Photoscenery?

[awen]

For the FG location, whats the easiest way to find the FG tile to use in Orthophotos/w110n40/w094n44 ( to replace the /w110n40/w094n44 bit with the area I want )

I would say look at the scenery map or look through your downloaded TerraSync files. The tile name of photos is the same of terrain, and they are in the same sub folder.

Additionally, I checked the repository again and found a new python script there. It’s working almost the same as my manual attempts, but it changes the image type from png24 to png, which reduces its size. To use that script, just type

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python creator.py -h

and it allows input of index # or coordinates. In the case the script cannot create a file, use

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mkdir -p ./Orthophotos/E***N**/E***N**/

to create the requested folder.

[StuartC]

I have it working, but the 4096 sceney texture looks quite low res. Is their a higher resolution source anywhere ?

[wlbragg]

Yeah Stuart, look back at some of these posts. It has instructions on how to get 8k or16k. Same source, you just pull them in smaller pieces and then put them together.

[Timi]

Ortho4XP could be used to download textures from various places. Only the file names and formats don't match.
It downloads jpeg images and converts them to dds.
https://github.com/oscarpilote/Ortho4XP

[wlbragg]

Here is an example for a tile at 4K with 1 pull, 8K with 2 pulls, 8K with 4 pulls and 16K with 8 pulls.

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4K
http://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer/export?bbox=-097.00,37.875,-096.750,37.750&bboxSR=4326&size=4096,2048&imageSR=4326&format=png24&transparent=false&f=image
8k
http://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer/export?bbox=-097.00,37.875,-096.875,37.750&bboxSR=4326&size=4096,4096&imageSR=4326&format=png24&transparent=false&f=image
http://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer/export?bbox=-096.875,37.875,-096.750,37.750&bboxSR=4326&size=4096,4096&imageSR=4326&format=png24&transparent=false&f=image
8k
http://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer/export?bbox=-097.00,37.875,-096.875,37.8125&bboxSR=4326&size=4096,2048&imageSR=4326&format=png24&transparent=false&f=image
http://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer/export?bbox=-097.00,37.8125,-096.875,37.750&bboxSR=4326&size=4096,2048&imageSR=4326&format=png24&transparent=false&f=image
http://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer/export?bbox=-096.875,37.875,-096.750,37.8125&bboxSR=4326&size=4096,2048&imageSR=4326&format=png24&transparent=false&f=image
http://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer/export?bbox=-096.875,37.8125,-096.750,37.750&bboxSR=4326&size=4096,2048&imageSR=4326&format=png24&transparent=false&f=image
16k
http://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer/export?bbox=-097.00,37.875,-096.9375,37.8125&bboxSR=4326&size=4096,4096&imageSR=4326&format=png24&transparent=false&f=image
http://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer/export?bbox=-097.00,37.8125,-096.9375,37.750&bboxSR=4326&size=4096,4096&imageSR=4326&format=png24&transparent=false&f=image
http://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer/export?bbox=-096.9375,37.875,-096.875,37.8125&bboxSR=4326&size=4096,4096&imageSR=4326&format=png24&transparent=false&f=image
http://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer/export?bbox=-096.9375,37.8125,-096.875,37.750&bboxSR=4326&size=4096,4096&imageSR=4326&format=png24&transparent=false&f=image
http://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer/export?bbox=-096.875,37.875,-096.8125,37.8125&bboxSR=4326&size=4096,4096&imageSR=4326&format=png24&transparent=false&f=image
http://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer/export?bbox=-096.875,37.8125,-096.8125,37.750&bboxSR=4326&size=4096,4096&imageSR=4326&format=png24&transparent=false&f=image
http://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer/export?bbox=-096.8125,37.875,-096.750,37.8125&bboxSR=4326&size=4096,4096&imageSR=4326&format=png24&transparent=false&f=image
http://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer/export?bbox=-096.8125,37.8125,-096.750,37.750&bboxSR=4326&size=4096,4096&imageSR=4326&format=png24&transparent=false&f=image

[Warty]

Ortho4XP could be used to download textures from various places. Only the file names and formats don't match.
It downloads jpeg images and converts them to dds.

but it does not delete them after conversion. You should find them somewhere like

Ortho4XP > Orthophotos > +37-004 > SP_18 > 101840_128464_SP18.jpg

[Warty]

Even works on a Mac now - many thanks!

[awen]

Hi, thanks for the amazing work to enable photo images. I am wondering what image format does the program accept. The following compares png8 with png24. Those downloaded as png8 has a strange mist on them, while the png24 ones are okay to use. Also, the transparent parameter on ArcGIS online has no effect on the rendering. So, what is the best source image to use for photoscenery?


Another question is why volumic grass looks weird when enabled. The ground only looks nice at a certain angle.

[Timi]

Works nicely with Z17 level Bing Maps.

[Timi]

Here's a video of that same flight I posted the picture from.

[StuartC]

Question.

Why png files. There huge. Why not DDS or another more efficient format ?

[xcvb]

You should never use jpg for textures if you want to use shaders (they amplify the block artifacts). In the end it is only a question of disk usage and start times (in case mipmaps have to be created during loading). The image format has no influence on the framerate, because the image in GPU memory is always uncompressed.

[Hooray]

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Yeah Stuart, look back at some of these posts. It has instructions on how to get 8k or16k. Same source, you just pull them in smaller pieces and then put them together.

To be honest, the thread is getting fairly huge, we should consider updating the wiki so that people can more easily find updated instructions. In the meantime, splitting the topic might make sense - because it was originally not about the current set of patches.

[wlbragg]

@nathaniel515

Feature request...

How hard would it be to have a switch, either in the GUI (may be frowned upon by core devs), or just a flag set in defaults.xml to choose between 4k, 8k or 16k textures? Then in the code maybe just a different folder structure in ortho to support the choice.
i.e.,
ortho/4k
ortho/8k
ortho/16k

I find myself wanting to switch between resolutions in different areas and for developing. It adds a layer of flexibility. I can see arguments for and against it, but as simple as it would be to add, it would be a nice addition IMHO. You could potentially then add material. xml tag pairs based on boundaries to switch resolutions on the fly in areas that don't require a higher resolution.

[StuartC]

@wlbragg
That could also tie in with the lod range settings