Comments on: OSM: What You Can Do https:/2009/07/osm-what-you-can-do/ Developer resources for the X-Plane flight simulator Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:01:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: krz https:/2009/07/osm-what-you-can-do/#comment-645 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:10:38 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/dev_blog/?p=194#comment-645 ah thats great to hear. correct streets also lead to better building placement right? does scenery generation of xplane consider roads for building placement/rotation?

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By: Benjamin Supnik https:/2009/07/osm-what-you-can-do/#comment-646 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:56:49 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/dev_blog/?p=194#comment-646 KRZ:

X-Plane never uses OSM data directly. OSM must be converted into some kind of X-Plane scenery.

Some users are making third party scenery with Jonathan Harris' tool. I do not know if he uses one-way or layer. LR has not already shipped global scenery using OSM.

do you plan to use all available data in xplane long term…or is that simply too much data?

The data will almost certainly be filtered – OSM contains tons of weird stuff, whatever someone wants to tag, so it is impossible to say "I will use it all" – there can be data that we simply don't know how to interpret. For global scenery we may also have to omit some roads or ways due to file size (e.g. not include all foot or bike paths).

It will be possible to create custom scenery from OSM that is potentially even more detailed than the default scenery, for those whose machines can handle it.

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By: krz https:/2009/07/osm-what-you-can-do/#comment-647 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:17:24 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/dev_blog/?p=194#comment-647 does that mean that xplane already uses openstreetmap data right now? (i havent used xplane for a while) but i use openstreetmap data for some rendering projects and i totally love it 🙂 there is a lot of data for germany (bikeways, people roads,…) do you plan to use all available data in xplane long term…or is that simply too much data? could this data be streamed into xplane somehow?

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By: alpilotx https:/2009/07/osm-what-you-can-do/#comment-648 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:48:43 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/dev_blog/?p=194#comment-648 Ben, maybe you (or Nicolas) should put this info on the front page of X-Plane.org so you reach a much wider audience – because it is important (especially when the ultimate "go" for OSM is there).

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