best mesh?

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In article <qNIge.345$Te5.1049@news.uswest.net>, castle@nthrax.org
says...
> If I'm going to buy a mesh, whats the one to get, I was thinking FS Terrain,
> I've seen it before and its great

FSGenesis is the best quality mesh around.
http://portal.fsgenesis.net

Jusin is currently working on a worldwide mesh. Currently he offers mesh
for major areas (USA, Canada, Pacific, etc.)

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It does depend where you are going to fly. FSGenesis does the best mesh for
many parts of the world.

For the UK, VFR Terrain by Visualflight is the best out there as far as I
know (and it's more than just a mesh, coastlines and lakes are corrected
also).

"Petebert" <castle@nthrax.org> wrote in message
news:qNIge.345$Te5.1049@news.uswest.net...
> If I'm going to buy a mesh, whats the one to get, I was thinking FS
> Terrain, I've seen it before and its great
>

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Hi Petebert,

On Thu, 12 May 2005 13:28:07 -0400, you wrote:

> fs genesis could be good, the US alone appears to be about $60,
> yikes!

That's only if one purchases each bit of mesh individually. FSGenesis
does offer what are called "Galaxy" memberships as well, which, if
global coverage with high quality mesh is desired, are quite a good
deal (and brings the actual cost of individual "parcels" down to a
very low price indeed). Additionally, Justin updates/fixes his mesh
releases as new and better source material becomes available and/or
if problems are found that can be reasonably fixed. This is the kind
of ongoing development and support that makes paying for FSGenesis
mesh a very reasonable proposition.

I would also add here that anything produced by Holger Sandmann, be it
his freeware offerings or his payware (like the spectacular recently
released "Misty Fjords" from FSAddon), is a very good investment in
combined enhanced mesh and sceneries. Holger combines detailed mesh
with hand painted scenery corrections/enhancements in a way that
greatly enhances both accuracy and beauty. He also works hard to
develop products that don't conflict with other high quality
offerings like the FSGenesis mesh.

Finally, I should mention that there is some high quality freeware
mesh available (even from FSGenesis and Holger), though one must be
aware that there is some freeware mesh that isn't of the greatest
quality as well. Also, freeware products are understandably offered
"as is", and in most cases, updates/fixes are not to be expected.

- --
Melissa

PGP Public Keys: http://www.freewebs.com/kuviahunnihautik/

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theres also some other program, fs world or something?


"Arthur" <alspectorz@rogers.com> wrote in message
news:Ks2dnfVLiYPfJB7fRVn-1A@rogers.com...
> Has anyone tried the RealScene DVD enhancement of the USA? I believe it
> sells on Avsim for $39.95 USD. If so, any opinions??
>
> Arthur
>
> "Lawn Dart" <willkayakforfoodREMOVE_THIS@gmx.net> wrote in message
> news:v6bkhnchy9ma.dlg@uni-berlin.de...
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>> Hi Petebert,
>>
>> On Thu, 12 May 2005 13:28:07 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>>> fs genesis could be good, the US alone appears to be about $60,
>>> yikes!
>>
>> That's only if one purchases each bit of mesh individually. FSGenesis
>> does offer what are called "Galaxy" memberships as well, which, if
>> global coverage with high quality mesh is desired, are quite a good
>> deal (and brings the actual cost of individual "parcels" down to a
>> very low price indeed). Additionally, Justin updates/fixes his mesh
>> releases as new and better source material becomes available and/or
>> if problems are found that can be reasonably fixed. This is the kind
>> of ongoing development and support that makes paying for FSGenesis
>> mesh a very reasonable proposition.
>>
>> I would also add here that anything produced by Holger Sandmann, be it
>> his freeware offerings or his payware (like the spectacular recently
>> released "Misty Fjords" from FSAddon), is a very good investment in
>> combined enhanced mesh and sceneries. Holger combines detailed mesh
>> with hand painted scenery corrections/enhancements in a way that
>> greatly enhances both accuracy and beauty. He also works hard to
>> develop products that don't conflict with other high quality
>> offerings like the FSGenesis mesh.
>>
>> Finally, I should mention that there is some high quality freeware
>> mesh available (even from FSGenesis and Holger), though one must be
>> aware that there is some freeware mesh that isn't of the greatest
>> quality as well. Also, freeware products are understandably offered
>> "as is", and in most cases, updates/fixes are not to be expected.
>>
>> - --
>> Melissa
>>
>> PGP Public Keys: http://www.freewebs.com/kuviahunnihautik/
>>
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>
>

