Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery Design
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

File Description:
This package DOES NOT contain finished FS scenery products! Instead, the three bitmaps (N44.2-45.4 W110.2-111.2) are meant to be used for FS landscape scenery design with Ground2K4 (by Christian Fumey) or similar utilities. Source data are public domain Landsat 7 ETM+ satellite images, at 15-m and 30-m ground resolution. I used professional GIS software for the geographic transformation to lat/long-WGS84 projection, and photo processing software for channel merging and image enhancements. Each image has been tested in Ground2K4 for accurate placement. Note: These images have been ECW-compressed and need special (free) software for decompressing (instructions included).

Filename:	Yellowstone_National_Park_Wyoming.zip
License:	Freeware, limited distribution
Added:	27th April 2004, 15:36:03
Downloads:	434
Author:	Holger Sandmann
Size:	17.09 MB

Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - AI Flight Plans
Columbia River AI Floatplanes and Vessels

File Description:
An optional add-on for my cr_gorge.zip, these files add custom AI floatplane and ship traffic on the Columbia River between Washougal and The Dalles, as well as GA flightplans for some of the smaller airfields in the coverage area. Included are the HU-16 Albatross (Greg Pepper/Warren Landis), two variants of the Monocoupe 135 (Tom Miller), a S300C helicopter on floats (Jordan Moore), as well as Hovercraft and Jetfoil vessels by Mitsuya "Hama" Hamaguchi using repaints by M. Allen Richards and Dobro. All models have custom flight models and dynamic water effects. The included AI models can be utilized in other locations for which custom AFCAD files are available. For more details on AI floatplanes and ships see my ai_ships, ai_shipx, and ai_floats.zip packages.

Filename:	Columbia_River_AI_Floatplanes_and_Vessels.zip
License:	Freeware, limited distribution
Added:	16th February 2005, 04:12:53
Downloads:	5,365
Author:	Holger Sandmann
Size:	5.88 MB

Category: Flight Simulator X - Scenery
Bella Coola Valley Landscape Enhancements

File Description:
One of the most spectacular watersheds of British Columbia's Midcoast, the Bella Coola Valley looks pretty boring in its default FSX rendition and the oddly shaped default Bella Coola River cuts deep into the terrain. These files provide a terrain mesh made from CDED1 0.75-arcsec data (multi-LOD, with maximum resolution of 38-m grid spacing), updated land class, water class, and seasons files, and accurate placements of lakes, rivers, streams, roads, and bridges. Also added are the glaciers of the Monarch Mountain Icefield as well as several forestry roads and clearcuts in the side valleys. Main roads have vehicle traffic moving in both directions. Coverage area is N51*45'-52*40' and W125*35'-127*25'. These files are fully compatible with other landscape enhancements for FSX, such as FS Genesis North America terrain mesh, Cloud 9's X-class, Adam Mill's ground texture replacements, or Flight1's Ultimate Terrain Canada/Alaska.

Filename:	Bella_Coola_Valley_Landscape_Enhancements.zip
License:	Freeware, limited distribution
Added:	24th February 2007, 08:27:54
Downloads:	12,654
Author:	Holger Sandmann
Size:	15.68 MB

Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery
Terrain Mesh of Glacier National Park

File Description:
New and updated scenery enhancements for the mountain ranges of southeastern British Columbia and parts of the Alberta Rocky Mountains. They require an existing installation of my files bcmesh9d.zip and/or bcmesh9e.zip. Scenery coverage follows the Trans-Canada Highway from Banff National Park to west of Revelstoke (~350km), with accurate transportation network, rivers and lakes, hydro dams, ski hills, glaciers, and landclass/waterclass updates based on satellite imagery. Also, similar enhancements to the parks and towns of the southern Kootenay, Selkirk, and Monashee mountains. The mesh source data are 0.75-arcsec (~23-m) CDED files, compiled at LOD10 (38-m) resolution. Due to significant changes in FS2004 to vector layering and autogen features, the special scenery enhancements cannot be used with FS2002. However, terrain mesh, new lakes and land/waterclass replacements will work well in FS2002.

Filename:	Terrain_Mesh_of_Glacier_National_Park.zip
License:	Freeware, limited distribution
Added:	18th December 2003, 23:17:35
Downloads:	8,858
Author:	Holger Sandmann
Size:	12.79 MB

Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery
Himalayan Peaks Volume 2 - Mt. Everest photoreal textures

File Description:
The photoreal textures in this package cover an area of about 100km (E/W) by 60km (N/S) featuring Mt. Everest and several neighboring peaks and are based on a Landsat 7 ETM 15-m multispectral image taken in October 2000. The relatively low resolution of the image makes for pretty grainy textures up close and I did not add any autogen, seasonal textures, or flattened water bodies. Nevertheless, I do believe the photoreal textures do a much better job at showing the grandiose alpine features of this area - rock faces, snow fields, glaciers, and bare ground - than generic landclass textures possibly can. The textures are placed for a best fit with our Mt. Everest area LOD10 terrain mesh, fs_him_01.zip, but probably work OK with the default LOD8 mesh of this area or third-party terrain mesh files.

