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Photoscenery problems

2wheelsup

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I finally got my photoscenery to work but now I have a new problem. The photoscenery looks great and I'm okay when I land on the runway and stay on the taxiways. However, if I venture onto the grass or anyplace that isn't taxi, runway or aprons I "SPLASH" and then sink. :yikes:
How do I fix this?

Thanks,
Alan
 
Hi Alan.

You could zip up the INF file, and attach it, and we could take a look at it. And maybe even include the BGL.

Dick
 
My guess is you've got an alpha channel in your source that's acting as a water mask. Where did the imagery come from? If it's the 12.5 cm imagery off the map server for Utah I downloaded some the other day and had the same problem. The alpha channel looks like a black & white variation of the actual imagery.
 
J.R.,
I don't think I have that alpha channel. Can't find one black & white that looks like the image. I got the image from google satellite. I used SBuilderX 3.14 to get the image and then use GIMP to make the Blend Mask, Water Mask and the BGL. The airport is in New York, KPTD.
Dick,
Attached is the inf file. I hope this is what you need. The BGL is too large to upload. (169K)

Thanks,
Alan
 

Attachments

Hi,

Remove Water Mask from your INF file, recompile the scenery and check the problem persist.

If yes:

As mentioned above, in GIMP, open your orthophoto -> right click on the layer -> remove alpha channel. Save and recompile.

If no:

Make sure that in the Water Mask your land area is covered with a "100% pure white color" (255,255,255). S&R.
 
2wheelsup said:
J.R.,
I don't think I have that alpha channel. Can't find one black & white that looks like the image. I got the image from google satellite. I used SBuilderX 3.14 to get the image and then use GIMP to make the Blend Mask, Water Mask and the BGL. The airport is in New York, KPTD.
Click to expand...

If you got the imagery from Sbuilder it shouldn't be a problem with the alpha channel then. I wasn't sure where you'd gotten it. I'd try like _pawel says and make sure you have pure white where land's supposed to be in the watermask.tif.

I usually use NullValue = ,,,,0 in the watermask & blendmask sources, not sure if that will make a difference, here's one of mine that's known to work if that helps. Water & blend masks are 8 bit grayscale.

[/code]
[Source]
Type = MultiSource
NumberOfSources = 3

[Source1]
Type = TIFF
SourceDir = "."
SourceFile = "X40_KINF_WGS84_h2o.tif"
Layer = None
NullValue = ,,,,0
ulxMap=-82.3272394944647
ulyMap=28.8224055499843
xDim=2.90006734938693E-06
yDim=2.90006734938693E-06
SamplingMethod = Gaussian

[Source2]
Type = TIFF
SourceDir = "."
SourceFile = "X40_KINF_WGS84_blend.tif"
Layer = None
NullValue = ,,,,0
ulxMap=-82.3272394944647
ulyMap=28.8224055499843
xDim=2.90006734938693E-06
yDim=2.90006734938693E-06
SamplingMethod = Gaussian

[Source3]
Type = TIFF
SourceDir = "."
SourceFile = "X40_KINF_WGS84.tif"
Layer = Imagery
Variation = Day
Channel_BlendMask = 2.0
Channel_LandWaterMask = 1.0
NullValue = 0,0,0
PixelIsPoint=0
ulxMap=-82.3272394944647
ulyMap=28.8224055499843
xDim=2.90006734938693E-06
yDim=2.90006734938693E-06

[Destination]
DestDir = "."
DestBaseFileName = "X40_KINF_ortho_30cm"
DestFileType = BGL
LOD = Auto
CompressionQuality = 93
UseSourceDimensions = 1
[/code]
 
Thanks Pawel and JRobinson. I'll try again with the new info and report back. Might be a few days before I'm able to report.

Alan
 
I've always had layer=imagery for my blend channels. Guess it makes no difference.
 
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