rivers, roads and so on. The TerraGear software reads data files containing ground elevation, airport locations and layouts, geographical land-cover data, and more, and produces the scenery files used by FlightGear to represent the terrain of the world. | ||
For simplicity and convenience, most FlightGear users simply download the plug-and-play scenery files from the FlightGear scenery server, or use [[TerraSync]] to automatically download scenery as needed. But there are a variety of reasons you might want to use TerraGear to produce your own terrain files, rather than downloading the standard FlightGear scenery. | For simplicity and convenience, most FlightGear users simply download the plug-and-play scenery files from the FlightGear scenery server, or use [[TerraSync]] to automatically download scenery as needed. But there are a variety of reasons you might want to use TerraGear to produce your own terrain files, rather than downloading the standard FlightGear scenery. | ||