The very first step before creating a new airport layout is to check if the airport already exists in the airport database in the X-Plane Airports Database. Ubuntu users, can use the script in Ubuntu fg tools. Heightmaps - or, to more closely match the official world scenery, use.Shapefiles for the area around your airport.TerraGear - to turn the layout into useable scenery.Other data (approach lighting systems, frequencies etc.) about the airport you want to make.Runway layout data - either from the USA Airport & Scenery Database or from other free imagery.WorldEditor - to "draw" the layout of the airport (taxiways, runways, aprons).Runways, taxiways and aprons What you need
#FLIGHTGEAR AIRPORT HOW TO#
Consider learning how to map airports in OSM.Īlternatively you can estimate the lengths and widths of the buildings by looking at pictures. Note that OpenStreetMap has been granted the right to trace over Yahoo and Bing aerial images, so it can get quite accurate. For other countries, you might use OpenStreetMap data if available. For the USA you can download the High Resolution Orthoimagery jpeg from and use that to trace airports or buildings. Google Earth imagery is per definition not compatible. are licensed under a GNU GPL v2 compatible license (eg.you received permission for to release under the GNU GPL v2.This is the case when you draw something, or take a photograph of a building. you created yourself, entirely from scratch.In short this means that you can only use images that: In order to have your work included in the official scenery, it must comply with this license. Official FlightGear scenery is, as the rest of the program and data, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2. 2.3 Turning the airport into FlightGear scenery.
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