To all the FG scenery authors : I came across a DEM data source which was created by a Scottsman called Jonathan de Ferranti. http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org
What he does in a nutshell is fix all the SRTM voids in mountaneous areas so that the data for the peaks is valid. His work ranges from the Andes to the Himalayas to the Alps to Scandanavia. 3 arc-second coverage : http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/coverage%20map%20viewfinderpanoramas_org3.htm He does not use a crappy interpolation technique like so many other authors or void filling applications do but uses various line tracing algorithms and alternative topographic mapping sources. http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/%5Cvoidfill.html I'm using his 1 arc second (22 meter) DEMs for the Alps in the Silent Wings soaring simulator and I can tell you it makes a *huge* difference! Mountain peaks like the Matterhorn that are missing in SRTM3 are now visible using his DEM data. He has no problem letting people use his data for flight simulators as long as you let him know and preferably give him some credit. Regards Paul ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
