https:/2009/07/aster-for-custom-scenery/ Developer resources for the X-Plane flight simulator Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:01:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https:/2009/07/aster-for-custom-scenery/#comment-660 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:47:35 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/dev_blog/?p=200#comment-660 Many institutions limit access to their online information. Making this information available will be an asset to all.

]]> https:/2009/07/aster-for-custom-scenery/#comment-661 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:00:38 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/dev_blog/?p=200#comment-661 It would be a complete violation of Google's terms of use. Google's data is _not_ available for free third party use, that's why we don't consider it as a GIS data source.

]]> https:/2009/07/aster-for-custom-scenery/#comment-662 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:16:37 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/dev_blog/?p=200#comment-662 google earths height data is by far the best thing available…and by available i mean through sketchup. and that basically means having to zoom in all the way and import the meshes one by one…to cover a huge area would take endless but its worth it for scenery builders who want to cover only a smaller area. i was looking for something more automated but i havent found anything yet. i guess this would also be against googles terms of fair use i guess?

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