Comments on: No Raster Land Use Data https:/2009/12/no-raster-land-use-data/ Developer resources for the X-Plane flight simulator Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:01:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Nick Ward https:/2009/12/no-raster-land-use-data/#comment-523 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:47:03 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/dev_blog/?p=140#comment-523 This does help to explain why scenery in Canadian prairies / parkland is often totally unrealistic. Areas that in RL have about 1 or 2 grain farms per square mile appear in XP to be residential and absurdly lit up at night.
Thank you for reassuring me that this will improve.

]]> By: Wayne Conrad https:/2009/12/no-raster-land-use-data/#comment-524 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:50:19 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/dev_blog/?p=140#comment-524 You could, in theory, have two sets of land use data. One is the "really crappy data we often override." The other would be human overrides, with "transparent" cells that would allow the "crappy data + rules" cells to show through, and and "opaque" cells that would be used without having any rules applied.

A "a human set this one, so no rules" flag on one set of land-use data would have the same effect, but might be harder to manage, since it obliterates data (once you override a cell, you can't easily change your mind and go back).

I'm not saying that any of the above blathering is a good idea.

]]> By: Benjamin Supnik https:/2009/12/no-raster-land-use-data/#comment-525 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:15:52 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/dev_blog/?p=140#comment-525 I hope to use OSM for roads and in some cases water. I expect raster data to drive landuse mostly, because while OSM is rich in landuse info, it is also very inconsistent in quality and qunatity.

]]> By: Dan https:/2009/12/no-raster-land-use-data/#comment-526 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:07:17 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/dev_blog/?p=140#comment-526 This is really interesting, but what role will OpenStreetMap data play in all of this?

Will OSM data be used solely for roads or will other mapping features such as landuse (forest, residental, retail etc), water (coastlines, lakes and rivers) be used as well?

]]> By: Benjamin Supnik https:/2009/12/no-raster-land-use-data/#comment-527 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:24:37 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/dev_blog/?p=140#comment-527 Not just US and Europe – there is also new global 300m data…Andras can say more about that.

Previously it would have been very difficult to mix high res localized (US/Europe) data with global land use data because of the huge gap in quality…you couldn't design an algorithm to use both.

But I think Andras has found enoguh high quality sources and enough coverage to make something both consistent, global, and high quality! 🙂

]]> By: naoliv https:/2009/12/no-raster-land-use-data/#comment-528 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:10:36 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/dev_blog/?p=140#comment-528 This new data set is only available for North America and Europe, right?

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