An initial release of custom NLCD scenery for the area from Champaign/Bloomington, Illinois to Chicago and Milwaukee is now available. For details and to download, go to https://github.com/LGBudd/Champaign-Custom-Scenery and https://github.com/LGBudd/KORD-KMKE-Custom-Scenery.
Chicago NLCD / OSM2City Scenery
Chicago NLCD / OSM2City / USGS Ortho Scenery
These are the first two of three scenery areas that will be available to provide a north/south flight path with NLCD scenery from Champaign (University of Illinois-Willard Airport to Chicago (KORD and KMDW) to KMKE (Milwaukee) to KOSH (Oshkosh, home of the EAA) to KATW (Appleton, WI) to Green Bay (KGRB and home of the Green Bay Packers) to KCMX (Houghton, MI in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. OSM2City objects (from the worldbuild) are included as are optional USGS color-corrected orthophotos. Note: Use of orthophotos requires FlightGear 2020.4.X.
Airports within the areas are those recommended on the X-Plane Gateway. A NavData file is included to update KORD because a runway has been deleted and two new runways have been added since the FlightGear world scenery 2.0 build years ago. Major airports in the area also have groundnets and a SouthWest Airlines traffic file is included to provide traffic in and out of Chicago's Midway airport, a major SWA hub.
Please report any issues on the appropriate Github sites given above. It would be especially nice if someone with more knowledge than I have about NavData could review and report issues, as this is my first attempt. Also, improvements/suggestions for materials and textures are welcome, as this is my first attempt at them, too.