The worst thing with MS Flight Simulator is the requirement to manually collect all sorts of addons, scenery files etc. all scattered over different places, websites on the internet with different installation guidance, setup programms, download sites and login & registration procedures or even incompatibilities between the addons. This is a real nightmare for the user.
That isn't necessary with flightgear, when everything is in the main official scenery packages or git data repository of the flightgear project. The price for this is to require only one license, the GPL. And there should be a motivation for the editors to put their scenery work under the GPL, the motivation can be, that the data is available in the main scenery repository under one place. So in my opinion, i wouldn't support other editors and scenery projects, that want go their own way with their own license on different websites all scattered over the internet by placing a link to all these projects on the main flightgear website. It leads to a nightmare for the user, like it is the case with MS Flight Simulator or X-Plane today. Collecting all sort of stuff over different places is a mess and time consuming. Best Regards, Oliver C. Am Mittwoch, den 28.12.2011, 11:16 -0600 schrieb Curtis Olson: > Hi John, > > > Has anyone attempted to assemble a master list of "enhanced" scenery > areas? It would also be nice to make note of the license/distribution > requirements of each area. I'd be happy to have such a list on the > main download site, but I'd need some helpers to do the leg work to > track down the various areas, authors, links, and info, and then help > keep the list as up to date as possible. > > Thanks, > > Curt. > > > On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 12:37 AM, John Holden wrote: > I've now uploaded sceneries for Miami and Orlando in Florida. > > I plan to start on Sacramento - right north of the default > scenery area - tomorrow. > > Miami: http://www.stattosoftware.com/flightgear/miami.zip > Orlando: http://www.stattosoftware.com/flightgear/orlando.zip > > This scenery works only with 2.5 or above. > > Also, when downloading 2.5, I think it would be nice to give > users the option to download some of these more detailed > scenery areas - not just the ones I've generated, but some of > the European (and Asian?) sceneries as well. > > Cheers > John > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Write once. Port to many. > Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app > development. Create > new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. > Explore the > Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. > appdeveloper.intel.com/join > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > > > > > -- > Curtis Olson: > http://www.atiak.com - http://aem.umn.edu/~uav/ > http://www.flightgear.org - http://gallinazo.flightgear.org > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex > infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to > virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual > desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure > costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox > _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
