Aviascene 2.0

Aviascene project is a virtual environment for exploring distant locales.
Aviascene is a virtual environment for remote exploration. Users can download actual earth topography and surface data from USGS, then go exploring.
If they get lost, they can launch an aircraft to reconnoiter. It features a high- performance adaptive OpenGL terrain renderer, airplane and wheeled vehicle physics models, and the ability to mark waypoints at GPS coordinates.
It can be used to plan a backpacking trip or just as a flight simulator.
Main features:
- First person perspective. Other renderers present the terrain like a map. Aviascene brings you there.
- Scalable adaptive rendering. Aviascene renders nearby terrain more precisely than faraway terrain, allowing Aviascene to realistically render huge areas. Aviascene has been tested to render terrain sets as large as 400 MB in real time on a low-cost 1.2 GHz laptop PC.
- Expedition planning. The combination of vehicle and flight models is ideal for planning hiking or backpacking excursions. The vehicle model gives you a ground-level view that helps you familiarize yourself with terrain features before you set out. The flight model helps identify specific features and helps visualize the overall environment.