NEW!! Flight Sim in Google Earth

[mutley 4,498]

.. One last post before I go on hols!

I discovered this today whilst looking for interesting places to visit on Jersey CI, (Don't ask how I strayed onto flight simulation subjects again!) She who must be obeyed must not know :mrhappy: You haven't seen me here, OK

Anyhew, in the latest download of Google Earth you can go into a Flight Sim mode much better than described in our handy hints a year ago.

First off you need to download the new version here- http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html

Now this is an un-documented feature except here-

Click on image for latest info

So basically you click [Ctrl]+[Alt]+A to activate it for the first time, thereafter it is on the "Tools" menu.

Up pops this screen:

You can choose a F16 or an SR22, I would recommend the SR 22 so that the images pop into focus faster. You can choose from a pre-selected runway such as Heathrow or start from your present position.

You can control it with a joystick and other keyboard actions.

Here are a few photos taken tonight.

Aircraft at Heathrow

Overhead including switchable HU display

Battersea Power Station

Buckingham Palace (Autogen)

My village.

My house (Down there somewhere, left of centre)

Then if you get bored, click the view menu and chose "Switch to sky"

... and you can get all starry eyed at the constellations above your present position!

It's quite a nice way to while away a couple of hours and it works anywhere on the globe!

Cheers

[dgor 0]

It's brilliant isn't it :yes: If only FS was that detailed.

[mutley 4,498]

It's brilliant isn't it :yes: If only FS was that detailed.

It is if you use TileProxy :yes:

[dgor 0]

Dosen't work in FS9 though :yes: (or does it?...)

[wisemanp 0]

Looks excellent! If only i'd have known about this earlier in the school holidays i wouldn't have been so bored and have had to fly in FS so much!

[mutley 4,498]

Dosen't work in FS9 though :yes: (or does it?...)

It's your lucky day Dave, it does! Not sure how good though?

http://sourceforge.net/projects/tileproxy

If anyone has problems getting GE Flight Sim to activate in Windows then you could try downloading This registry key Just download, unzip and double click. (Usual get out clause applies, back up your registry before trying this :yes: )

Registry file includes this -

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareGoogleGoogle Earth PlusFlightSim]

"IsEnabled"=dword:00000001

Cheers

[Magic Man 0]

Is that tileproxy the app that brings Google earth data into FSX...?

[mutley 4,498]

That's right Magic, but also Virtual Earth images too.

I have used it a few times before, here are a couple of previous posts with screenshots

viewtopic.php?p=2127

viewtopic.php?t=264&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=tileproxy

viewtopic.php?p=2211

It runs like a dog to start with but once you get the scenery cached it's much better. (So long as you have a huge hard drive!)

Cheers

[Magic Man 0]

Thanks matey