Re: [Flightgear-devel] 2 Questions: Terrain data? Flight Sim 200x aircraft?
From: Mike Kopack Hey gang, snip Second, while investigating some stuff for another project, I ran across a reference where somebody used a MS Flight Sim aircraft model for a Predator UAV and used it on Flight Gear. Unfortunately, it didn't explain how they did it. How would I go about doing this (since my project is to control a UAV, it would be a lot more credible to show the customer a Predator on the screen than a Piper Cub!) Gosh I don't know, a Piper Cub UAV would be pretty impressive. :-) Michael Selig has a screenshot of one on his web page, so he might know where you can get yourself a UAV 3D model. Google uiuc selig flightgear Best, Jim ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
[Flightgear-devel] 2 Questions: Terrain data? Flight Sim 200x aircraft?
Hey gang, I'm needing to integrate with a 3rd party planning system that does terrain avoidance routing. I do not know yet what format their system needs the terrain data in, but I was hoping somebody could point me to the original terrain data location that was used to create the terrain models for Flight Gear. Hopefully there will be an easy way to convert between the two so the terrain in my FG demonstration will match up with where their planner things hills and water and such are. Second, while investigating some stuff for another project, I ran across a reference where somebody used a MS Flight Sim aircraft model for a Predator UAV and used it on Flight Gear. Unfortunately, it didn't explain how they did it. How would I go about doing this (since my project is to control a UAV, it would be a lot more credible to show the customer a Predator on the screen than a Piper Cub!) Thanks! --Mike Mike Kopack ISX Corporation 1800 Parkway Place, Suite 900 Marietta, GA 30067 678-581-2025 ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
Re: [Flightgear-devel] 2 Questions: Terrain data? Flight Sim 200x aircraft?
Mike Kopack wrote: Hey gang, I'm needing to integrate with a 3rd party planning system that does terrain avoidance routing. I do not know yet what format their system needs the terrain data in, but I was hoping somebody could point me to the original terrain data location that was used to create the terrain models for Flight Gear. Hopefully there will be an easy way to convert between the two so the terrain in my FG demonstration will match up with where their planner things hills and water and such are. FlightGear uses SRTM data: ftp://e0mss21u.ecs.nasa.gov/srtm/ As far as I know, this is the best most complete terrain data set that is freely available. Second, while investigating some stuff for another project, I ran across a reference where somebody used a MS Flight Sim aircraft model for a Predator UAV and used it on Flight Gear. Unfortunately, it didn't explain how they did it. How would I go about doing this (since my project is to control a UAV, it would be a lot more credible to show the customer a Predator on the screen than a Piper Cub!) We have quite a few skilled 3d modelers here. If you can't find an existing model to adapt, perhaps someone here would be willing to build you one for a nominal fee? Curt. -- Curtis Olsonhttp://www.flightgear.org/~curt HumanFIRST Program http://www.humanfirst.umn.edu/ FlightGear Project http://www.flightgear.org Unique text:2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
