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All Airports and Terrain are generated using the [[TerraGear]] software. The vast majority of objects can be placed dynamically, using either the UFO aircraft model, or by finding the latitude and longitude of the object and placing it manually through text files. | All Airports and Terrain are generated using the [[TerraGear]] software. The vast majority of objects can be placed dynamically, using either the UFO aircraft model, or by finding the latitude and longitude of the object and placing it manually through text files. | ||
All scenery which is included in the main FlightGear database should be derived from either license-free data or data which there is implicit permission to use. For instance, using USGS imagery, LANDSAT satellite imagery, or even Yahoo! Maps is okay for placing models or checking coordinates of airport runways. However, the FlightGear scenery project is copyright aware and typically does not accept objects or terrain created from copyrighted data, including, unfortunately, Google. (Yahoo! Maps has told OpenStreetMap deriving coordinates from their map data is not a copyright issue.) If you have a question about your source, do not hesitate to [http://flightgear.org | All scenery which is included in the main FlightGear database should be derived from either license-free data or data which there is implicit permission to use. For instance, using USGS imagery, LANDSAT satellite imagery, or even Yahoo! Maps is okay for placing models or checking coordinates of airport runways. However, the FlightGear scenery project is copyright aware and typically does not accept objects or terrain created from copyrighted data, including, unfortunately, Google. (Yahoo! Maps has told OpenStreetMap deriving coordinates from their map data is not a copyright issue.) If you have a question about your source, do not hesitate to [http://forum.flightgear.org ask on the forum]. | ||
== How Scenery is Stored == | == How Scenery is Stored == | ||