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=== Tools === | === Tools === | ||
FlightGear made it again. For the first time in flight simulators history, it's never been that easy to contribute to scenery! If you have already copy/pasted once in your life, then you are able to contribute to FG scenery! A direct copy/paste of new objects lines (STG format) in a webform now allows you to update scenery objects all over the world for all FG users using Terrasync. | FlightGear made it again. For the first time in flight simulators history, it's never been that easy to contribute to scenery! If you have already copy/pasted once in your life, then you are able to contribute to FG scenery! A direct copy/paste of new objects lines (STG format) in a webform now allows you to update scenery objects all over the world for all FG users using Terrasync. | ||
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Some mapserver news here, as we have not been talking about this very useful tool for a while. Mapserver has been going through updates this month, one of the most useful being the possibility to view details on a object and to edit/delete it directly from the map. This has never been so easy to update/delete a shared object directly from the map (see the screenshot). Note that you need to have a sufficient zoom factor (>=16) to see the red arrows appear, then you can click on them. Special thanks to Martin, Julien and Gijs for updating and testing this tool. | Some mapserver news here, as we have not been talking about this very useful tool for a while. Mapserver has been going through updates this month, one of the most useful being the possibility to view details on a object and to edit/delete it directly from the map. This has never been so easy to update/delete a shared object directly from the map (see the screenshot). Note that you need to have a sufficient zoom factor (>=16) to see the red arrows appear, then you can click on them. Special thanks to Martin, Julien and Gijs for updating and testing this tool. | ||
To use it, please have a look [http://mapserver.flightgear.org/popmap/?lat=52.47492&lon=13.38199&zoom=16&layers=B00FFTTTTT here]. | To use it, please have a look [http://mapserver.flightgear.org/popmap/?lat=52.47492&lon=13.38199&zoom=16&layers=B00FFTTTTT here]. | ||
=== Manhattan shapefile === | |||
[[File:Manhattan v0 vs cs-osm.png|thumb|270px|Custom scenery with OSM line data (left) versus v0 landclassing.]] | |||
Gijs' handmade shapefile for Manhatten, New York is finally available at [http://mapserver.flightgear.org the mapserver]. Compared to the current (v0) shapefiles, the custom shapes are much more accurate and have a higher level of detail. The most obvious improvements are the additional parks and the islands, including Liberty Island. | |||
Those of you that know how to use [[TerraGear]] can build Manhattan, others will see it in a next scenery build. | |||
=== OpenStreetMap license update === | |||
As you will probably know, [[OpenStreetMap]] is changing its license. When the license change is completed, we will be able to use OSM data in the official FlightGear scenery. As not all OSM contributors agreed to the new license, data from those sources had to be removed. This "redaction process" is completed as of the end of July. Even tough this is a big step forward, ''the license hasn't changed yet''. See the OSM blog for updates and latest news on the matter: http://blog.osmfoundation.org/ | |||
=== Airports === | === Airports === | ||