Here's some screenshots:
You can clearly see in the route below that my autopilot was off!
In the next one I turned it on!
Short youtube tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BaVbCtOr3E
MapGear.py can:
-Create the maps and animations of flight paths (providing basemap toolkit/geopy functionality);
-Calculate and display total distance travelled;
-Display automatically the cities according to their population (cities with less population will show in 'zoomed in' maps).
License: GPL v2+
Link to download MapGear: https://github.com/crazyBaboon/MapGear
How to use:
1.Extract the contents of MapGear-master.zip into your /home folder.
2.Run in the terminal:
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fgfs --launcher && python MapGear.py
In order to save .GIF files, uncomment the last line of the script. Note: it will take a few minutes to save the .GIF file. Also, make sure you have Debug > Logging enabled, so you can log the lat/lon of your route. MapGear.py will automatically save all of your routes in your \home folder under the names fg_log-1.csv, fg_log-2.csv, fg_log-3.csv,...
3.When you exit FlightGear, wait a few seconds and you will see the animated path of your journey.
Stay tuned for updates!
Any feedback/help/sugestions/feature requests are appreciated!