What a great opportunity: Antarctica4XPlane will be present at the POLAR2018, which will take place in Davos, Switzerland from 15 – 26 June 2018. The POLAR2018 conference is a joint event from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research SCAR and the International Arctic Science Committee IASC. On Monday 18th June 2018, during the Polar Educators International PEI side…
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Heard Island and McDonald Islands Mesh
Now the time has come, the subantarctic adventure can continue: I’m pleased to announce that I have released my newest terrain mesh for X-Plane: Heard Island and McDonald Islands. The subantarctic volcanic group is Australian external territory and among the most remote places on Earth! Get your copy of the scenery package and start your subantarctic adventure…
Phi Phi Islands Mesh and Scenery
Welcome to the Paradise! Stefan a.k.a monoblau released his first scenery package for X-Plane: Contained are fictive versions of Bamboo Island and Mosquito Island as well as two bonus islands near Krabi. And that’s not all: The scenery package features a Custom X-Plane Terrain Mesh by Maps2XPlane covering the Phi Phi Islands. Get prepared and start…
A tool to edit X-Plane Meshes: Current project status
Notice: This is one of the articles in the series of articles describing the chronology of my initiative to aim for a common and official workflow to edit existing X-Plane terrain meshes. A summary about the why and the how can be found in the most recent article. In the last couple of weeks, numerous…
Prince Edward Islands Mesh Update
The announced update of the Prince Edward Islands Mesh is now available! The terrain mesh for X-Plane covers two Subantarctic Islands in the Indian Ocean: Marion Island and Prince Edward Island. The update features a slightly better elevation model and enhanced and more varied texturing: Here’s the download link. In addition to the mesh scenery I suggest…
Svalbard4XPlane Sightseeing
In the last couple of weeks, I toured around Svalbard4XPlane and enjoyed the scenic landscape. The about 61.000 square kilometers of terrain mesh are covered with two texture sets: one for a summer- and one for a winter-representation of the landscape. And here is now a selection of snapshots I made. Shown is a winter-…
Antarctica Earth Orbit Textures
What really annoys me when flying over Antarctica4XPlane, is the virtual horizon: I feel like, that the earth is flat! X-Plane would have a solution for that, but this solution is simply “not configured” for high latitudes. To make it short, a solution is in development, which will enhance your polar flight experience dramatically: Some background…
Subantarctic Islands News
Great news regarding X-Plane Meshes for the Subantarctic: First of all, I’d like to announce, that I currently develop a new terrain mesh for Heard and McDonald Islands. The islands are Australian external territory and are among the most remote places on Earth. Also worth to mention: Mawson Peak, the summit of Heard Island, is higher…
Antarctica4XPlane further Updates
After updating Part 1 of my freeware Antarctica4XPlane base mesh scenery for X-Plane, Part 2 is now also up-to-date. This second package covers the Victoria Land and the northern parts of the Transantarctic Mountains. Many famous regions are now represented with a much more detailed elevation model: The McMurdo Dry Valleys, the surroundings of the Hatherton and Darwin…
Reviews of Svalbard4XPlane
I’m pleased to announce that Svalbard4XPlane was reviewed from various news websites and got absolutely amazing critics: FlightDeckX.com voted Svalbard4XPlane directly into the Top 3 – Best of 2017, and particularly for german speaking readers I can recommend the Review by simFlight.de. You need more information about Svalbard4XPlane, then take a look at the articles…
Mesh-Update for Antarctica4XPlane
I have the pleasure to announce, that I updated Part 1 of Antarctica4XPlane, my freeware Antartica terrain mesh scenery for X-Plane. Part 1 covers the Antarctic Peninsula as well as the South Orkney Islands. The new version features improved elevation models particularly around Research Bases and Airfields, e.g. King George Island, Seymour Island and Deception…
Svalbard4XPlane is released now!
Maps2XPlane in cooperation with development partner Stairport Sceneries is proud to announce that the Svalbard4XPlane scenery package is now available from our publisher Aerosoft. Get ready to explore the 61.000 square kilometers of the Norwegian archipelago Svalbard. Enjoy the overwhelming landscape in the Arctic Ocean in either a realistic summer or winter representation and choose…
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