This is great. However, I thought someone told me that the default Aerofly uses USGS imagery. I tried a test area in Yosemite, and it does not match at all. Maybe the images have been updated since the devs added their textures to the sim? The newly-converted USGS image is on the bottom/right, and default is on the top and left.
Using USGS source with the beta AS . . . .
The scenery looks OK when using TomSimMuc's settings but every grid so far has missing data. Just fuzzy squares where scenery should be located.
I need some help with the settings. I used Tom's setting from page 1 in both of these captures. The lighter (larger) image is from Savannah GA the inset is from Jackson MS. I used the same settings for both downloads and processing. This is USGA 2.3m source.
Can someone (Tom) suggest what to adjust to bring the Savannah image closer to the Jackson images?
Using USGS source with the beta AS . . . .
The scenery looks OK when using TomSimMuc's settings but every grid so far has missing data. Just fuzzy squares where scenery should be located.
Thanks for testing.
Can you let me know what the stitched image looks like? Are there tiles missing causing areas of transparency?
There was an example earlier with grey squares being returned.
Seems like I'll need to test whether USGS tiles are valid and retry if required.
(I'm on holiday / vacation until the 5th Aug, so I'll be dropping into this thread sporadically).
Can someone (Tom) suggest what to adjust to bring the Savannah image closer to the Jackson images?
In that part of the settings screen you can open an already downloaded image to use as the preview image, which will probably help.
(One feature I want to implement is a live before and after preview).
The Savannah image looks washed out so you'd be decreasing brightness and increasing contrast & saturation.
Thanks for testing.
Can you let me know what the stitched image looks like? Are there tiles missing causing areas of transparency?
There was an example earlier with grey squares being returned.
Seems like I'll need to test whether USGS tiles are valid and retry if required.
(I'm on holiday / vacation until the 5th Aug, so I'll be dropping into this thread sporadically).
Yes, Nick. The stitched images have the dark gray blocks. See attached.\
Nick,
I looked at the raw image files and all of them clearly show the missing data as dark squares at all levels. sell attached.
Yes, sorry I have to confirm the black squares too.
It seems necessary Nick, that you check if the requested tiles are downloaded. In negative case request the tile again...
I reran from scratch a local grid9 for Jackson MS. It is full of black squares. This is the 2nd run.
I am going to stop downloading usgs scenery for now and wait for the next update.
I tried GSI/Japan and Argis on Tokio. To begin with, both did work. Here is a comparison including a shot from an earlier make with Bing using an older Aeroscenery version. From Top to bottom:
Bing (old) / GSI (recent) / Arcgis (recent)
Bing obviously has terrible color jumps which you can already see looking upon Tokio in a browser. I had expected GSI/Japan to be best but from this (very) preliminary judgment I like Argis better for its more vivid colors and consistency. GSI also has strange sea structures.
On the other hand, Arcgis might have a slightly lower resolution (GSI and Argis were done with the same AeroScenery settings (steps 9, 11, 12, 13, 14). On the other hand, does anyone know what Arcgis says about (Freeware) redistribution?
Two minor points for Nick.
- FSCloudport display doesn't work for me. In fact I think it never worked in earlier versions as well. "Error scraping FSCloudPort airports".
- There's a spelling error in the settings: Show Preview Winow.
As an idea: Given that AeroScenery can't call Scenproc for Cultivation automatically, would it be possible to display (or better save to a text file) the lower left and upper right point of a tile to use these for downloading cultivation from OSM?
Overall, I am still excited how well and easy AeroScenery works. Thanks, Nick, great work.
Kind regards, Michael
Can I use ArcGIS Online free?
Yes, if it is for noncommercial use. With a free public account, you can create, store, and manage maps, scenes, and configurable apps, and share them with others. You also get access to content shared by Esri and GIS users around the world.
Thanks a lot Michael. It's really hard to understand all this legal speak until you're a lawyer, but this seems to be the critical statement.
I just added cultivation to Tokio, essentially along your guides,
Cultivation the simple way part one.
Cultivation the simple way part two
and contrary to previous attempts more than a year ago the result is much improved using the recent Crispy136 and Kenventions script. I may add a shot later.
As a sidenote, the flight-sim.org link to the "building textures" in part two is dead as well.
I was not even able to find it on flight-sim.org anymore. Maybe you (or a mod) can update the link.
Kind regards, Michael (II)
and the
Kind regards, Michael
As a sidenote, the flight-sim.org link to the "building textures" in part two is dead as well.
