Count Sessine Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Hi guys I have a noob question regarding maps: Are there maps that are significantly higher quality, like with more details and flavor objects, than others? And if yes, which? I figure that the legacy maps are low quality? Thanks .) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ssnake Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Depends of course how you define "quality". I think that Hannover-Weserbergland or even more so the new Bergen-Soltau-Fallingbostel maps are "very high quality" in that they offer a lot of detail, variety, and good topographical fidelity (that is, if you look at a real map, you'll find a lot of the features you'd expect in the right locations). But, they are not of the highest possible resolution if that's what you mean. There is a "Paderborn" map with rather fugly looking houses, but it's based on LIDAR scans, so there you can get an idea of the practical difference between a 10m grid and a 1m grid. I still wouldn't say that it's the prettiest or most interesting map, but it's high-res, if that's what you're after. I expect to see more high-res maps coming in the next years. I don't expect us to include a vast number of them, simply because the disk space (and the associated web traffic costs when downloading) are hideous. But we're just at the start, in that respect. We had to develop the technological foundation first. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bond_Villian Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 4 hours ago, Count Sessine said: I figure that the legacy maps are low quality? Not necessarily, given that maps are worked on and improved over time by the community Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stormrider_sp Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 (edited) On 2/2/2021 at 1:27 AM, Ssnake said: Depends of course how you define "quality". I think that Hannover-Weserbergland or even more so the new Bergen-Soltau-Fallingbostel maps are "very high quality" in that they offer a lot of detail, variety, and good topographical fidelity (that is, if you look at a real map, you'll find a lot of the features you'd expect in the right locations). But, they are not of the highest possible resolution if that's what you mean. There is a "Paderborn" map with rather fugly looking houses, but it's based on LIDAR scans, so there you can get an idea of the practical difference between a 10m grid and a 1m grid. I still wouldn't say that it's the prettiest or most interesting map, but it's high-res, if that's what you're after. I expect to see more high-res maps coming in the next years. I don't expect us to include a vast number of them, simply because the disk space (and the associated web traffic costs when downloading) are hideous. But we're just at the start, in that respect. We had to develop the technological foundation first. Question: During the period that spanned from 8bit .raw to .hgt (jp2), resolution was fixed to 12.5m/px*. If I am to provide data for import to a top tier costumer with latest version map engine, is the import resolution still fixed to 12.5 or is there an option dialog during import to define input resolution for finer sources (1-2m/px)? Is it still limited to importing dted or does it accepts other formats like .asc or even .tif? *1024x1024=12.8km 2048x2048=25.6km ... Edited February 3 by stormrider_sp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ssnake Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 The classroom version would accept ASCII grid data (.asc) from LIDAR scans, and import it at effectively .78125m resolution (the uder's manual has a section about this). If you imported DTED files you'd be limited to supported DTED resolutions, of course. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stormrider_sp Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 8 hours ago, Ssnake said: The classroom version would accept ASCII grid data (.asc) from LIDAR scans, and import it at effectively .78125m resolution (the uder's manual has a section about this). If you imported DTED files you'd be limited to supported DTED resolutions, of course. Thank you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Count Sessine Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 Thank you Is there a link to the Bergen-Soltau-Fallingbostel map? I can't see it in the downloads section. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solus Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 1 hour ago, Count Sessine said: Thank you Is there a link to the Bergen-Soltau-Fallingbostel map? I can't see it in the downloads section. It should be in the default set of maps. It would be nice if the map list and the map names were sorted in the way users could understand the location and type of the map. Despite that some have modest discriptions, now its a mess and a real pain to chose. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gibsonm Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 (edited) 1 hour ago, Count Sessine said: Thank you Is there a link to the Bergen-Soltau-Fallingbostel map? I can't see it in the downloads section. @Count Sessine As mentioned you should already have it, if you have 4.250 If you are still on 4.167 you can find it here: Edited February 3 by Gibsonm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Abraxas Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Hi Gibsonm & Co, Yes and No! The newest one is now supplied in version 4.250 automatically! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gibsonm Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 6 hours ago, Abraxas said: Hi Gibsonm & Co, Yes and No! The newest one is now supplied in version 4.250 automatically! Indeed. Hence the line: "As mentioned you should already have it, if you have 4.250" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Count Sessine Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 On 2/3/2021 at 12:56 PM, Gibsonm said: @Count Sessine As mentioned you should already have it, if you have 4.250 If you are still on 4.167 you can find it here: Thanks @Gibsonm. I found it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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