Details
openVFR Terrain is replacing vector data by still using the FSX default textures. Also additional vector data for roads, rivers, streams, shorelines etc. are added. The result is a much more detailed terrain representation.
In more detail openVFR Terrain will update the following terrain data:
- landuse information (city areas, like forests, vineyard, industrial use, military,...)
- leisure information (like park, golf courses, stadium,...)
- natural information (like wood, marsh, wetland, woods,...)
- railways (different types) - roads (like highways/motorways, living streets, service, tracks, places,... including traffic)
- waterways (river, river banks, stream, drain, canal, basin, lakes,isles....)
- coastlines
Features for version 2011/02:
This new openVFR version (2011/02) is based on a snapshot of Openstreetmap data for 2011. It is very sophisticated in representing city areas. Also isles in rivers and lakes are added. Regaring roads the traffic was optimized. Furthermore a lot of bugs of the older versions are solved (refer below).
- good presentation of city areas
- detailed structures for isles in rivers and lakes
- freeway traffic for roads
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA
ISSUES KNOWN (version: 2011/02):
- water polylines from Openstreetmap are not included in the scenery, still investigating
- Attention: In some dense city areas, traffic could be very complex. Make sure to use FSX settings accordingly to your hardware.
TERMS OF USE:
Most data that was derived from OpenStreetMap is under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 License. openVFR Mesh is based on reworked SRTM height data provided by CGIAR.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY:
Even, if we think, that there is absolutely no technical risk by installing our scenery: The openVFR scenery is furnished "AS IS" and does not come with any implicit or explicit guarantee. The author declines any responsibility for contingent malfunctions, deceleration and any drawback that should arise using this software.
TRADEMARKS: * Microsoft Flight Simulator (sometimes abbreviated to MSFS or FS) is a flight simulator program for Microsoft Windows, marketed and often seen as a video game. ** OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world. The maps are created using data from portable GPS devices, aerial photography and other free sources. Both rendered images and the vector dataset are available for download under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence. But OpenStreetMap is much more, than just a map to drive your car from A to B. It also contains geographical information about landuse areas, streets, railways or waterway and also the exact GPS positions of hundreds of thousands objects like churches, high tension towers, lighthouses, watertowers, wind generators and many more. Spread all over the world submitted by people like you.