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Looking for Vector contributor

Rotornut44

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Greetings everyone! I'm looking for someone who would be willing to do some Vector work for us. What I'm looking for is someone who can deliver us a good set of FSX vector-work for all of the Solomon Islands and a small part of PNG that enhances the coastlines for maximum realism. This vector will be created for use with our Solomon Islands X project. This is currently an unpaid job (sorry) because we have not yet gathered any donations to cover one's cost. Nor can I afford to pay out of pocket right now.

The Solomon Islands X project is 100% non-profit and relies heavily on donations and developers willing to contribute. If you are willing to contribute and help us create our own custom Vector, please contact me here.

Thanks!

Chris Britton
 
Hi Chris,

Wow, those screenshots on your website sure look nice! I would definitely do it if I had more time, I am currently tied up with a lot. Keep it up, and someone will eventually come along :)

Michael
 
Michael Anton said:
Hi Chris,

Wow, those screenshots on your website sure look nice! I would definitely do it if I had more time, I am currently tied up with a lot. Keep it up, and someone will eventually come along :)

Michael
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Thanks Michael! :) Still looking for a volunteer if anyone is interested!
 
I will let you know! What exactly are you looking to have done? How big is the vector coverage area? And just to confirm (because some people have different ideas of what vector actually is) would this be create features such as roads, landclass, shoreline, power lines, streams etc?
 
Michael Anton said:
I will let you know! What exactly are you looking to have done? How big is the vector coverage area? And just to confirm (because some people have different ideas of what vector actually is) would this be create features such as roads, landclass, shoreline, power lines, streams etc?
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Yes, it is what I am asking myself. can be road traffic and autogen even.:D
 
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Michael Anton said:
I will let you know! What exactly are you looking to have done? How big is the vector coverage area? And just to confirm (because some people have different ideas of what vector actually is) would this be create features such as roads, landclass, shoreline, power lines, streams etc?
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Hi Michael,
It is a very general term, isn't it? lol Currently we are just looking for the shorelines. (And possibly streams if needed) They just need to be as accurate as possible.
 
Also, here is a Google Earth poly of the coverage area that I need done.

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Still looking for anyone who may be interested in completing this shoreline vector for us. We can now afford to throw in a little cash bonus for anyone who completes this. It wont be a lot, but enough for a simple thank you. Shoot me a PM for details.
 
Though they are islands it's a lot of work. I got a site to dowload gis data of Salomon http://www.gadm.org/country and can be downloaed in many format. kmz, shape files , etc.
Edit: I have checked this and the data is not good enough (saw-tooth like), Little detail in the coast shorelines. what a pitty.
 
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I have checked that too and couldn't get the shorelines profiles, don't know why '??, just a few lines it seem that rivers and forest and things like that are represented but not the shorelines, and you have to export Little squares to be exported patiently. I thought if I could get a good map with enough good resolution I could use the shape file of the link above mentioned and edit, wouldn't be a big deal. but as difficult is to get a good shapefile as a good map of Salomon islands. I think could be hard to get something usefull for fsx
 
Tejal Bernardo said:
I have checked that too and couldn't get the shorelines profiles, don't know why '??, just a few lines it seem that rivers and forest and things like that are represented but not the shorelines, and you have to export Little squares to be exported patiently. I thought if I could get a good map with enough good resolution I could use the shape file of the link above mentioned and edit, wouldn't be a big deal. but as difficult is to get a good shapefile as a good map of Salomon islands. I think could be hard to get something usefull for fsx
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Using the Overpass API export option, I was able to import their file into Global Mapper. (Importing as an Open Street Map OSM) It looks like most all of the shorelines are there, but with one issue. Some of the points are messed up.. I'm unsure if this is fixable or not.

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You can download the source data here.
 
the file have no extensión I can't open it. by what can be seen the map is a Little messed up but yes could have a fix deleting those points. and the map seem correct.
edit: all right all is correct. I'll take a look
 
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Really complicated the data, I got a pretty cool shape file and are plenty of data like road, rivers and building, pretty cool. but some islands need a Little of edition, are roughly drawed but not so bad, I say it's complicated because many áreas are reefs areas or swamp, or wáter áreas, don't know how you are going to solve that. and some coastlines need to be retagged as shorelines, because were drawed as land polygons and it needed to be lines to get the shape files. I can upload the shape file at least you have a good base to start.
 
Tejal Bernardo said:
Really complicated the data, I got a pretty cool shape file and are plenty of data like road, rivers and building, pretty cool. but some islands need a Little of edition, are roughly drawed but not so bad, I say it's complicated because many áreas are reefs areas or swamp, or wáter áreas, don't know how you are going to solve that. and some coastlines need to be retagged as shorelines, because were drawed as land polygons and it needed to be lines to get the shape files. I can upload the shape file at least you have a good base to start.
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You can upload it for others if you wish. I have looked into how to do it, but I have way too much on my plate to fully learn how to do this at the moment. I made this post originally to see if anyone was interested in helping out with this project. My offer still stands, if anyone would like to take on the initiative of this project please shoot me a PM. As we are starting to receive some donations for the project, I can offer up some cash for anyone who completes this. I can't say a precise amount at the moment, but I guarantee that it will not be less than $40 USD. Hopefully more by the time the vector is finished.
 
it will be a photoreal scenery ? well looking closer to the file, it need edition to redraw the coastline to be much more detailed. we are almost in the same point. I will try to edit a Little in the dead times, but it's a work of weeks. The file have information about buildings, roads and rivers so it's usefull for tools like Scenproc, in the creation of autogen. Once the coastline would be defined the tool FsxKml could créate the islands, right now can't remember the process. But as said all I could do is to clean and edit the coastline a Little. and even so is a lot of work.
 
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