Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery
Scenery Enhancements for the Innsbruck (LOWI), Austria

File Description:
New roads, railroads, streams, river, landclass, and waterclass for the Innsbruck area, Austrian Alps. Based on 30-m and 10-m satellite imagery. Not a finished product but rather a "Sunday afternoon" project :-) to illustrate the visual improvements that can be achieved with a few hours of time commitment and the help of the wonderful Ground2K4 by Christian Fumey. The scenery looks best with one of the SRTM-based add-on meshes. I have included my Ground2K4 source code so that interested users can improve on and expand the project area (requires a separate download of my pre-processed satellite imagery).

Filename:	Scenery_Enhancements_for_the_Innsbruck_LOWI_Austri.zip
License:	Freeware, limited distribution
Added:	1st March 2004, 14:17:27
Downloads:	21,781
Author:	Holger Sandmann
Size:	1.3 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:	25,484
Author:	Holger Sandmann
Size:	75.71 MB

Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery
US North Cascades Mountains and Northwest Washington Coast

File Description:
The files in this package completely replace the FS default landscape of the North Cascades Mountains and coastal areas of northwestern Washington State. Between Bellingham and Arlington (N-S), Orcas Island and Lake Chelan (W-E) you can now enjoy your VFR flights with accurate locations of coastlines, lakes, rivers, streams, roads, railroads, and power lines, as well as land use type (landclass) and terrain (add-on mesh). Also added are the larger glaciers of the majestic North Cascades volcanoes and peaks as well as several forestry roads and clearcuts outside the National Park and Wilderness areas. Made mostly with Christian Fumey's "Ground2K4" and Jim Keir's "Slartibartfast". Fully compatible with the recent freeware LOD10 add-on meshes of the western US. Mesh and landclass files will work in FS2002 but not the special scenery enhancements.

Filename:	US_North_Cascades_Mountains_and_Northwest_Washingt.zip
License:	Freeware, limited distribution
Added:	18th May 2004, 23:12:57
Downloads:	14,319
Author:	Holger Sandmann
Size:	12.72 MB

Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery
LOD10 (38-m) Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska

File Description:
This LOD10 (38-m) add-on mesh of Glacier Bay National Park and the adjacent Lynn Canal area between Juneau and Skagway (N58-60 W134-138) is an optional (!) upgrade of gl_bay_1.zip (by Holger Sandmann and Jim Keir). It adds more detail to the mountainous areas and allows to locally override other installed Alaska add-on meshes without having to deactivate them. The USGS NED seamless digital elevation data used for this mesh have a 2-arcsec (~60-m) resolution. Thus, the compilation as LOD10 (38-m) will reveal all terrain details contained in the source data. Please read the gl_bay_1.zip read-me file for further information about the special features of the Glacier Bay Project.

Filename:	LOD10_38m_Glacier_Bay_National_Park_Alaska.zip
License:	Freeware, limited distribution
Added:	16th February 2004, 03:40:57
Downloads:	8,593
Author:	Holger Sandmann
Size:	24.98 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
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:	5,520
Author:	Holger Sandmann
Size:	2.31 MB

Category: Flight Simulator 2002 - Helicopters
AI Helicopters 102: 'European Masters'

File Description:
Second in a series of files for setting up helicopters and their repaints as AI aircraft. Set-up templates for five freeware GMax helicopters by European modelers: AS341 Gazelle, AS365 Dauphin, Eurocopter EC130, Bell 47 G2, and Westland Merlin. Includes sample AFCAD "heliports" and flight plans for London, Sydney, Paris, Helsinki, and Kuiu Island. Flight behavior is approximated (!) with custom flight models. Requires additional downloads (see documentation).

Filename:	AI_Helicopters_102_European_Masters.zip
License:	Freeware, limited distribution
Added:	5th June 2003, 23:53:44
Downloads:	3,952
Author:	Holger Sandmann
Size:	645.83 KB

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:	5,097
Author:	Holger Sandmann
Size:	21.39 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:	6,375
Author:	Holger Sandmann
Size:	16.03 MB

Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery
Landscape Enhancements for Ultimate Terrain Canada/Alaska

File Description:
This is a re-issue of my previously published landscape enhancement packages for parts of Southeast Alaska, British Columbia, Alberta, and Washington State. These files have been edited and adjusted to be fully compatible with FlightOne's "Ultimate Terrain: Canada/Alaska" product. Also, I have adjusted some of Ultimate Terrain's lake and river elevations to better fit new third-party add-on mesh files, such as the "Cordillera" mesh by FS Genesis and my freeware mesh files made for the individual coverage areas. Please note: A registered copy of "Ultimate Terrain: Canada/Alaska is required!!!

Filename:	Landscape_Enhancements_for_Ultimate_Terrain_Canada.zip
License:	Freeware, limited distribution
Added:	8th June 2005, 03:47:26
Downloads:	7,332
Author:	Holger Sandmann
Size:	3.44 MB