Maps2XPlane

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…

Further Svalbard4XPlane Features

The mesh features of Svalbard4XPlane were already announced and now it’s also the time to publish some information about the airports and heliports that will be included in the Svalbard4XPlane package: You can look forward to the following locations: The Barentsburg Heliport (ENBA) and the Pyramiden Heliport (ENPY), the Ny-Ålesund Airport (ENAS) and the Svea Airport (ENSA), and…

New Svalbard Snapshots

Good news: The beta testing phase of Svalbard4XPlane is already in round number three. To shorten you the time to the release, here are some new snapshots of my Svalbard Mesh for X-Plane: Update: Out now! You can get Svalbard4XPlane scenery package from our publisher Aerosoft or the vendor of your choice – such as from X-Plane.org or Steam (XP11 and XP12).

Features of Svalbard4XPlane

Svalbard4XPlane is a quite realistic representation of Svalbard for the flight simulator X-Plane. The Norwegian archipelago is located in the Arctic Ocean north of the Polar circle between 74. and 81. latitude and is not covered by the X-Plane default installation. So the scenery package Svalbard4XPlane does not only fill a gap in the X-Plane…

News about Svalbard4XPlane!

Exciting news, I make a good progress with the development of my Svalbard Mesh for X-Plane. Besides the summer version, which I presented a few weeks ago, the development of the winter version is also almost finished: There are just a few details to add and the internal beta phase can begin. I’ll keep you…

Antarctic and Subantarctic Maps for X-Plane

With version 11, X-Plane doesn’t show any outlines of the terrain in its default map for my Antarctica Terrain Mesh Sceneries. I solved this issue now by creating and releasing custom Antarctic and Subantarctic Maps for X-Plane.

Svalbard4XPlane is coming soon!

I’m proud to present to you my newest creation: Svalbard4XPlane – A Custom Base Mesh Scenery for X-Plane. The mesh will represent the Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean with a very detailed terrain model and in a photorealistic look, even it is not a orthophoto-mesh. My Svalbard Base Mesh will be bundled together with…

News about Antarctica4XPlane

It’s been awhile, since my last news about Antarctica4XPlane, my Antarctica Terrain Mesh Scenery for the flight simulator X-Plane. It’s winter on the southernmost continent and due to the darkness and rough weather conditions at this time of the year, almost all antarctic researchers went home for a break. But why not use the opportunities…

Bergen Airport for X-Plane

Today I have the pleasure to announce the release of the Bergen Airport for X-Plane. It was developed by one of my new development partners: Stairport Sceneries. For the realization of their Bergen Airport, I had the opportunity to provide them a high realistic elevation model for the airport area. The primary goal was to…

A tool to edit X-Plane Meshes: The idea and goals

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. Besides the development of new X-Plane Meshes,…

Prince Edward Islands Adventures

As an add-on for my Prince Edward Islands Mesh, community member Ralph developed and released his Prince Edward Island Adventures Scenery for X-Plane. The Scenery Package contains the SANAP’s Meteorological Station at Marion Island, as well as two fictitious airfields. Details can be found on his download page.