Tile Servers for Photoreal Scenery mapping

**kjb** · August 25th, 2009, 15:01

The last version of the photo bgl, with the color adjustments, can be downloaded here: http://www.kb-sim.com/files/0B2_photo.bgl if anyone is interested.

***Matt Wynn*** · August 25th, 2009, 15:36

kjb i have created a .inf file but no matter how much i drag it onto the resample nothing is happening, any ideas why? or do you have a working .inf that you can post here and we copy into notepad and save as .inf....... just asking as i really want to try this method out as opposed to the Sbuilder method

any help would be great, and thanks.

**kjb** · August 25th, 2009, 15:42

Make sure you've created the "output" subdirectory in the directory containing the inf. A copy of the inf file should be in the zip file, in the USGS directory. The "output" subdirectory should already be there too.

After creating the bgl, it should be in the output directory. Then you can move it to the scenery directory.

***Matt Wynn*** · August 25th, 2009, 15:51

ok thanks missed the zip first time

beers on me in the SoH mess tonight

***Matt Wynn*** · August 25th, 2009, 16:25

ok what files do you need to drag onto the resample tool? as again dragging the inf onto it is producing nothing in the output

it's got me stumped

**Meshman** · August 25th, 2009, 16:35

My HD has a folder named \Work. Underneath are two folder; \SourceData and \Output. The INF file is placed in the Work folder, along with a copy of Resample.exe. The INF just gets dragged on top of Resample.exe and out spits the BGL file, if the INF file is correctly setup.

[Source]
Type = GeoTIFF
Layer = Elevation
SourceDir = "SourceData."
SourceFile = "2NC0_gm.Tif"

[Destination]
DestDir = "Output"
DestBaseFileName = "z_2NC0"
DestFileType = BGL
CompressionQuality = 97
LOD = Auto

Most of the difficulties comes from the directories specified in the INF file, so that's why I have a seperate little work area.

We could always discuss running things from the DOS prompt...

**kjb** · August 25th, 2009, 16:36

The inf file is the only one that gets the drag & drop. You should see a DOS (er command) window pop up, showing the process and percent complete. Is all the stuff in the zip file extracted with its directories intact? The inf file is telling resample to use the photo, light map and blend mask from the same directory as the inf file, then put the result in the output subdirectory. If one of the files is spelled wrong or located elsewhere then resample will quit.

***Matt Wynn*** · August 25th, 2009, 16:54

ahh ok got it now

thanks guys!

***falcon409*** · August 25th, 2009, 17:32

lol, I'm still just trying to get an image to load for step 1.

***falcon409*** · August 25th, 2009, 17:44

I get everything set the way your sample shows and after about 5 minutes of loading. . .I get this:

***Matt Wynn*** · August 25th, 2009, 18:01

Falcon if you let me know the area i'll get the .Tif file for you

**kjb** · August 25th, 2009, 18:11

Sometimes they'll just refuse to load. It may help to check back later. The other orthoimagery may be better so it doesn't hurt to take a look at the others. Also, some of the options don't cover the area you have selected. They might be nearby, but not in the visible area.

***falcon409*** · August 25th, 2009, 18:19

Originally Posted by Smoothie

Falcon if you let me know the area i'll get the .Tif file for you

No specific area, I was just going through the tutorial and can't pull up anything that looks like what kjb shows, even with the same settings. I'm more interested in finding out why, with his settings he gets an image like he shows and I use the same settings and get an entirely grayed out US map?

Also, and this just has me very curious. . .do both of you have Global Mapper? If so is there a freeware version of this, cause as I mentioned above and no one seemed to pick up on it, but I won't ever be that serious about photoreal scenery. If that's the case, I'll use the tile servers with SBuilderX and do what I can with that. I don't intend to ever learn GMax, so anything I do is going to be default objects or the ones uploaded by other designers.

If I was going to do scenery in the likeness of Bill Womack or Holger Sandman I might consider a purchase like that because I'd be doing payware scenery, but not for small time scenery work.

***Matt Wynn*** · August 25th, 2009, 18:19

is there any way to adjust the Clarity kjb? like up the resolution? or can we just run a sharpen over the image?

**kjb** · August 25th, 2009, 18:30

You can adjust the compression. I had it set at 80 or 85. A higher setting means less compression which might look better. You can also try sharpening the image in an editor or seeing if a higher resolution version exists. For example, the one I'm using for KSDL Scottsdale is .8 feet/pixel. The one in the example is 1m/pixel.