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how to add background photo in gmax

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hello , i have a questions , how to add background photo in gmax ? like sketchup , we can add google earth image so we can easily know that building size.. but , how to do this on gmax ?

sorry for my bad english :) thanks..
 
If you are interested in a building size, why not just measure it in Google Earth using the "ruler"? Even if the spot is irregular so you want to draw over an image, using those measurements gives you a fast way to calibrate a plane containing the image. Just make a basic box with the dimensions you measured. put it over a plan in gmax and scale the image on the plane to match the box. Voila, no need for messing the georeference via lat and long.
 
Very good idea. You can try that and tell us how the accurate it is.
I think it is not accurate enough. You can miss a hundred of meters by measuring the length. If you have satellite image about 3000 meters width. A hundred meters error in measurement is only 3.3 percent. I don't think I can use ruler in google to be very accurate.
 
I never meant to measure the length of the photo, just the building. I've been doing this for years, and the resultant mdl fits sweetly into its little spot.
 
To my opinion I think gmax reference plane is better than measure individual building since if you have numerus buildings it can be a headache.
Nevertheless, I really think that you need not to agree with me. Do whatever it works for you is the best.
 
of course, the op asked how to assess a building's size. It appears you've made other assumptions as to what the OP's need is. You may be right, but I just restrict myself to the OPs question.
 
adihanifsdr said:
hello , i have a questions , how to add background photo in gmax ? like sketchup , we can add google earth image so we can easily know that building size.. but , how to do this on gmax ?

sorry for my bad english :) thanks..
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I think I answered RIGHT to the question (Bull Eye!), don't you think? Never mind,bob5568. I think whatever method if it leads to the same result, it is OK.

Dave Torkington said:
The tutorial here will explain...

http://www.fsdeveloper.com/wiki/index.php?title=Align_background_image_in_3D_editor

I use SBuilderX to acquire the background image.

Regards, Dave.
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This tutorial is good, I also used it in the past. Just one thing, you cannot use the length of the runway as reference since the world is round. So the length that published as information of the airport is the length along the curvature of the earth. If you do use that as reference, it will never match the real world. If you do photoscenery accompany with ground poly, you will get an headache. They will never match either FS2004 or FSX.
 
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