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Is there a way to do it? Where do I start?

I grew up in BFE, and there's no add-on scenery for the area I grew up in, but it's all over google maps, as is pretty much everything in the US.

I cant see it being very practical, and very similar to free-ware Flight Sim; "Photographic scenery".

I suspect that Mr. and Mrs. Google are very protective about what use their Satellite Maps are used for, being covered by Copyright restrictions... ...!

Version 3 of; "Plan-G" no longer contains the Google Maps for that very reason now...(only available in the previous Version 2).

Paul...FS 2004 and Plan G v2.0.5... ...!

SbuilderX is the tool you're lookin' for.

If you need any help let us know

...except that he wants to design for FS2004, Chuck.

Here is the link for the latest version of SBuilder for FS2004, which includes all updates. http://www.ptsim.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=40&layout=blog&Itemid=18.

"Carlsoti", SBuilder is a design program for working with all of the various terrain elements of the FS2004. For your project, using SBuilder, you have the choice of either: adding default 'land class' to simulate the scenery in the area; or, creating 'photo-real' terrain using satellite imagery. Using default land class is by far the easiest but is not 'real'. 'Photo-real', takes much more work as 3-d elements (buildings, etc) must be added.

For work on the airport you can use either AFCAD 2.21, link http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=afcad&categoryId=41

or, Airport Design Editor 9/X, link http://www.airportdesigneditor.co.uk/

Dave

dave3cu wrote:...except that he wants to design for FS2004, Chuck.

Here is the link for the latest version of SBuilder for FS2004, which includes all updates. http://www.ptsim.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=40&layout=blog&Itemid=18.

"Carlsoti", SBuilder is a design program for working with all of the various terrain elements of the FS2004. For your project, using SBuilder, you have the choice of either: adding default 'land class' to simulate the scenery in the area; or, creating 'photo-real' terrain using satellite imagery. Using default land class is by far the easiest but is not 'real'. 'Photo-real', takes much more work as 3-d elements (buildings, etc) must be added.

For work on the airport you can use either AFCAD 2.21, link http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=afcad&categoryId=41

or, Airport Design Editor 9/X, link http://www.airportdesigneditor.co.uk/

Dave

Oops.....habit to add the X. Same site, same tool. Just make sure you get the FS9 version