Classic British Flight Sim

NEXTMap® ProMesh United Kingdom (Includes Scotland)

Hi Folks

FS Dreamscapes have released NEXTMap® ProMesh United Kingdom.
A 4.75m terrain mesh product for Microsoft® Flight Simulator X.

Covering England, Wales, & Scotland.
Based on InterMap's NEXTMap® Digital Terrain Model (DTM) data.
(Same provider to Horizon).

The DTM provides an accurate, high density and complete height dataset covering Great Britain.
More commonly known as a "Bald Earth" model, the data removes all trees, buildings and other man-made structures to leave the underlying terrain height information.

The resulting mesh has a -
* 5m horizontal post spacing.
* +-1m RMSE vertical resolution.



Pros -
Includes Scotland

Plus mesh for various outliers -
- Scilly Isles
- Orkneys
- Shetland
- Foula
- St Kilda ***
- Sula Sgeir ***
- North Rona ***
- Sule & Stack Skerry ***
- Coquet Island ***
- Flatholm ***
- Steepholm ***

Does not cover -
- Northern Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Channel Islands
- Lundy Island
- Stack Skerry
- Boreray, Stac An Armin, Stac Lee.



Cons -
Items suffixed *** will require 3rd party addon scenery to display.

Due to processing method,
is very slightly vertically less detailed than Horizon's GenX v2 England & Wales mesh.



Please note -
Some of the claims made on the website are factually incorrect.

The product title is technically incorrect -
The mesh only covers Great Britain.
Northern Ireland is not included.

Website screenshot does not correctly reflect coverage, (see above).

Mesh vertical resolution is to nearest 1/4 metre, (not 1/25th as claimed).

Mesh is 256 times more detailed than FSX default, (not 128 times as claimed).



Recommendations -

Scotland -
To get the most out of the Scotland area mesh,
use alongside either UTX Europe, or Scotflight for FSX.

England & Wales -
Place below Horizon's Generation X v2.



True Coverage -


Downloads -
Currently on offer at £22.55
http://www.fsdreamscapes.com/store/prod ... ucts_id=32

EDIT -
Forgot to add,
after costs, remaining profits are to go to charity.



HTH
ATB
Paul

Interesting. I can't seem to find anything with regards to how much disk space it takes up, though... or am I just being blind?

And does anyone have this yet, and more importantly, would they recommend it?

Hi Folks

Tweek -
Uses 1.27 GB disk space.
Will require more for installer, (assume double).

At 5 metres per pixel
it's an enormous improvement over default, (90m oversampled to 76m).

HTH
ATB
Paul

Ah, that's not too bad. Was expecting it to be a great deal more at that resolution. It's photo scenery that really hits the drive!

Seems there's currently a sale on this (only $5, mind), so if you want to save £2.50, then it's best to take the plunge now.