VaLeo wrote in Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:38 am:I'm wonder why this patch still not in git.
Its awesome feature - so easy made phototerrain, wihout xml, just add-delete files!
Technically, yeah you're right, it's easy to do -so easy, even I might be able to do it, if I give it a try!
However, this is the real world, so there's that big wall of a problem called "licensing issues".
Because FlightGear is released under the GNU GPL license, which only allows work released under the same license to be used, we can't use most of those images.
The images are usually either proprietary, copyrighted, or Creative Commons if you're lucky.
So there's a legal barrier that keeps us from putting the photorealistic scenery into the official database; it can only be released as a third-party addon, at most, sadly...
-If I made a mistake in my explanation, please feel free to correct me, thanks.
Look for "B-BIRD" "N127KY" or "AVA0004" -that's me.
Despite having over 1700 posts here, I am not even close to being the most skilled guy here... I'm just words and bad drawing, not experience. :P