That's what Q8Pilot states in this video (between 59:20 and 1:00:00).

Does anyone know more?

He could be talking about the deal that they got in WED to use imagery there as a base layer? It was a few months ago when WED got an imagery layer.

 

I think that is what he has been talking about. You can use a satellite image in WED provided by esri. It is very low-res, though - and basically only useful to check the general accuracy of your airport.

Cheers, Jan

 

28 minutes ago, Janov said:

I think that is what he has been talking about. You can use a satellite image in WED provided by esri. It is very low-res, though - and basically only useful to check the general accuracy of your airport.

Cheers, Jan

 

No big deal then..😀

11 minutes ago, Dirk98 said:

No big deal then..😀

Big deal if you like good and accurate hand made scenery. 

But yeah, its a flight simulator, no one really cares "that much" what it looks like, as long as you get those goosebumps from that feeling you are actually flying, or that feeling of terror as the ground charges towards you in 3D during a perfectly stable final approach.

38 minutes ago, mSparks said:

Big deal if you like good and accurate hand made scenery. 

But yeah, its a flight simulator, no one really cares "that much" what it looks like, as long as you get those goosebumps from that feeling you are actually flying, or that feeling of terror as the ground charges towards you in 3D during a perfectly stable final approach.

Nah, that was only a joke, mSparks, I love accurate and beautiful sceneries.

Edited August 12, 20205 yr by Dirk98

2 minutes ago, Dirk98 said:

Nah, that was only a joke, mSparks, I love accurated and beautiful sceneries.

yeah mine was a joke to.

Although mines funny cos its true.

Most of the time, Q8Pilot barely has a clue what he's talking about, so I'd take that with a lot of salt.

A non-story.... he read somewhere on X-Plane.org about them getting aerial imagery from ESRI into WED. Such as Janov pointed out, it's low quality and not really suitable to be used in the sim.

It's amazing how rumours can start from small misunderstandings 🙂

Didn't Austin make it pretty clear that he would be incredibly reluctant ever to use am orthoimagery solution for x-plane? This "rumor" would be an uncharacteristic reversal if so. 

2 hours ago, snglecoil said:

Didn't Austin make it pretty clear that he would be incredibly reluctant ever to use am orthoimagery solution for x-plane? This "rumor" would be an uncharacteristic reversal if so. 

Not if it's only intended as a positioning tool for making airports in WED, and not used "live" when flying in the simulator.

6 hours ago, Colonel X said:

Most of the time, Q8Pilot barely has a clue what he's talking about

Laminar buying ESRI would be much bigger news than a footnote at the end of an hour flightsim video.

Founded: 1969, Redlands, California, United States

Revenue: 1.1 billion USD (2014 statistics)

 

Perhaps Austin found some spare cash behind the sofa

 

Edited August 12, 20205 yr by mSparks

I'd like to see Laminar Research up their "ground" game. It may even help with the professional version of X-Plane. A more accurate depiction of the earth would be really nice.

8 hours ago, Colonel X said:

Most of the time, Q8Pilot barely has a clue what he's talking about, so I'd take that with a lot of salt.

Like most youtubers then? That Aussimmer one cant even spell. 

18 minutes ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

most youtubers then?

most, not all.

And tbh, I'd say the SNR is much better on youtube than TV.