MrCobolman Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 I've added a new video to my series "X-Plane 10 Ultra-Realism for FREE". The new video, part 3 of the series, is titled "Creating Photo Scenery with g2xpl" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatRace Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Very instructive videos Mr Cobolman ! Although I don't use photosceneries at the moment, these videos might tempt me to give it a try :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominicS Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Fantastic and extremely well done! Many thanks for taking the time to put this together and share it:D Cheers Dom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCobolman Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 Excellent! Give it a go. The change can be a great improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCobolman Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 Thanks Dom. Much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belimi Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Thanks, this video is very clear and useful. One part I don't get is how to work out what to enter for lat/long. Let's say I wanted to create a set of tiles for Oregon USA (or any area other than Jersey) which aligned correctly and didn't overlap. Using the ZonePhoto global map, the tile for Jersey appears to be +49-003, but you have entered +49-002. For areas beyond that covered by ZonePhoto, how would you determine the lat/long for a given block, or a set of lat/long which can be combined to cover a large area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCobolman Posted March 19, 2015 Author Share Posted March 19, 2015 I have to admit, it confused me initially too! The issue arises because of the location of 0 degrees of latitude. It's just a single line running north/south through the prime meridian in Greenwich, London. If you go east of that are you in tile 0 or tile 1? If you go west of that, are you in tile 0 or tile -1? The answer is that eastwards is +0, westwards is -1. That's just the tile though. If you hover over Jersey airport, you'll see that lat and long coordinates are reported as 49.2, -2.19 respectively (but the tile is +49-003) When creating your own scenery, it's the actual lat and long coordinates you want. My advice is to go in to Google and ask for the lat and long coords for an airport that you know is within the tile you want. Enter these coords in to g2xpl and you'll be in great shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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