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Hi guys,
I've big problem placing aerial photo over my Caen Carpiquet scenery. Usually I use PSM or TerraBuilder, this time I've tried both but I cannot work out. Basically I load the main bitmap then I use point-2-point calibration tools. I get coordinates with FsTcalc2004; when I finish the calibration PSM tolds me that coordinates are incorrect, TB freeze up. I dunno why, maybe due Caen's position? These are:

N49* 10' 24.00"
W0* 27' 00.00"

I guess is some bugs on those programs. Usually I place ortophoto around airport with Gmax using flatten polygons but this time the airport is 78m elevation and my texture should adapt to terrain. If someone know how to do this in Gmax, I'm here...desperate
 
Hi,

I don't use those two tools myself, but you might want to try slightly different coordinates to see if they are the fault or that your image or way or order of doing it causes the problems.
 
arno said:
Hi,

I don't use those two tools myself, but you might want to try slightly different coordinates to see if they are the fault or that your image or way or order of doing it causes the problems.
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Hi Arno,
sincerly I've tried lots of coordinates, I dunno maybe because in Caen pass the Greenwich Meridian? I don't know how these programs handle coordinates. I've tried to calibrate from corner to corner of a possible square very big, about 13km per side. Isn't there a way to, in Gmax, create a "adaptable" surface to the terrain?
 
Hi,

No, it is very hard to make something in GMax that matches the mesh terrain exactly (else the mesh would come through of course). It is not an option I would advice, although it is in theory possible to create something.
 
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