> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Melchior FRANZ > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 4:24 PM > To: flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Flightgear-devel] tunnel for glide slope visualization > > Here's a first stab at a glide slope tunnel visualization utility. > It's a rather short Nasal script which uses the new > airportinfo() function. It requires a *very* up-to-date > FlightGear. To try it out just put it into ~/.fgfs/Nasal/ or > $FG_ROOT/Nasal/. > > http://members.aon.at/mfranz/gstunnel.nas [2.4 kB] > > The script checks in 5 second intervals for the nearest > airport, selects a "decent" runway and draws a glide slope > tunnel for it consisting of red squares. > > There's much that can be improved. One could draw only the > next three or four squares instead of the whole tunnel, > remove the upper line (for better runway view), consider wind > direction etc. > Also, one might prefer to be able to select a particular > airport, and have the tunnel drawn on the runway told by ATC, > or one might want a circuit tunnel for tutorials, etc. All > doable. :-) > > There are also problems: > - as the airportinfo() function also returns heliports as nearest > airports, the glide slope is often drawn much too late. It's > therefore better to fly in not so crowded areas. (This needs > to be fixed in simple.cxx.) > > - the tunnel isn't aligned at a few runways. This could be a bug > in terragear, which could also be responsible for wrong ILS > behavior (see, for example, KOAK/9R). > > m.
This sounds interesting. Can you send a screen shot or two? Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