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Yeah...there is one called Global Terrain which is also a DVD set. I think
the cost is $59.95 USD and it's about 16 gigs. Covers the whole globe.
Frankly, I don't think there's many people who have DVD drives built into
their computers. I have one and was thinking of trying the U.S.A. program
just to be different. I'll let everyone know how my adventure unfolds.

Arthur

"Petebert" <castle@nthrax.org> wrote in message
news:%3Rge.2155$wz4.743@news.uswest.net...
> theres also some other program, fs world or something?
>
>
> "Arthur" <alspectorz@rogers.com> wrote in message
> news:Ks2dnfVLiYPfJB7fRVn-1A@rogers.com...
>> Has anyone tried the RealScene DVD enhancement of the USA? I believe it
>> sells on Avsim for $39.95 USD. If so, any opinions??
>>
>> Arthur
>>
>> "Lawn Dart" <willkayakforfoodREMOVE_THIS@gmx.net> wrote in message
>> news:v6bkhnchy9ma.dlg@uni-berlin.de...
>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>>> Hash: RIPEMD160
>>>
>>> Hi Petebert,
>>>
>>> On Thu, 12 May 2005 13:28:07 -0400, you wrote:
>>>
>>>> fs genesis could be good, the US alone appears to be about $60,
>>>> yikes!
>>>
>>> That's only if one purchases each bit of mesh individually. FSGenesis
>>> does offer what are called "Galaxy" memberships as well, which, if
>>> global coverage with high quality mesh is desired, are quite a good
>>> deal (and brings the actual cost of individual "parcels" down to a
>>> very low price indeed). Additionally, Justin updates/fixes his mesh
>>> releases as new and better source material becomes available and/or
>>> if problems are found that can be reasonably fixed. This is the kind
>>> of ongoing development and support that makes paying for FSGenesis
>>> mesh a very reasonable proposition.
>>>
>>> I would also add here that anything produced by Holger Sandmann, be it
>>> his freeware offerings or his payware (like the spectacular recently
>>> released "Misty Fjords" from FSAddon), is a very good investment in
>>> combined enhanced mesh and sceneries. Holger combines detailed mesh
>>> with hand painted scenery corrections/enhancements in a way that
>>> greatly enhances both accuracy and beauty. He also works hard to
>>> develop products that don't conflict with other high quality
>>> offerings like the FSGenesis mesh.
>>>
>>> Finally, I should mention that there is some high quality freeware
>>> mesh available (even from FSGenesis and Holger), though one must be
>>> aware that there is some freeware mesh that isn't of the greatest
>>> quality as well. Also, freeware products are understandably offered
>>> "as is", and in most cases, updates/fixes are not to be expected.
>>>
>>> - --
>>> Melissa
>>>
>>> PGP Public Keys: http://www.freewebs.com/kuviahunnihautik/
>>>
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>>
>>
>
>

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On Fri, 13 May 2005 08:31:34 +0200, Günter Mangold
<guenter.mangold@t-online.de> brought the following to our attention:

>Petebert wrote:
>> If I'm going to buy a mesh, whats the one to get, I was thinking
>> FS Terrain, I've seen it before and its great.
>
>Hi, since 6 month I'm using http://fsglobal2005.com/
>
>Günter

Gunter... Ich benutze deutsche Übersetzungswebsite für die
Ausgabe des Textes.


The payware mesh and DVD package is fine for those who want lots of
mesh in hurry.. but for those who have high-downstream subscriber
units (cable modems) it's adventurous to search and retrieve 100's of
large mesh zips.. see here the current `Mesh Tank' DIR of over 21GB.


