The TileProxy Project

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: Beta 8 Release

Notes:
This is the eigth beta release of The TileProxy Project, released November 16th 2008. This is
an interface between online satellite map services and your Flight simulator. All you need
is broadband internet. I will occasionally update the "latest" zip archive with small performance
and bug fixes (unannounced). Please check back regularly and compare the file dates against the
release on sourceforge to see if you truly have the latest version.

The program is intended for an experienced audience. For legal reasons, the program requires
a manual configuration change to function as intended. Please make sure to study the configuration
section in the manual as well as the paragraph detailing the legal aspects. You may find some
help regarding setup and usage in online forums.



   Christian Buchner


Changes:
* Fixed some installer issues (e.g. Low and High terrain radius options were swapped by accident, and the extreme slowness decompressing the uninstaller)

* Added an installation option to provide High Altitude terrain only (19m/pixel)

* Brought the broken color_hack option back into operation.

* Added a FSX compatible LOD8 scenery layer to Tileproxy that contains NASA's "Blue Marble"
  image at 500 meters per pixel source resolution. If this layer is placed at higher priority
  in the scenery library than Tileproxy's other scenery layers, it will cause FSX to load the
  outermost detail scenery ring from the BGL which is much faster. Tileproxy can then focus on
  loading the high resolution data. The speedup should be significant.

* Blocked compatibility/interoperability with Google Inc.'s map servers. This change was made
  after an explicit request of Mike Hearn who works at Google's Earth/Maps engineering department.
  I guess had not much choice other than to comply. Google is not evil, but they have more lawyers.
  And I get a free T shirt in return.