-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Holger Wirtz wrote: > Hi all, > > On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 11:07:02AM +0200, AnMaster wrote: >> 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? What about providing hooks for google earth to integrate into flightgear instead of the other way around? I'm not a lawyer but couldn't that solve the issues? So google earth does the rendering and only uses flightgear for the FDM, MP and such.
/AnMaster > > 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG3UFpWmK6ng/aMNkRCkVyAKCaGdeQfFfRdrlB/h71m+6W3jvKSQCgodsC 3t1DdRARpUt3hjfgWE0ONRs= =F8WK -----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
