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Presence Examples From www.FlightSim.com ("The world's #1 flight simulation web
site") Horizon Simulation Releases VFR Photographic Scenery USA for the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento Horizon Simulation Ltd and Visual Flight team up with the USA’s leading aerial photography supplier, AirPhotoUSA, to put North America into Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 and 2002 in ultra-realistic detail. Click on the image thumbnails [at http://www.horizonsimulation.com/US/html/vfr_photo_scenery_usa.html] to view full screen detail of this breakthrough in ultra-realistic flightsimming. VFR Photographic Scenery USA. Volume 1 – San Francisco & Sacramento bring you the excitement of breath-taking views as you fly through some of the most spectacular and captivating scenery on Earth! The Horizon Simulation difference is aerial photography instead of satellite imagery that brings you thousands of miles closer to an accurate reality. The visual impact is nothing short of stunning. You simply have to see it to believe it. Have you ever wanted to soar high above your home in your own private aircraft, exploring and experiencing views normally reserved only for the wealthy and the feathered? For users of Microsoft’s multi-million selling Flight Simulator, this dream has become a virtual reality. Working with the incredible archive of aerial photography supplied by AirPhotoUSA, the USA’s foremost supplier, Horizon Simulation has again joined forces with Visual Flight, the UK’s leading Flight Simulator visuals specialist, to create stunning photographic sceneries of the USA for use with Microsoft Flight Simulator. “Every home, street, town, river, forest, and mountain (and much more besides) is depicted in stunning, true colour, photographic detail!,” said Paul Chaney, Managing Director of Horizon Simulation. Check Out the Aerial Photo Difference VFR Photographic Scenery USA is created by mapping highly detailed plan view photographs of the ground onto a terrain mesh in a format that the flight simulator can display. “Using the best aerial photography available, VFR Photographic Scenery USA provides Microsoft Flight Simmers with the most detailed and realistic views possible – quite literally the same views that the survey aircraft pilots would have seen out of their cockpit windows," Paul explained. "We are delighted to be working with AirPhotoUSA and are very excited about the future products this relationship will bring to consumer simulation. Such imagery is normally only available to the most wealthy of professional simulation users in defence and civilian training schools. The low cost and high training potential of these products has even got heads turning in the professional world - many of our simulation customers in defence have begun to adopt this technology to aid basic flight training.” “Practice VFR Navigation, fly reconnaissance before taking to the skies, or simply enjoy the spectacular views whilst sight-seeing all over North America!” Providing real views of the world from the cockpit of a PC simulator will mean that private pilots can practice Visual Flight Rules (VFR) navigation techniques, whereby identifiable features on the ground, such as roads and railway lines, are referenced to a chart of the area – literally map reading from the air. The clarity of the aerial photography provides scenery so good that even the smallest features on an aeronautical chart are shown clearly in the scenery. At night, point light sources, positioned using real road maps of the scenery area depict roadways and urbanised areas, allowing practice of VFR skills even at night. For those wishing to fly reconnaissance before they take to the skies, VFR Photographic Scenery USA also allows pilots to become familiar with the local geography along route from the comfort of their own home. Such a resource may be used by pilots to gain insight into locations prone to turbulence as winds pass over mountains and through valleys. The technology for generating this product was developed to create the original VFR Photographic Sceneries of England & Wales. Released in November 2003, the series was immediately heralded “… a quantum leap in scenery development.”, and has since become the most popular flight simulation add-on ever sold in the UK. The software is currently used throughout the world by air forces, world leading defence contractors, and tens of thousands of private pilots. To borrow Microsoft Flight Simulator’s tag line, this is “As Real As It Gets”. VFR Photographic Scenery: Vol. 1 – San Francisco & Sacramento includes a DVD containing 47,300 km2 of aerial photographic scenery, centred on the San Francisco Bay Area. A 30m, highly accurate terrain mesh upgrade is also to be included to give greater detail on cross-country flights, and to enhance the pilot’s perception of distance in the virtual world. “Practice your skills landing float planes in your local creek, or out in the wilderness on mountain lakes” Cutting out hundreds of lakes and rivers by hand throughout the scenery area, the developers have also designated waterways interactive, meaning that they now shimmer with moving, reflective water surfaces and even allow you to land float aircraft. To finish the product, more than 437 three-dimensional objects, such as the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz, have been moved to fit with the scenery. New Website for the USA Horizon has launched a new website dedicated for American and Canadian customers. All prices are quoted in US and Canadian Dollars and the products are shipped fast and at low cost from the USA. This is in addition to Horizon's UK website. If you're in North America, use the USA site. For flightsimmers in the UK and EU, use the UK website for best pricing and fastest, lowest cost delivery. Get Your Copy Today Volume 1 – San Francisco & Sacramento is available now at a retail price of $34.95 in the USA. Just click on the link below to order yours from either the USA or UK websites. Visit the site for more product details and to view a gallery of screen shots. Please select your region: USA & Canada UK, Europe, Other Country Tell US Where in the USA You Want to Fly Next and Get $5 Off Your Next Purchase FlightSim.Com is conducting a survey among our members to find out where in the USA you want to fly next using Horizon Simulation's amazing VFR Photographic Scenery. Out of the entire 50 United States that are covered by Horizon's aerial imaging, choose your favorite areas and let us know. Vote for as many areas as you wish, as often as you wish. Horizon will tally the votes and choose the VFR Scenery areas according to popular demand. To enter your vote, email your choices to: As a token of their appreciation for your feedback, Horizon will send every entrant a coupon good for $5 off on their next VFR Photographic Scenery release. So, vote early and vote often. Limit one coupon per person. About Horizon Simulation Ltd Horizon Simulation is a specialised visual simulation company. Horizon works with leading data providers, software developers, and visual database modellers to provide accurate, detailed, and realistic virtual worlds for use in training and gaming simulation. Horizon provides solutions for both desktop (consumer/home user) and professional simulation users that include: Desktop (Consumer) Simulation providing highly detailed and accurate scenery upgrades for the world’s most advanced consumer simulations. In working with exceptionally skilled development partners and the leading international data suppliers, we strive to create innovative and immersive scenery products for users and territories throughout the world. Professional Simulation providing the highest quality data for uses in visual simulation through professional database modellers with an industry tailored approach to the delivery of both elevation data and high-resolution aerial photography/satellite imagery for territories worldwide. About Visual Flight Visual Flight is a developer and publisher of add-on scenery for Microsoft Flight Simulator - best known for developing the award-winning VFR Photographic Sceneries of England & Wales, and for publishing add-ons such as Scotflight Scenery and Visual Flight London. About AirPhotoUSA, LLC Since its inception in 1998, AirPhotoUSA has grown rapidly to become the USA’s leading supplier of up-to-date, true colour, high resolution, and seamless digital aerial photography. Continually undertaking new acquisition missions and re-flying existing data sets, AirPhotoUSA boasts the single largest, most up-to-date, high quality colour aerial photography archive available for the North America and Canada. Servicing a diversity of industry sectors, including real estate, transportation, telecommunications, town/city planning, engineering and the environment, state and local municipalities, and many more, AirPhotoUSA’s award winning aerial photography is first choice for industry’s professionals. |