Volume in drive G is Edmain Data01 160 GB

Directory of G:\FlightSim\- Tank - MESH

<DIR> Africa South Mesh - STRM 76M
<DIR> Amsterdam
<DIR> Antarctica
<DIR> Antilles
<DIR> Armenia 76M - FS2004
<DIR> Atlas Mountains, Morocco 76m SRTM Terrain Mesh
<DIR> Balkans 2004 SRTM Mesh - FS2004
<DIR> Baltic Mesh - FS2004
<DIR> Bear Mountain Area (NY) Mesh - FS2004
<DIR> Big Bend National Park, Texas 38m - FS2002
<DIR> Bosnia and Herzegovina Mesh - FS2004
<DIR> British Columbia
<DIR> California Altam
<DIR> Clausen, Johan
<DIR> Columbia 100m
<DIR> Cuba
<DIR> Cyprus
<DIR> Denney, Eddie
<DIR> Finger Lakes New York - 30m Mesh v2 - 2002
<DIR> Finland
<DIR> FSGenesis
<DIR> Germany 76m
<DIR> Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska
<DIR> Hawaii Islands SRTM Terrain Mesh - 2004
<DIR> Hellas 76m (Greece) - 2004
<DIR> Italy
<DIR> Italy 2004 SRTM Mesh
<DIR> Japan 76m
<DIR> Mageroya Mesh 2004
<DIR> Mauri, Pietro
<DIR> Middle East SRTM
<DIR> Middle East SRTM Mesh - Lebanon Israel Egypt
<DIR> Mount Saint Helens
<DIR> Nepal Mesh - 2002 2004
<DIR> New York And New England 38m
<DIR> Newark
<DIR> North Eastern Ontario Mesh - 2004
<DIR> Northern Oman
<DIR> Ouellette, Mike - 2002
<DIR> Ozturk Abdulkadir
<DIR> Pennsylvania 30m (2004)
<DIR> Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl - Landclass and Mesh
<DIR> Puerto Rico
<DIR> Romero, Alvaro
<DIR> Rothlisberger, Stephen
<DIR> Sandmann, Holger
<DIR> Scotland Terrain Mesh - FS2002
<DIR> Seychelles Inner Islands
<DIR> Slovacia Modified SRTM - 2002
<DIR> Sotomeyer, Orlando
<DIR> Swiss 2002
<DIR> Switzerland - Landclass Plus Scenery
<DIR> Taburet, Raimondo
<DIR> Trawny, Andreas
<DIR> Uk Mesh - 2004
<DIR> Ukraine
<DIR> Venezuela SRTM
<DIR> Vincent van Veen
<DIR> Wardle, John
<DIR> Weir, Andy

66 Dir(s) 21,412 GB


Of course all these ZIPs are stored on an IDE array of identical
drives.. would want to loose 100,000 important files.. would we?

Besides.. in producing the directory above.. found duplicates and
mislabelled folders. Always getting scenery more organized!!


-Gregory

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Martin wrote:
<...>
> FS Terrain is 76 meter resolution. You can get 70 meter resolution terrain
> free at:
> http://www.simviation.com/fsdterrainsrtm.htm
>
> Over 8 gig for the whole world, although you can just download the areas you
> want.
<...>

Hi Martin,
Following your hint, I began downloading but I started with the Alps
and compared Pietro Mauri's freeware with this one. Well, my
conclusion is: let it be. The Matterhorn looks like a molehill - not
much better than Microsoft's version. :-(
--
Regards
Axel

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fs genesis could be good, the US alone appears to be about $60, yikes!


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1. FS Genesis mesh is good -- probably the best.

2. It doesn't say this on the FS Genesis website, but you can download
their US mesh for free from flightsim.com.

3. If you want a lot of mesh, consider World Extreme Landscapes
http://abacuspub.com/wel/ The mesh is made by FS Genesis, it covers the
whole world, it comes on DVD, and it's only $30 (US). A very good deal.

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