Stillwater 13,605 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Despite my current virtual Australia travels, which will be continued in the next posts, I simply had to do a little hop in OLC Africa. And I chose the only area I know by personal experience: Taking off from GCLP Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, as always to the north: The city of las Palmas with La Isleta and the north coast of the island. As you know, the north-western part of the island is green, as the clouds are captured by the mountains. Unfortunately for the VFR pilot, some clouds are captured by the mountains... Managed it! Here you can see that the southern part is dry and grey - the other side of the medal I just described. And now, finally, correctly shown in the sim! Arguineguin to the left, and two typical holiday resorts (Balito and Puerto Rico) of the south coast. Maspalomas and Faro. Here I start to miss some more houses (=Autogen)... A bit further to the north is San Agustin. Here we definetively need more urbanity, just compare to the real life shot taken 2 decades ago. The tomato fields near Pozo are, again, totally correct. After all, OLC exactly shows Gran Canaria as I expected - despite the little lack of autogen. I hope some helpful soul will just drop it along the coast for an upcoming revision... . 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Iain Emms 16,559 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Fine set of shots Gerold. cheers Iain Quote Link to post Share on other sites
adambar 15,888 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Outstanding shots as always Gerold! 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikee 3,649 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Beautiful set of shots Gerold 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Lars 3,471 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Very nice shots, though it took me a few seconds to realize that "two decades ago" only equals 2000. Half a dozen possible tourist repatriation flights come to my mind right now, so thanks for the inspiration again. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
schtroumf 1,617 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 9 hours ago, Stillwater said: It's magic, this sceenshot is great 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stillwater 13,605 Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 8 hours ago, Iain Emms said: Fine set of shots Gerold. cheers Iain Thank you Iain! 7 hours ago, adambar said: Outstanding shots as always Gerold! Thanks Adam! 1 hour ago, mikee said: Beautiful set of shots Gerold My pleasure, Mikee. Basically "just" a first test of OLC_Africa. 57 minutes ago, Captain Lars said: Very nice shots, though it took me a few seconds to realize that "two decades ago" only equals 2000. Half a dozen possible tourist repatriation flights come to my mind right now, so thanks for the inspiration again. Sounds like you are going to be busy at the sim over the weekend. Hope you find the time to post some! 46 minutes ago, schtroumf said: It's magic, this sceenshot is great True Earth in the old fashioned style . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Lars 3,471 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Stillwater said: Sounds like you are going to be busy at the sim over the weekend. Hope you find the time to post some! Sounds good but I have to finish two SAS flights first, ESSA-EGPH-ENGM... anyway I can plan them already. Edited April 3, 2020 by Captain Lars 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dolf8857 2,691 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Great set of shots Gerold! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stillwater 13,605 Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 2 hours ago, Captain Lars said: Sounds good but I have to finish two SAS flights first, ESSA-EGPH-ENGM... anyway I can plan them already. You know this is exactly the way I do my virtual travels, mate... 1 hour ago, dolf8857 said: Great set of shots Gerold! Thank you Dolf! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jack Sawyer 40,369 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Some great shots nicely shown and narrated Gerold! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stillwater 13,605 Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 16 minutes ago, Jack Sawyer said: Some great shots nicely shown and narrated Gerold! Thank you my friend. Sorry no yellow plane and no significant bridge on the island to be seen (there is only one west of Maspalomas, I´ll look for it). 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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