MegaCITY USA 2005
Now Flight Sim Pilots Can Soar The Skies Above Their Favorite US Cities
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Where MegaScenery brings users large areas of photorealistic scenery using satellite imagery at 5 meters per pixel, MegaCITY USA 2005 will have Flight Simulator pilots soaring the skies above major US cities that have been created from higher resolution aerial photographs at 1 and 2 foot per pixel resolution. Consumers need to understand that Flight Simulator 2004 itself only displays at a maximum resolution of 5 meters per pixel however since the source images were taken at the higher resolution a lot of this detail is retained even after resampling to 5 meters per pixel.
The end result is much clearer and crisper urban landscapes for PC flying where a lot of intricate detail is visible right down to the level of individual trees on golf courses. Cities and their surrounding areas look just like they do in real life as MegaCity scenery replaces the generic tiled scenery native to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 with high resolution images of the actual cities.
The company plans to release a number of cities throughout 2005 with the first two titles to be released before the end of January 2005. The first title will be MegaCity San Francisco and the second has not yet been announced.
MegaCITY USA 2005 is created by Aerosoft Australia Pty Ltd, developers of MegaScenery. As a result, MegaCITY will have all of the advanced and unique features delivered in their MegaScenery titles including Night Scenery, high resolution underlying mesh terrain, Winter Snow Scenery (where appropriate), real water bodies and relocation and realignment of default Flight Simulator objects.
MegaCITY titles will be available on CD-ROM and will be at a very reasonable price of $24.95.
The first title - MegaCITY San Francisco will ship on 24 January 2005.
More information, including the recently released screenshots, and an opportunity to preorder direct, is available for viewing at www.megascenery.com.
MegaCITY USA and MegaScenery USA is created and developed by Australian company Aerosoft Australia Pty Ltd and published by PC Aviator Inc.
Screen Shots
 Over the top of San Francisco International with I-101 interchanges. |
 Night Scenery Technology maps every street and highway in the city. |
 Golf courses showing detail right down to individual trees lining the fairways. |
 Downtown San Jose. Interchanges such as the one here where 280 and 87 cross are clearly visible right down to individual offramps. |
 This is a view of Marin County above Mill Valley looking towards the Golden Gate. That's the inlet to San Francisco Bay, not the park. In this view, you see the slopes of Mt. Tamalpais in the foreground. The trail on the left leads to the peak of Mt. Tam. Angel Island is at 9 o'clock far left. Sausalito is 9 o'clock just left of center. The Marin Headlands are at 3 o'clock right of center. The Pacific Ocean is on the left and the Bay on the right. The narrow in between is the Golden Gate. The south side of the Golden Gate right is Land's End. That thin strip of green south of Land' End is Golden Gate Park. Beyond that is the Sunset adjacent to Ocean Beach and the Richmond District to the left. Moving down Ocean Beach, you can see the San Francisco Zoo (another green spot) and continuing farther south you can see Fort Funston's headlands that are part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. If you look really hard you can almost make out the hang gliders flying above the cliffs. On the Bay side of the Golden Gate, you can just make out Fort Point on the left side of The Gate. The bridge is obscured by the mountains at this angle. Moving left of Ft. Point you can make out Crissy Field which was once a US Army Air Corps air base, then Coast Guard Air Station and has finally been return to its natural state of sand dunes, marsh grasses, wetland and lots of sea birds. The green behind that is The Presidio. You can see Nob Hill, Russian Hill and clearly make out the Transamerica Pyramid. Chinatown and the cable cars require a little closer pass over The City. The smaller Island at 10 o'clock left of center is Alcatraz. Behind Alcatraz you can see the Oakland Bay Bridge connecting San Francisco at The Embarcadero with Treasure Island and on to Oakland. The Port of Oakland appears just behind Treasure Island. TI, by the way, is an artificial landfill island that is left over from the 1914 International Exposition, for which it was built. Best views of the city anywhere are from its shores. |
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