[Flightgear-devel] New scenery

2006-01-17 Thread Josh Babcock
This glideslope looks a bit under the weather. It's at the southwest corner of KADW. http://jrbabcock.home.comcast.net/flightgear/fgfs-screen-002.jpg I also noticed that there are airport beacon models placed at the end of each runway just inside the inner markers. Are these supposed to be somethi

Re: [Flightgear-devel] replacing existing objects in fgfsdb

2006-01-17 Thread Jon Stockill
Martin Spott wrote: is already in the works. I've already started designing a plan on how to convince Jon :-) I've yet to investigate the GIS stuff in mysql. Jon --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through

Re: [Flightgear-devel] replacing existing objects in fgfsdb

2006-01-17 Thread Martin Spott
"Norman Vine" wrote: >> Until I get chance to add that you can actually search by partial >> lat/lon - so for example searching with lat=50.1 would return everything >> from 51.0 to 51.9 > > repeat after me PostGIS PostGIS ... :-) is already in the works. I've already started

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Modelling tools

2006-01-17 Thread Jon S. Berndt
> I am also interested in the modelling of jet engine. I've been > looking into the problem for quite some time and have darkened > many pages of equations in order to find a model that could meet > my expectations. > > What I would like to achieve would be the following > - Engine stall and su

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Modelling tools

2006-01-17 Thread Josh Babcock
flying.toaster wrote: > Hi there, > > I am fairly new to flightgear and there are two subjects I would like to get > involved into. > > I am a 3D modeller for Strike Fighters : Project 1 (check out > http://www.column5.us, there is a F/A-18 model I made) using blender. > I am willing to build

Re: [Flightgear-devel] replacing existing objects in fgfsdb

2006-01-17 Thread Josh Babcock
Martin Spott wrote: > Josh Babcock wrote: > > >>Would it be feasible instead to have an entry in the new object's xml >>file listing some exact coordinates at which any existing objects should >>be removed from the scene-graph? That would be transparent to the user > > [...] > > but this s

Re: [Flightgear-devel] replacing existing objects in fgfsdb

2006-01-17 Thread Jon Stockill
Norman Vine wrote: Jon Stockill writes: Frederic Bouvier wrote: A search by position bounding box would be really cool. Until I get chance to add that you can actually search by partial lat/lon - so for example searching with lat=50.1 would return everything from 51.0 to 51.9

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Modelling tools

2006-01-17 Thread AJ MacLeod
On Tuesday 17 January 2006 06:24, flying.toaster wrote: > I am fairly new to flightgear and there are two subjects I would like to > get involved into. I hope you decide to stay - I've already pointed out some of your great looking models (from the CSP forums) to others here :-) > I am a 3D mod

RE: [Flightgear-devel] replacing existing objects in fgfsdb

2006-01-17 Thread Norman Vine
Jon Stockill writes: > > Frederic Bouvier wrote: > > > A search by position bounding box would be really cool. > > Until I get chance to add that you can actually search by partial > lat/lon - so for example searching with lat=50.1 would return everything > from 51.0 to 51.9 repeat af

Re: [Flightgear-devel] replacing existing objects in fgfsdb

2006-01-17 Thread Jon Stockill
Frederic Bouvier wrote: A search by position bounding box would be really cool. Until I get chance to add that you can actually search by partial lat/lon - so for example searching with lat=50.1 would return everything from 51.0 to 51.9 -- Jon Stockill [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: [Flightgear-devel] replacing existing objects in fgfsdb

2006-01-17 Thread Frederic Bouvier
Quoting Jon Stockill : > Frederic Bouvier wrote: > > > There is the object database browser for that : > > http://fgfsdb.stockill.org/objects.php > > > > You can enter a filter to restrict the list and then visually compare > longitude > > and latitude. > > If you look up the objects you want to r

Re: [Flightgear-devel] replacing existing objects in fgfsdb

2006-01-17 Thread Georg Vollnhals
Jon Stockill schrieb: dene maxwell wrote: Unfortunately Jon has his FGFSDB email disabledwhat forum do we contact him on? I do? Hi Jon, not really but very hidden!!! I also asked some time ago on this list for your eMail when I wanted to inform you about the corrupted Finland files (tha

Re: [Flightgear-devel] replacing existing objects in fgfsdb

2006-01-17 Thread dene maxwell
Martin, I really regret if I've comitted some Faux paux. I had cause to contact Jon about some Object DB thing s a whaile ago and couldn't find a Object DB address for him. I was only wishing to point out something I got the impression he might not be aware of. I really regret ant problems or

Re: [Flightgear-devel] replacing existing objects in fgfsdb

2006-01-17 Thread Martin Spott
Dene, "dene maxwell" wrote: [...] > Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="JonStockill Email.jpg" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 > Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="JonStockill Email.jpg" Do you really think you're getting new friends by posting such images to the list ? Martin. -

Re: [Flightgear-devel] replacing existing objects in fgfsdb

2006-01-17 Thread Jon Stockill
dene maxwell wrote: Yeap you do refer attached or [Snip] Name: Jon Stockill EMail: *disabled* I'm primarily interested in bulk population of the objects database from various data sources - if you have access to such a resource then I'd be happy to help you import it. Models will usually b

Re: [Flightgear-devel] replacing existing objects in fgfsdb

2006-01-17 Thread dene maxwell
Yeap you do refer attached or [Snip] Name: Jon Stockill EMail: *disabled* I'm primarily interested in bulk population of the objects database from various data sources - if you have access to such a resource then I'd be happy to help you import it. Models will usually be the types of object

Re: [Flightgear-devel] replacing existing objects in fgfsdb

2006-01-17 Thread Jon Stockill
Jon Stockill wrote: If you look up the objects you want to replace as described above and let me know the numbers in brackets (that's the FAA or FCC id) then it makes replacing the objects VERY easy. Apologies for the duplicate - I managed to run out of RAM and kill thunderbird while it was

Re: [Flightgear-devel] replacing existing objects in fgfsdb

2006-01-17 Thread Jon Stockill
Frederic Bouvier wrote: There is the object database browser for that : http://fgfsdb.stockill.org/objects.php You can enter a filter to restrict the list and then visually compare longitude and latitude. If you look up the objects you want to replace as described above and let me know the n

Re: [Flightgear-devel] replacing existing objects in fgfsdb

2006-01-17 Thread Jon Stockill
dene maxwell wrote: Unfortunately Jon has his FGFSDB email disabledwhat forum do we contact him on? I do? -- Jon Stockill [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems?

Re: [Flightgear-devel] replacing existing objects in fgfsdb

2006-01-17 Thread Jon Stockill
Frederic Bouvier wrote: Selon Martin Spott: Josh Babcock wrote: Would it be feasible instead to have an entry in the new object's xml file listing some exact coordinates at which any existing objects should be removed from the scene-graph? That would be transparent to the user [...]

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Modelling tools

2006-01-17 Thread Norman Vine
flying.toaster writes: > > I am fairly new to flightgear and there are two subjects I would like to get > involved into. > > I am a 3D modeller for Strike Fighters : Project 1 (check out > http://www.column5.us, there is a F/A-18 model I made) > using blender. > I am willing to build many mod

Re: [Flightgear-devel] replacing existing objects in fgfsdb

2006-01-17 Thread dene maxwell
Unfortunately Jon has his FGFSDB email disabledwhat forum do we contact him on? Dene From: Martin Spott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Josh Babcock wrote: > Would it be feasible instead to have an entry in the new object's xml > file listing some exact coordinates at which any existing objects shoul