[HN Gopher] GeoFS - a flight simulator based on Cesium WebGL Vir...
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       GeoFS - a flight simulator based on Cesium WebGL Virtual Globe
        
       Author : ghgr
       Score  : 62 points
       Date   : 2022-02-15 12:49 UTC (10 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.geo-fs.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.geo-fs.com)
        
       | core-utility wrote:
       | This is very cool, I can only imagine the experience with a VR
       | platform. The addition of ADS-B is also something I've never
       | considered, makes the virtual world very realistic.
        
         | imadethis wrote:
         | MSFS 2020 natively inserts traffic based on ADS-B feeds, and
         | there are addons that do the same for Xplane too. It lends a
         | certain level of realism, especially if you live under the
         | flight path of the airport you're flying around in the game.
        
           | polishdude20 wrote:
           | Msfs does such a poor job of it though. Every time I fly it
           | seems like there's only 1/10th of the planes there are in the
           | real world.
        
             | HeavenFox wrote:
             | That is by design; only 10% to 50% real world traffic is
             | replicated into FS2020.
             | 
             | I imagine if you replicate all traffic you will never be
             | able to take off and land at popular airports like JFK or
             | LHR :)
        
               | core-utility wrote:
               | I see an opportunity for tandem takeoffs, take risks
               | you'd never take in real life!
        
               | polishdude20 wrote:
               | They're already simulating tonnes of way more complex
               | phenomena. Is it the API calls they'd need to make? Why
               | not interpolate the positions better? I feel like this
               | shouldn't be a performance problem in 2022.
        
               | kqr wrote:
               | The comment you're responding to is not talking about
               | computing performance. They're talking about getting a
               | word in sideways with ground control and the tower to get
               | takeoff and approach clearance at those airports.
        
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