Decals for LOW-RES Orthophoto

[uwespeed 558]

Check it out: https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/89497-decal-for-low-res-orthophoto/.

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Edited January 20 by uwespeed

[The Seawolf 24]

does this also work over cities?

[Daube 389]

It's a very efficient effect, much more than I expected. I haven't tried it but the video is pretty convincing.

Doesn't it produce any repetitive pattern on the ground in a distance ?

[flying_carpet 692]

13 hours ago, The Seawolf said:

does this also work over cities?

As I understand it, it works everywhere where you have orthophotos - independent if it is in cities or outside.

6 hours ago, Daube said:

Doesn't it produce any repetitive pattern on the ground in a distance ?

Again 😉 as I understand it - no. Only if the orthos were completely uniform in a large area and/or in the distance (what the they aren't) it might happen.

[Bjoern 1,206]

This would finally make the EOX orthos viable as, unlike their high resolution counterparts, they are color matched, cloudless and liberally licensed.

[Pe11e 817]

This is absolutely great for airliner flyers, where ZL14 is a great and logical choice. Although I would do ZL16 zones around every bigger airport, maybe even 10kms.

I will also try this decal with AO at ZL16. There is a simple way of editing DCL file and add downloaded texture as default, it will be showed everywhere.

[Bjoern 1,206]

On 1/23/2024 at 7:54 PM, Bjoern said:

This would finally make the EOX orthos viable as, unlike their high resolution counterparts, they are color matched, cloudless and liberally licensed.

Only tested it on a few tiles, but EOX/Sentinel is indeed a viable option now. With around 400 MB or less per tile, getting true global coverage on a single 2 TB SSD could just work.

Make sure to edit the EOX provider file to obtain the latest datasets as per: https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/182643-new-2018-eox-imagery-ortho4xp-2-questions/&do=findComment&comment=2665196