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This pic is nice, but I can already see areas where the satellite photo texture has been stretched and warped due to the 3D terrain. If you take this shot down to 500 feet or less you're going to see how ugly it can get.
Another thing to remember is that these are aftermarket add-ons that cost serious money and usually only cover certain areas that are either around airports or various scenic places you might want to visit. They look decent around airports where you will be getting lower and lower due to your approach, but pretty much everywhere else they look like ass. It's like the Slovakia map for IL-2. High up it looks like the real deal, down low it looks like a 5kb pic someone stretched to fit their 46" HD-TV.
Oleg is an accomplished photographer and a well known perfectionist. I'm betting the finished product will look a lot different.
01-25-2011, 01:09 AM
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