FlyTampa Ortho4XP conversion tool

Post by **emilios[flytampa]** » Sun Apr 29, 2018 3:11 pm

FlyTampa Ortho4XP conversion tool can now be found here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13646

Mrtchou · Post by **Mrtchou** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 7:49 am

Hello.
For the people really using Ortho4XP and not copying tiles mades by others, you might want to use this tool, directly in the Tiles folder from Ortho4XP installation,
I tried using it from the custom scenery folder and I didn't have the Photopolys4FlyTampa folders created, whereas if I used the tool directly inside the Tiles folder(ORTHO4XP\Tiles\) it worked.

Yannis[flytampa] · Post by **Yannis[flytampa]** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 11:31 am

Mrtchou wrote:Hello.
For the people really using Ortho4XP and not copying tiles mades by others, you might want to use this tool, directly in the Tiles folder from Ortho4XP installation,
I tried using it from the custom scenery folder and I didn't have the Photopolys4FlyTampa folders created, whereas if I used the tool directly inside the Tiles folder(ORTHO4XP\Tiles\) it worked.

Flytampa’s tool , needs to be placed inside the Zortho folder. It doesn’t matter where Zortho is located. It creates a Photopolys4flytampa folder, outside Zortho . If this is in xp’s custom scenery, then flytampa’s folder will be created directly there. Can you confirm that the tool was in the right place when you tried from inside custom scenery? Thanx

Mrtchou · Post by **Mrtchou** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 12:08 pm

i put the folder containing the tool inside the Zortho folders created by ortho4XP as explained in the readme file, but the first time using the links created by ortho 4 XP inside xplane custom scenery folder, it didn’t create the two folders.
The second time I executed the python file from the folder inside the tiles folder from ortho4Xp and it worked fine.

PC-12-Pilot · Post by **PC-12-Pilot** » Sun May 06, 2018 11:32 am

Hi Emilios,

Thank you very much for this tool!

While the script and Photopolys4FlyTampa_+39+019 plus Photopolys4FlyTampa_+39+020 folder creation seem to work fine, the result in anything above Zoom Level 16 gives strange results:

: Cessna_172SP_1.png (2.94 MiB) Viewed 25889 times

: Cessna_172SP_2.png (3.11 MiB) Viewed 25889 times

The above is with ZL17 using Bing Maps as a source in Ortho4XP.

I've tried different map providers and ZL17 and ZL 18, yet only with ZL 16 does the ocean seem normal.

Do you have any idea what might be causing this?

Cheers,

Elias

flat_balon · Post by **flat_balon** » Sun May 06, 2018 3:20 pm

You guys are fantastic!
I will buy all your future x-plane products with this kind of support.

Post by **emilios[flytampa]** » Mon May 07, 2018 1:11 pm

PC-12-Pilot wrote:Hi Emilios,

Thank you very much for this tool!

While the script and Photopolys4FlyTampa_+39+019 plus Photopolys4FlyTampa_+39+020 folder creation seem to work fine, the result in anything above Zoom Level 16 gives strange results:

The above is with ZL17 using Bing Maps as a source in Ortho4XP.

I've tried different map providers and ZL17 and ZL 18, yet only with ZL 16 does the ocean seem normal.

Do you have any idea what might be causing this?

Cheers,
Elias

thanks for the report. Please download again from the link in first post, the tool is now updated.

Nepomuk · Post by **Nepomuk** » Mon May 14, 2018 12:36 pm

Hello,
i followed the instructuions step by step but the process stops. Here the log:
-------------------------------
Mon May 14 19:33:11 2018

Command 'identify -format '%w' mask/+39+019.jpg' returned non-zero exit status 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "F:\X-Plane 11\Custom Scenery\zOrtho4XP_+39+019\Flytampa_Ortho4xp_conversion_tool\Flytampa_Ortho4xp_conversion_tool.py", line 136, in <module>
jpeg_size_check = subprocess.check_output("identify -format '%w' mask/"+scen_tile+".jpg", shell=True)
File "C:\Program Files\phyton\lib\subprocess.py", line 223, in check_output
raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd, output=output)
CalledProcessError: Command 'identify -format '%w' mask/+39+019.jpg' returned non-zero exit status 1
---------------------------------

You got any clue whats wrong?

Best regards
Nepo

Yannis[flytampa] · Post by **Yannis[flytampa]** » Mon May 14, 2018 2:59 pm

Nepomuk wrote:Hello,
i followed the instructuions step by step but the process stops. Here the log:
-------------------------------
Mon May 14 19:33:11 2018

Command 'identify -format '%w' mask/+39+019.jpg' returned non-zero exit status 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "F:\X-Plane 11\Custom Scenery\zOrtho4XP_+39+019\Flytampa_Ortho4xp_conversion_tool\Flytampa_Ortho4xp_conversion_tool.py", line 136, in <module>
jpeg_size_check = subprocess.check_output("identify -format '%w' mask/"+scen_tile+".jpg", shell=True)
File "C:\Program Files\phyton\lib\subprocess.py", line 223, in check_output
raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd, output=output)
CalledProcessError: Command 'identify -format '%w' mask/+39+019.jpg' returned non-zero exit status 1
---------------------------------

You got any clue whats wrong?

Best regards
Nepo

It seems like an ImageMagick installation issue. Please uninstall and re-install from here https://www.imagemagick.org/download/bi ... 86-dll.exe
When prompted during installation for additional tasks, make sure that options "add application directory to your system path" and "Install legacy utilities (e.g. convert)" are checked.

Nepomuk · Post by **Nepomuk** » Tue May 15, 2018 11:50 am

Ok, thank you!
Worked now. "Install legacy utilities (e.g. convert)" is not selected by default.

Best regards
Nepo

Pochi · Post by **Pochi** » Mon Jul 02, 2018 7:22 am

Hi,

Thank you for this marvelous scenery! It is the most beautiful scenery I ever had the chance to fly around in Xplane! Hope you will do Athens next for a short hop^^

Ok, now I am just wondering if when using the converting tool I need to delete the orthoscenery I made before for +39+019 and +39+020 after the new folders are created by the tool? Do we need them for proper display of the scenery or the Photopolys are self sufficient?

Best regards,

Pierre

Yannis[flytampa] · Post by **Yannis[flytampa]** » Mon Jul 02, 2018 8:25 am

Hi Pierre,
Thank you for the kind words!
After conversion, you don't need the original ortho folders any more.
You can remove them from the main custom scenery folder.

Post by **Maxwelldug** » Fri Sep 28, 2018 2:30 am

is there a tool, to extract sqlite maps to bmp or ecw or any typical raster map to use/mod with global mapper or compegps??

Yannis[flytampa] · Post by **Yannis[flytampa]** » Fri Sep 28, 2018 7:45 am

Maxwelldug wrote:is there a tool, to extract sqlite maps to bmp or ecw or any typical raster map to use/mod with global mapper or compegps??

Hi, although not the right place for this question, I think Qgsis(freeware gsis tool), supports sqlite format. Not sure for Global Mapper though...