Hi all, On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 11:07:02AM +0200, AnMaster wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > Someone should contact them and ask them for ways to integrate google earth > into flightgear.
I spoke to Alex Perry from Google at LinuxTag2007 in Berlin. I asked him how FlightGera can use GoogleMaps as scenery. The problem behind is the licensing. They cannot give away the data without restrictions or something like a deal. Here is the last email from Alex: --- cut here --- I enjoyed chatting to you at LinuxTag. Let me know if you come up with a viable model whereby an open source project such as TerraGear could reasonably collaborate with a for-profit corporation such as Google. Bear in mind that there are other similar open source projects out there, as well as other companies with licensed data. Unlike TerraGear, some of the other open source projects are also legally not-for-profit entities and this may assist you in proposing collaboration opportunities. --- cut here --- But perhaps someone on the list has an idea how to work together with Google? Regards, Holger > I tested the google earth flightsim yesterday, the scenery looks very nice in > some places but is very bad in others (like around my local airport, ESOE). > Also many runways are extremely uneven, much more than realistic. The aircraft > doesn't handle very realistically either. > > /AnMaster > > Erik Hofman wrote: > > Hi, > > > > It looks like google provides a simple flight simulator with googlemaps: > > http://marco-za.blogspot.com/2007/08/google-earth-flight-simulator.html > > > > Looking at the screenshots it does remind me of an early version of > > FlightGear (which might or might not be true), but most of the key > > strokes match flightgear dead on: > > > > http://earth.google.com/intl/en/userguide/v4/flightsim/index.html > > > > This makes one wonder.. > > > > Erik > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFG3SAyWmK6ng/aMNkRCruuAJwL1U1HZp9Pi37TBivv/hJNqJkf9gCeMlZW > rxL5TjgrKO9pC09Wtv6Q6eg= > =Hgqe > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel -- ##### #### ## ## Holger Wirtz Phone : (+49 30) 884299-40 ## ## ## ### ## DFN-Verein Fax : (+49 30) 884299-70 ## ## #### ###### Stresemannstr. 78 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ## ## ## ## ### 10963 Berlin ##### ## ## ## GERMANY WWW : http://www.dfn.de GPG-Fingerprint: ABFA 1F51 DD8D 503C 85DC 0C51 E961 79E2 6685 9BCF ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
