​Project Lofoten_11, Norway

Project Lofoten_9, Norway, is now ready for download. Area north of ENEV (Evenes Airport).

2m/pix resolution.

Extract to:

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You need Scandinavia West 19m freeware mesh made by Taburet:

https://flight-sim.org/filebas…navia-west-freeware-mesh/

A new area will soon be ready for download.

Preview Project Lofoten part_10.

Project Lofoten_10, Norway, is now ready for download.

Part 28, 29 and 30. Including orthos for Andenes/Andoya Airport area.

2m/pix resolution.

Extract to:

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Cultivation for all Lofoten (pylons, cars, cruise ships, small boats, piers, bouys, light towers, airports, trees and houses) by TomSimMuc and IZ0JUB:

https://flight-sim.org/filebas…-s-lofoten-projects-1-10/

Upload number 10 is celebrated with a short video from Andoya Air Station:

https://youtu.be/_jRW3FBVo-U

Short info about making photoscenery.

As mentioned earlier (also by IZ0JUB/Michael) - bad orthos (water, sea, clouds, colors, etc.) can be a major challenge.

Here are some examples of just color correction for the upcoming Project Lofoten_11. And I can confirm that this is indeed time consuming.

And therefore, I understand why the thorough work of IPACS is also very time consuming.

Hi Michael.

I use Photoshop. But I think you can do the same in Gimp. I'm no expert. I learn by doing. This is the easiest method I've found so far. Hope it can be of help and inspiration for your great contribution.

Here is an example:

(Select: Lasso Tool = Feather 10 px).

First: Remove unwanted color (red and yellow).

Second: Select the nearby color (green) and fine tune.

I don't know about Paint.net. But Gimp is also free - and very similar to Photoshop. A powerful tool for photo processing:

Quote from pgf

I suppose you use "Norge i Bilder" in the pulldown meny in "Aeroscenery"?. Very good image quality I think. As a native Norwegian who know the area well, I appreciate very much what you and your contributors are doing to make a excellent representation of a beautiful part of Norway in AFS2.

Greetings Per Gunnar

Thanks for kind and inspiring words.

Yes, I have to combine several types of orthos. Therefore, orthos from "Norge i Bilder" is of great help - thanks to the creator of AeroScenery (nickhod) - who implemented "Norge i Bilder" in the last update.

After a lot of work with poor orthos (the reason I postponed this part) - Project Lofoten part 11 is soon ready for download.

Preview:

Project Lofoten_11, Norway, is now ready for download.

Part 20 and 21 (see overview).

2m/pix resolution.

Extract to:

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Please note that the new folder "20_lofoten_map_09_8a80_c380" replaces the old folder "pre_release_20_lofoten_map_09_8a80_c380" (from Project Lofoten_5).

Be sure to remove the folder "pre_release_20_lofoten_map_09_8a80_c380".

Cultivation for all Lofoten (pylons, cars, cruise ships, small boats, piers, bouys, light towers, airports, trees and houses) by TomSimMuc and IZ0JUB:

https://flight-sim.org/filebas…an-s-lofoten-projects-11/

Here you can choose what you need of updated professional maps:

https://ais.avinor.no/no/AIP/View/66/main_en.html

Quote from Deltawing

I am hoping for part 16 and 18 so the popular mountain peak "Stetind" becomes more visible ☺.

Are there any plans for these parts, or maybe there are not good images available?

Thanks for the info. I didn't know about this exciting mountain "Stetind". It should certainly be included in Project Lofoten.

I have previously downloaded orthos of part 16 and 18 - which unfortunately includes many "destructive" clouds (a lot of work). But now I have access to "Norge i Bilder". And I just checked - and it looks much better.

Do you know of other similar scenic areas in Norway?

Thanks for the suggestions.

I have examined - and these orthophotos used by the X-Plane community are generally very good (faster to create scenery). But how can I run these "X-Plane" photos through AeroScenery?

Of course, I can download photos from Bing - and then manually upload and assemble all the pieces from the "X-plane"-photos (using Photoshop) - before converting to AFS2 in the usual manner. But it is an unacceptably big job.

Do any of our technical geniuses know how to solve this (stitch X-Plane ortho) through an automatic process?