FS Earth Tiles v1.0

[HB-100]

FS Earth Tiles v1.0 is a Flightsimulator-Tool I developed for me and you inspired by the cool Tile proxy project helping you to get photo textures as static addon scenery into the Flightsimulator by accessing earth services.

FS Earth Tiles v1.0 is freeware and open Source.
You may use the Sources of v1.0 without any restriction for your own projects.

IMPORTANT!

All earth services have copyright on their material! That means you may not distribute sceneries you create that includes such material.
You are also not really allowed to download such material and store and use it in FS or elswhere without the permission of the services.


**** Note: Please do not ask for a service configuration here! ***


Here is the release Version v1.0

FS Earth Tiles v 1.0

-----> http://rocksolid.gethosted.info/FSEarthT...esV1_0.zip <-------- (direct link)
-----> http://rapidshare.com/files/131118987/FS...0.zip.html <-------- (rapidshare)

Please read the Readme.txt and check the UserDocu.rtf



Note:
fly-a-lot Date 07-28-08 :
FSEarthTiles.ini needs to be adjusted because service1 applied some changes:
see: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?t..._id=847908



FS Earth Tiles v1.0 Sources

-----> http://rocksolid.gethosted.info/FSEarthT...ources.zip <-------- (direct link)
-----> http://rapidshare.com/files/131119752/FS...s.zip.html <-------- (rapidshare)

(Sources can be compiled with the free available Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition)


And that's how the tool looks like:




and here are a few example results:

No water mask, just plain phototexture:


with a water mask (check UserDocu.rtf chapter 7) and a little bit autogen(with FSX's Annotator).


one with nice resolution (0.5 or 1m/pix) and strong color




FSEarthTiles Future
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I (HB-100) self will not continue the development of FS Earth Tiles.
I welcome if anyone want to pick it up and continue the development of FSET.
For this purpose I made the sources of v1.0 public and give everyone the right to use them for your own projects
with no restrictions. Before you start a good idea is to check what projects already exists.


Projects after Version 1.0 lead by other authors:
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project from fly-a-lot:

--> http://sourceforge.net/projects/fsearthtiles/

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Videos:
1) HB-100 FSX + FSEarthTiles Collected Impressions
-> http://blip.tv/file/get/HotelBravo-HB100...ons809.wmv (40 MByte, 6min 14sec)
(or blib.tv flash: http://blip.tv/file/838225/ )

2) HB-100 FSX + FSEarthTiles And More Impressions
-> http://blip.tv/file/get/HotelBravo-HB100...ons475.wmv (73MByte, 15min)
(or blib.tv flash: http://blip.tv/file/906118/ )

check http://hotelbravo.blip.tv/ for further videos
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FS Earth Tiles Development :

FS Earth Tiles development original started in this thread here (v0.1):
-> http://www.fspassengers.com/forum/showth...?tid=11206

and continued in a big big thread till pre version v0.99 here where you can also find links to older FS Earth Tiles pre versions:
-> http://www.fspassengers.com/forum/showth...?tid=11218


Please respect that after 1 year of development in my spare time I have other interests now than FS Earth Tiles.
So keep support questions here on a minimum and better check the internet and the follow up projects for help with the program.

And don't forget to check the documentations (Readme.txt and UserDocu.rtf) that comes with the program.

Final note, be aware that this Forum is FSPassengers forum and not FS Earth Tiles forum!
We and I am only a guest here!!


HB-100, July 2008



Post Edited ( 10-18-08 18:25 )

[Wolfram Ravenwolf]

Hey HB-100,

I left FSX for a bit - and now that I came back I see you finally finished and released FS Earth Tiles v1.0! Whoa - all I can say is: THANK YOU!!!

Now let's see if I can get back into it and create some sceneries that keep me interested in FSX again... ;-)

Good luck to fly-a-lot, I'm looking forward to see where you can take the program!

See ya
-- Wolfram Ravenwolf

[HB-100]

Thanks a lot wolfram and fly-a-lot. (old thread)
Almost thought my release was missed by everyone as a day passed and no one reacted.

I hope it turns out to be really usefull. I use it whenever I fly to a new destination. Somewhen I will create a real scenery with autogenand
everything. I hadn't time for this in the development.

Enjoy the program. And for fly-a-lot a good work in into the prog.
I have to prepare for my vacance next week clean the house etc ... thinks that I let behind a little.
Tomorrow I will check if I can upload the prog to the FS community pages flightsim.com and avsim.com. Don't know if they accept it. I
will see.

HB-100

[DBE]

Haven't follow the project for a while now as it was FSX-related.

So I'd like to ask: still only FSX?

In any case: tremendous work which can only be warmly applauded!!!

[HB-100]

DBE wrote:
Haven't follow the project for a while now as it was FSX-related.

So I'd like to ask: still only FSX?

