There I was . . .

Submitted by Former NL Member on 28 December, 2006 - 00:11.
There I was . . .

. . . flying from Managua to Granada to view las Isletas from the air, and there was a great view of Laguna de Apoyo. Even though I lost my digital camera somewhere between Diriamba and Granada I was able to take this screen shot.

And so's not to be confused with Lyin' Farmer John Wayne, the shot was taken with FlightGear flight simulator, a free open source program available from www.flightgear.org. The world scenery database includes Nicaragua. The geography is very good, but they don't show squat for cities. I had to convert the .ppm file of the screen shot to a .jpg. The .ppm file looked much better than this, the water came out blue instead of bands of grey.

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My God, if Nicaragua really looked like that. . .

Submitted by Nika Pilot on 28 December, 2006 - 00:17.

I'm glad you clarified all that, because the screen shot looked to me like a screenshot of the surface of the moon from Lunar Lander Simulator 2005. ;-)

You should use a real picture instead of that fake 3D one.

Submitted by nicalink on 29 December, 2006 - 04:09.

You should use a real picture instead of that fake 3D one.

I might have to

Submitted by Former NL Member on 28 December, 2006 - 07:34.

break down and purchase MSFS. The 2004 version can be bought for under $20 now. But I don't know if the screen shots or world scenery are any better.