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I think it would be better to use the same elevation data that is used for rendering, so that you don't have to create and provide the same data two times. Rendering an orthographic view would come for free if we implement support for multiple cameras. If we don't want to do it with rendering we can use a cached list of terrain intersections. I have seen such an implementation in one of the aircrafts in the forum (I think it was the 787).
I think it would be better to use the same elevation data that is used for rendering, so that you don't have to create and provide the same data two times. Rendering an orthographic view would come for free if we implement support for multiple cameras. If we don't want to do it with rendering we can use a cached list of terrain intersections. I have seen such an implementation in one of the aircrafts in the forum (I think it was the 787).
Yes, that's true - that's been discussed previously, but there was talk about using a dedicated scene graph for such moving map displays on the devel list.
Yes, that's true - that's been discussed previously, but there was talk about using a dedicated scene graph for such moving map displays on the devel list.
Also see: [[Howto:Use a Camera View in an Instrument]]


== Canvas Groups/Layers {{Done}} ==
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