Re: [Flightgear-devel] Tides in FlightGear?

[Durk T. <d.t...@xs...>]

Curtis L. Olson wrote:
> Martin Spott wrote:
>> The triangles don't have to be changed at all because in our Scenery
>> the tidal area is part of the ocean. The idea was about changing
>> nothing but the colour,
>>   
>
> Ok, so you are only talking about areas that are marked explicitly as 
> tidal areas in our land use/land cover data base, and then they would 
> be either at full tide or no tide ... that's probably simpler to manage.
>
> Curt.
>
I like the idea. Having some real-life experience flying over the 
"wadden" area that Martin (Doege) referred to, I can tell that the low 
tide areas can be very scenic. A change in texture would indeed suffice, 
because the elevation differences are almost negligable.

Cheers,
Durk