In any case: tremendous work which can only be warmly applauded!!!

thank you DBE,
No it is supporting FS2004 in full now. You need to select LOD13.
You have no blending (water transition) there. Transition is marked as full water. Water for FS2004 is added as the 4. channel (no
seperate water mask-bitmap like in FSx)
And of course you have only 4m/pix in FS2004. That is really a limittingt hing because the phototextures should have 1m/pixel that it looks
good. It makes really a difference.

Byway DBE, I intent to join your FSP WorldTour3 in middle of august. Since FSET is finish I have time for now.

[fly-a-lot]

FSEarthTiles.ini needs to be adjusted because service1 applied some changes:
see: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?t..._id=847908

[Joeflyer]

I was cruising Flightsim.com and happened to see your earth tiles listed there. Congrats, HB!
Does this mean you are going to get back to the WT with the rest of us drunks?
Actually, I'm trying to get back on it myself...been unable to fly the past week or so. Yes, I'm taking meds for the withdrawals I've been
experiencing....

[Tracker801]

Keep that bus away from me
Nah, would love to be able to play chicken again for a change

[pgkzkepnugs]

Is there possibility how minimalize resampleFSXSP2.exe popup window? It is realy anoying "feature" ...

Thanks for FS Earth Tiles v1.0!

[lynx]

Well, can't you just click the minimize button?

[pgkzkepnugs]

It is frustrating when you let FS Earth Tiles to download e.g. 100 areas during browsing web and you lose focus to resampleFSXSP2.exe
window 100 times. I hope there must be some trick how to force resampleFSXSP2.exe to stay in task bar.

[RobertRent]

HB,

Thank you for your vision and your hard work developing FS Earth Tiles.

FSET V1.0 successfully captured the entire area in which I fly at 0.5m/pixel resolution, and it did so without having a single problem. For
me, FSET is a dream come true.

Thanks,
Robert

[HB-100]

fly-a-lot wrote:
FSEarthTiles.ini needs to be adjusted because service1 applied some changes:
see: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?t..._id=847908

Thank you fly-a-lot.
I noticed the service 1 ini template stopped working the day before I went in vacance. It was the same week when I uploaded the prog to
flightsim.com. Was that a coincidence? I don't know. But an interesting move and I took it with humor. I thought they maybe removed the
web access complete. Surprised they didn't. It's their right to protect their material you know.

I see your FSET expansion project was accepted on sourcefroge.net!
So I wish you much success.
(p.s. added your post to the thread opening post as note)

Joeflyer wrote:
I was cruising Flightsim.com and happened to see your earth tiles listed there. Congrats, HB!

Thanks.
As a note for everyone:
I did upload it on flightsim.com (removed the FS resample there to respect the copyright. Read the Readme.txt that comes with the
packages)
I did not upload it on avsim.com and I self have no intention to upload it there also anytime. Don't like their conditions to upload files there.

Joeflyer wrote:
Does this mean you are going to get back to the WT with the rest of us drunks?

You bet! Yes that's what it means. I finnaly will have time for the World Tour again. I am looking forward for some good old times!
Well I have almost time ..to be honest. I already have a next project in mind. This time a private one not related to any flight simulatior.
But that shouldn't absorb me as much as FSET did.

Tracker801 wrote:
Keep that bus away from me
Nah, would love to be able to play chicken again for a change

I have the wilco A330 bus now. The autopilot still gives me some hedache. Never wants to fly to where I want to. Always in the wrong
mode!

pgkzkepnugs wrote:
Is there possibility how minimalize resampleFSXSP2.exe popup window? It is realy anoying &quot;feature&quot; ...
Thanks for FS Earth Tiles v1.0!

You are welcome. No it's not possible at least not that direct. What you could do is to have start a custom exe instead the
resampleFSXSP2.exe as mediator. That custom exe has to start hidden with no window (check The C# Script Temp file clean up project
in the FSEarthTiles Sources. thats such an application) and from that one start the resampleFSXSP2.exe hidden. I don't know hwo exactly
you can start that dos program hidden but I guess there is a way.

RobertRent wrote:
HB,Thank you for your vision and your hard work developing FS Earth Tiles.
FSET V1.0 successfully captured the entire area in which I fly at 0.5m/pixel resolution, and it did so without having a single problem. For
me, FSET is a dream come true.
Thanks,Robert

You are welcome!
It's always a pleasure to read that I could make the one or the other happy with my program.



Post Edited ( 08-10-08 20:02 )

[fly-a-lot]

pgkzkepnugs wrote:
It is frustrating when you let FS Earth Tiles to download e.g. 100 areas during browsing web and you lose focus to resampleFSXSP2.exe
window 100 times. I hope there must be some trick how to force resampleFSXSP2.exe to stay in task bar.

Right now it's not possible. Maybe I will tackle that problem in one of the next versions.

Is it just the FSX resampler window which is annoying to you or the FS Earth Masks windows, too?

[jojolino]

Hi HB!
Also from me many thanks for your work. I leave FSX a while but now I want to come back to fly over nice scenerys!