Filename:	Himalayan_Peaks_Volume_2__Mt_Everest_photoreal_tex.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	10th March 2010, 22:27:43
Downloads:	25,490
Author:	Holger Sandmann
Size:	75.71 MB

Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery
Namibia, Southwestern Africa

File Description:
Replacement landclass file for all of Namibia and parts of western Botswana (S15-30 E11-25). Based on the new Global Land Cover 2000 Project data, this landclass file is still quite basic but better (I believe) than the FS original. In addition, I used Ground2K4 to more accurately represent natural and man-made features in five areas throughout the country, including Windhoek, Swakopmund/Walvis Bay, and the Fish River Canyon. Meant to be used with my Namibia LOD9 add-on mesh series. Landclass source files are included.

Filename:	Namibia_Southwestern_Africa.zip
License:	Freeware, limited distribution
Added:	12th April 2004, 23:44:03
Downloads:	5,523
Author:	Holger Sandmann
Size:	2.31 MB

Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery
Namibia, Southwestern Africa Mesh Part 1 Of 5

File Description:
Add-on mesh for the entire country of Namibia (S17-29 E11-21), including the Caprivi Strip east to the Victoria Falls (Zambia/Zimbabwe). The source data are 3-arcsec (~90-m) Shuttle Radar (SRTM) files, compiled at LOD9 (76-m) resolution. Processing with John Childs' Blackart (v3.74) and Peter Guth's MicroDEM (v7.02). Includes a LOD7 buffer mesh to prevent blue slivers in the mid to far distance. Part 1 of 5.

Filename:	Namibia_Southwestern_Africa_Mesh_Part_1_Of_5.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	5th April 2004, 00:17:54
Downloads:	6,379
Author:	Holger Sandmann
Size:	16.03 MB

Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery
Namibia, Southwestern Africa Mesh Part 2 Of 5

File Description:
Add-on mesh for the entire country of Namibia (S17-29 E11-21), including the Caprivi Strip east to the Victoria Falls (Zambia/Zimbabwe). The source data are 3-arcsec (~90-m) Shuttle Radar (SRTM) files, compiled at LOD9 (76-m) resolution. Processing with John Childs' Blackart (v3.74) and Peter Guth's MicroDEM (v7.02). Includes a LOD7 buffer mesh to prevent blue slivers in the mid to far distance. Part 2 of 5.

Filename:	Namibia_Southwestern_Africa_Mesh_Part_2_Of_5.zip
License:	Freeware, limited distribution
Added:	5th April 2004, 00:18:13
Downloads:	5,100
Author:	Holger Sandmann
Size:	21.39 MB

Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery
High-resolution 76-m (LOD9) Terrain Mesh and Scenery Enhancements for the Southern Canadian Rockies

File Description:
Not simply an add-on mesh, these files include many scenery enhancements for the southern Rockies of British Columbia and Alberta. Coverage extends from Cranbrook to Calgary, and Hinton to Edmonton (N48.9-53.4 W112.3-116.3). The mesh source data are 3-arcsec (~90-m) Shuttle Radar (SRTM) files, compiled at LOD9 (76-m) resolution. All lake elevations (!) have been adjusted to eliminate the problems with the default lake data and to better fit the new terrain mesh. In addition, the Transcanada Highway/Icefields Parkway corridor in Banff National Park, from Canmore to the Hwy 11 junction, has been completely re-made, with dozens of alpine lakes (including Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, and Lake O'Hara), accurate transportation network, and landclass/waterclass updates based on satellite imagery. Due to significant changes in FS2004 to vector layering and autogen features, the special scenery enhancements cannot be used with FS2002. However, terrain mesh, lake corrections and landclass replacements will work well in FS2002.

Filename:	Highresolution_76m_LOD9_Terrain_Mesh_and_Scenery_E.zip
License:	Freeware, limited distribution
Added:	29th October 2003, 03:01:22
Downloads:	15,468
Author:	Holger Sandmann
Size:	21.81 MB

Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery Design
Volos and District of Magnesia, Greece

File Description:
This package DOES NOT contain finished FS scenery products! Instead, the three bitmaps (N38.6-39.9 E22.4-23.3) are meant to be used for FS landscape scenery design with Ground2K4 (by Christian Fumey) or similar utilities. Source data are public domain Landsat 7 ETM+ satellite images, at 15-m and 30-m ground resolution. I used professional GIS software for the geographic transformation to lat/long-WGS84 projection, and photo processing software for channel merging and image enhancements. Each image has been tested in Ground2K4 for accurate placement. Note: These images have been ECW-compressed and need special (free) software for decompressing (instructions included).

Filename:	Volos_and_District_of_Magnesia_Greece.zip
License:	Freeware, limited distribution
Added:	13th April 2004, 12:46:23
Downloads:	518
Author:	Holger Sandmann
Size:	13.84 MB