[Opensim-users] Draping aerial photographs on terrain in opensim

[Paul Fishwick]

Is the tool part of the OpenSim distribution or located somewhere? The
results are impressive.
p

On 4/12/2011 12:02 AM, Diva Canto wrote:
> http://metaverseink.com/blog/?p=74
>
> On 4/11/2011 8:47 PM, Tony Moore wrote:
>>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I have been trying to find a way to drape digital aerial photographs 
>> on terrain in OpenSim and wondered if there is already a simple 
>> solution or if support for this is planned in the near future.
>>
>> In my search the nearest anyone has got to this is creating a 
>> megaprim textured with a photograph, stretching across an entire 
>> tile. Also, looking at Second Life there is support for repetitive 
>> texturing of terrain, so you can drape a photo over a portion of a 
>> tile; this pattern is replicated many times to cover the entire tile. 
>> The photo you can load in for this has a size limit (I think 500x 
>> 500) -- if this limit was lifted then conceivably one photo could 
>> stretch over the entire tile? Or are there any other solutions out there?
>>
>> Thanks for any advice you can give,
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Tony
>>
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>> Antoni Moore
>>
>> School of Surveying
>>
>> University of Otago
>>
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>>
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>>
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>> email: tony.moore at otago.ac.nz <mailto:amoore at surveying.otago.ac.nz>
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