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Hi
guys,
I just wanna find
out how Simgear actually works. Does it generate the world as a sphere, or
as a flat world ?
Kind Regards
Danie
Heath
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Danie Heath wrote:
I just wanna find out how Simgear actually works. Does it generate the
world as a sphere, or as a flat world ?
An irregular WGS84 spheroid, I think, which is more accurate than either
flat or spherical.
All the best,
David
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On Saturday, 22 November 2003 14:20, Danie Heath wrote:
Hi guys,
I just wanna find out how Simgear actually works. Does it generate the
world as a sphere, or as a flat world ?
Kind Regards
Danie Heath
Neither!
It generates the world as a WGS84 ellisoid which is accurate to about 100
Ah David beat me to it.
Actually David is correct in calling it a WGS84 spheroid and not an ellipsoid
since spheroids are only flattened on one minor-axis and not two or more
minor-axis like a true ellipsoid.
Paul
On Saturday, 22 November 2003 15:01, Paul Surgeon wrote:
On Saturday, 22
David Megginson wrote:
Danie Heath wrote:
I just wanna find out how Simgear actually works. Does it generate
the world as a sphere, or as a flat world ?
An irregular WGS84 spheroid, I think, which is more accurate than either
flat or spherical.
Speaking of which,
After searching from some