Kind regards, Michael (II)
and the
Kind regards, Michael
Michael, with the broken link to "flight-sim.org, you're right"!
But thanks to the initiative of Higgy and Peter @ flight-sim.org, you can download all the files again, as usual.
See this thread: (https://flight-sim.org/wbb/index.php?…icht-angezeigt/).
Try it again! First click on "Filebase" then enter the search term into the "Search" field (Lupenfeld).
Jakob
Nick, thank you very much, for all your work and effort to develop this excellent program.
And yes, I look forward to giving it a try.
Jakob
Hello again Nick, I've just run into trouble again.
I made photo scenery along while back of the UK using Bing but over Fisguard Harbour was a load of cloud cover. So with the new version downloaded and processed one tile covering this area "map_09_7c00_ab80" using "ArcGIS" server.
I removed the old cloud covered tile and checked the scenery view in location in FS 2 just to make certain it was the correct one. To my surprise and horror the missing area is further south over Milford Haven not Fishguard Harbour?
HELP PLEASE....................................…
Michael I have the same troubles as you!
I think I know where it comes from. Maybe Nick can confirm that !?
I also did a photo scenery some times ago.
At that time, I still used version 0.6 of AeroScenery for my photo scenery.
But, as of version 1.0.1 AeroScenery, Nick has made many improvements. Look here: AeroScenery Releases - Easily Create Photoreal Scenery
According to Nick, one of the improvements was:
"Fixed Grid Square Hex Names
Previous version got the hex names of grid squares wrong".
Can this, or something similar, be the reason for our problem of the misplaced "Grid Square"?
Jakob
Michael, with the broken link to "flight-sim.org, you're right"!
But thanks to the initiative of Higgy and Peter @ flight-sim.org, you can download all the files again, as usual.See this thread: (https://flight-sim.org/wbb/index.php?…icht-angezeigt/).
Try it again! First click on "Filebase" then enter the search term into the "Search" field (Lupenfeld).
Jakob
Thanks Jak61. I just made a search in the filebase (magnifying glass) of flight-sim-org for "building textures" or "building textures" providing some results on files containing "building tetxures" variants but no link to the original building_textures file.
Kind regards, Michael
Thanks. The issue is not so much with me, I have a previous version (although there are several ones floating around, not sure mine is the correct one), but I am sure it will be of help for anyone following your nice couple of tutorials.
Kind regards, Michael (II)
Thanks, just downloaded, I didn't have these yet.
Best regards, Michael (II)
This is great. However, I thought someone told me that the default Aerofly uses USGS imagery. I tried a test area in Yosemite, and it does not match at all. Maybe the images have been updated since the devs added their textures to the sim? The newly-converted USGS image is on the bottom/right, and default is on the top and left.
It's likely that IPACS edited USGS scenery to correct colours and boost contrast and saturation.
You can do this with AeroScenery too, but it'll take some trial and error.
Yes, sorry I have to confirm the black squares too.
It seems necessary Nick, that you check if the requested tiles are downloaded. In negative case request the tile again...
Yep, The next beta release will check that the USGS tile is a valid image and try again if not.
"Fixed Grid Square Hex Names
Previous version got the hex names of grid squares wrong".
Can this, or something similar, be the reason for our problem of the misplaced "Grid Square"?
It shouldn't be. That issue was just the AeroScenery UI getting grid square names wrong. The coordinates of the scenery were still correct.
I'll do more testing with ArcGIS when I'm back from holiday.
I am doing a several-tiles set right now. If the Geocovert window is open it runs through the selected levels and stops with the green ESC message but doesn't close by itself. I have to close it manually, then the next Geoconvert instance starts. Is this okay? I thought the Geoconvert window would be closed and the next instance starts automatically.
I didn't move the Geocovert window but minimized it inbetween. The wrapper is selected and works.
Kind regards, Michael
You have to select that feature in the GeoConvert pnel.
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Thanks. This was my first thought, was well, but I confirmed the box is checked. In addition, I see the Wrapper to start which calls Geoconvert afterwards. (Strangely, a new Wrapper instance seems to come up after I close a Geoconvert window after it completed.)
Kind regards, Michael (II)
As a follow-up, I just made a few tiles using Google where this issue does not happen. Thus, either its something with ArcGis tiles which I used above (improbable, but who knows) or it was just a temporary glitch.
I'll keep an eye on this.
Kind regards, Michael
