Saw an interesting thread on this today...

[petermcleland]

Someone seems to have found a way to stream Google Earth imagery into FSX...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/71882461@N ... 5533/show/ Oahu

http://www.flickr.com/photos/71882461@N ... 0685/show/ Grand Canyon

http://www.flickr.com/photos/71882461@N ... 2755/show/ San Diego

Don't ask me how it was done...but it looks great :dance:

[Garry Russell]

There was this thread a short time ago

I read up on it and it was taking an hour to load FS :shock:

http://www.cbfsim.org/cbfsimv5/cbfsbb/v ... php?t=8163

Nice though

Garry

[LeeC]

Impressive stuff! :shock:

Personally still sticking with FS9 ATM, however it does show the vast flexibility of FSX and what could be in years to come. Perhaps if these tiles were (legally) cached locally, there wouldn't be a need to keep streaming them in realtime and loading times will be gradually reduced as you fly/map the earth. :think:


Best,
Lee

[Garry Russell]

This in itself has limitation buy it does show it can be done

So it is a start....a proof of concept and it can only be a matter of time before this sort of thing becomes the way to go.

Garry

[jonesey2k]

Depends, not all areas have high resolution coverage.

[Garry Russell]

Not yet but a year or so when this starts to become more of the way that will improve.

It may be some other source rather than Google......

Like I said it's just the beginning

Garry

[TSR2]

Interesting as MS have a pretty decent mapping site of their own in local.live.com. In some area's its better than google, in some its worse, but if there was some way of properly caching it in FSX then that would go a long way to enticing some folk to buy it.

[Garry Russell]

One thing it will need to be matched...

There are too many areas equal in resolution but not in quality and taken at a different times

But the fact it does exist and can be done is all that really matters :dance:

Details can be addressed and a way to make it practical can be found...just a case of getting on to it.

Even if it is not feasible at this time .....it is possible :think:

Garry

[Macs]

Someone seems to have found a way to stream Google Earth imagery into FSX...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/71882461@N ... 5533/show/ Oahu

http://www.flickr.com/photos/71882461@N ... 0685/show/ Grand Canyon

http://www.flickr.com/photos/71882461@N ... 2755/show/ San Diego

Don't ask me how it was done...but it looks great :dance:

I had seen another thread a few weeks ago about this. Anyway, great idea me thinks
regards,
'Macs

[Garry Russell]

Hi Macs

I posted the other thread above if your intersted

Garry