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FSX:SE Using Gis software with sceneproc

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The GIS data I have is fairly limited on land use etc. Most places unless they have lots of money do not have very rich fill data sets in the US. I only have shape files from converted LiDAR for buildings , I was wondering if it is a waste of time or should i pursue.

I thought about creating new layers labeled as industry and business areas in cities for sceneproc and maybe highlight know tall buildings to tag them as what ever story high they are etc , I am just wondering if this could be possible in the first place, if it can be done and useful I have further questions on how to write a config file for that and also how to deal with not so rectangle buildings in rural areas.

Thanks in advanced
 
Hi,

If you don't have all data available creating some extra polygons for building types or heights is a common practice. Just make sure you give them logical attributes you can use in your script.

The manual has a sample script on how to categorize building shapes and cut complex buildings into rectangles.
 
arno said:
Hi,

If you don't have all data available creating some extra polygons for building types or heights is a common practice. Just make sure you give them logical attributes you can use in your script.

The manual has a sample script on how to categorize building shapes and cut complex buildings into rectangles.
Click to expand...

next question what is considered a "logical" attribute and where can I find the list of GUID i can use?
 
Just assign a unique attribute name and value you can use. So you can select them in your script. For building height it could be building_height="highrise" for example. But it can be anything you want.

Scenproc reads the autogen configuration files at startup, so that you have code completion in the editor for the possible guids. So just start to type their names to select the guid.
 
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