Hi everyone, I have added a 0.2.7 version that allows you to download the scenario from other servers, besides the ESRI server used up to now. Currently I have decided to insert the USGS (USA) and PNOA (Spain) servers which seem to me to be the most reliable ones.
The USGS server is very fast and allows me to download at the maximum speed I have on the network (download with Julia -t 10 at 4MB / s with a 5-6MB / s connection). Therefore, for those who want to cover the USA they can comfortably do it, plus the USGS server has a much more GNU compatible license than the others.
Here I have inserted the paragraph of the manual that introduces the use of the new option --map n
https://wiki.flightgear.org/Julia_photoscenery_generator#--map_nWhat I think is very interesting is that the access rules to the various servers have been inserted in the XML file params.xml and therefore anyone can modify them or add new ones.
Before doing the operation, however, read the manual, it is important to understand how to do it and not to encounter error messages, as is convenient before, to make changes on the file, save an original copy.
I very much hope that others can find other orthographic image servers so that we can increase availability for everyone.
If you report them to me, I am immediately available to insert them as an update.
Server list that are inserted into the params.xml file:
In this version it was also introduced the possibility to download the photo-scenery images only along a path defined by the FGFS route manager. This is the first time that the program has interacted with FGFS and it does so simply by requesting the name of the route file you have saved with the --route parameter. The program searches for it within the user area and then uses it to generate a series of sections that have a radius defined with the -r parameter.
The advantage of this option is that it is possible to make flights, even very long ones, with a relatively limited number of images. To test the option I left the LOWI-LIME.xml file which can be used for the route connecting LOWI (Insbruck) with LIME (Bergamo Orio) which can then be loaded with the option:
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julia -t 10 photoscenary.jl --route LOWI-LIME.xml -s 2 -r 10
https://wiki.flightgear.org/Julia_photoscenery_generator#We_follow_a_route_generated_with_route_manager_by_--route