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

New Features for 2011/02, 2010/10 & 2010/12:

Compared to the old version 2010/04 this new openVFR (version 2011/02, 2010/10 & 2010/12) is based on a newer snapshot of Openstreetmap data. It is much more sophisticated in representing city areas. Also isles in rivers and lakes are added. Regarinf rods the traffic was optimized. Furthermore a lot of bugs of the old version are solved (refer below).

• much better representation of city areas
• isles in rivers and lakes optimized
• freeway traffic for roads added (not for Germany)

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA

ISSUES KNOWN (version: 2011/08):

• isles in waterareas near to the country border will not be shown, as long as countries nearby are based on the old version
• water polylines from Openstreetmap are not included in the scenery, still investigating

ISSUES KNOWN (version: 2011/02 & 2010/10):

• water polylines from Openstreetmap are not included in the scenery, still investigating

ISSUES KNOWN (version: 2010/04):

• water polylines from Openstreetmap are not included in the scenery, currently investigating
• islands in lakes and rivers partly missing, investigating

ISSUES KNOWN (version: 2009/12):

• Lake Geneva, Switzerland, fixed in next release
• Elbe , Germany north, fixed in next release
• water around Almere, Netherlands (NL), fixed in next release
• EDKP, Germany, fixed in next version
  
• water polylines from Openstreetmap are not included in the scenery
  
• double streets in some areas, fixed in next release
• water issues like missing rivers, fixed in next release
• islands in lakes missing
  

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.