[simpits-tech] Image warping (Was: Frustration!)

[Gene Buckle]

On Mon, 13 Feb 2012, dabigboy at cox.net wrote:

> X-Plane, of course. :) The Linux build has become very mature....heck, Austin develops on OSX on a Mac, which is much closer to Linux than to Windows anyway. X-Plane runs flawlessly on Linux now, and performance is wonderful.
>
> For instruments and driving Phidgets etc I'm using software I wrote 
> myself in Python + OpenGL. Incidentally, I've just dived into my 
> instrument software again as of last night....I am writing weather radar 
> software which will grab the radar image from X-Plane to reflect the 
> actual weather patterns, while also offering more features (like 
> adjustable range) and a realistic "sweep" pattern instead of the 
> fanciful real-time weather display which X-Plane has had for years. :) 
> Last night I got the sweeper display working. Plan is to cannibalize an 
> old broken radar display unit out of a real plane and use its 
> buttons/knobs etc with a PS2 LCD inside it to render weather.

I'd like to see that code some time. I've got a box full of Phidgets that 
I haven't done anything with.

The only hang-up I have with XP is you need to use three instances to get 
three projectors worth of accurate output.

g.

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