From: Ron J. <wi...@je...> - 2007-08-03 05:16:15
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Let me try to hijack this thread to ask a related question: How do I get the altitude of the ground at a given location? I have a simple little tool that prints the base path and index for a given longitude and latitude pair. Is there a simgear function to load the associated .btg.gz terrain file and find the elevation at the given point? Or should I be looking at flightgear for an example? I'd like to keep the program quick and simple... Ultimate goal is automated object placement. Or am I re-inventing a wheel here? Thanks, Ron |