NZFF

Just a question: will TileProxy have any direct bearing upon future (FSX) RealNZ scenery releases?

From all I've been reading, looks like the next best thing since sliced bread.

Although I've not been able to try TileProxy yet, (it isn't compatible with SP1 at present) I'm certainly aware that this is a pretty exciting development. Has anyone on the forum got it up and running for New Zealand? I can't wait to try some mountain flying using TP.
For those who haven't come across it yet, TileProxy gives FSX the ability to 'stream' and display aerial photos from sources such as Google Earth or Virtual Earth. Normally it would be a breach of copyright to use this imagery for flightsim scenery, but TileProxy gets around this by a) having the user download the required imagery; and b) not supplying links to any servers with the installation. I would be very surprised if this annoyed any of the owners of the imagery, so it seems a brilliant idea. (not to mention the brilliant programming which allows it to work!)
If TileProxy users started to have a huge effect on the image server's performance, however, things may get a bit tricker. Somehow I don't think this'll happen too soon though.

I don't think it'll have much effect on 'Real NZ', as I had already decided to move more towards airport development rather than photoreal aerial textures. Although all releases so far have had a photoreal component, this will eventually change. My initial plan relied on a much faster run-out of photoreal coverage -- I was hoping for at least 50% coverage by now, but we are still a long way from that.
Even though it may be that most of us with broadband will use TileProxy often, I do think that there is still a place for showcase photoreal areas for FSX, complete with autogen. TileProxy may one day have the ability to generate autogen and mask water, but at the moment it only works well at altitude, and of course the photo coverage is very patchy.

One other thing:
It would be entirely possible to customise a specific area with autogen and even custom modeled objects (including airports) for use with TileProxy. They you wouldn't need to distribute photo textures at all, just autogen annotations and models/placement files.
I'm not saying it would be easy, but it would be fun:)

Yes, I have TP, and no I can't get it to work for NZ. I'm one of the people struck with the FileInfo? 'bug' which means I get some tiles and some not. Also, the google setting that floats on the Internet is for an older dataset, in GE I can see better coverage than what I get with TP.

From what I've seen though, while TP is a cool gadget, I'd still rather pay $50 for a well done scenery area incl custom buildings, autogen & traffic.

Cheers,
Christian