Saturday, July 14, 2018
On the Fly Photoscenery!
On the Fly Photoscenery!
Hush Software have introduced a brand new photoscenery system that downloads and installs photoscenery quite literally as you are flying around.
The scenery area available is said to cover the world in its entirety, and as such, it appears to be very cost effective at a very modest $49.
The zoom level appears to be configurable, and the developers rightly suggest that a fast internet connection is a must, as is plenty of hard disk space, as you will accumulate Gbs photo tiles as you fly around.
The taster shots and videos look aerially appetising, but perhaps not quite as polished as some other photoscenery types.
Key West - P3D then with HS:
Cannes - P3D then HS:
If you like collecting photoscenery, then it is likely that youll already have installed the areas that you are particularly fond of.
How long a service like this will last for is not certain, as photoscenery source files appear to be increasingly under scrutiny these days due to copyright infringement and protection.
If youve paid for the world to be revealed to you in pretty pictures, then of course youd have a right to see and fly over the world that youve purchased. However, would I be right in thinking that in order to download the world, youd actually have to fly over the whole world?
In which case, for you to enjoy a particular bit of it a second time, you would need to have flown over the same portion a first time, but I guess that is logical. This issue therein only begins to make sense should the service providers ever be unable to continue to provide the service. If youve not flown over it, you wont have it, period.
Another issue with great potential is the depiction of the word "Unlicensed" in clear white text that is shown clearly on JPG of a tile taken from their website (Hoover Dam); we could draw all manner of conclusions from this, but its enough for now to draw your attention to it.
Anyway, its a great idea, especially if you are a photoscenery devotee.
