I tried to ignore this silly software in previous weeks because it interefered with my google searches for real situations. However, this morning I guess I'll post it here as part of my study-- even though it's quite clear that they've simulated an island Antarctica and not a rim version as you would find on flat earth. The effort gone into this is substantial and they SAY they've got accurate data. The following video is just a trailer. The company that created it is Aerosoft. Antarctica X (FSX+FSX SE+P3D) http://www.aerosoft.com/cgi-local/us/iboshop.cgi?showd,,12123
Note what Aerosoft reports on their website about their Antarctic data collection. It reminds me of my own problems as I work on this blog trying to determine the circumference.
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A major problem for this project was getting access to the
data as there are so many countries involved and many feel
the geographical data has strategic importance. Only after the
developer got into contact with pilots and scientists who were
actually in Antarctica things started to move forwards.
Dozens of databases had to be combined and often these
only existed in the paper format and had to be manually
digitized. Often databases conflicted and details had to be
found elsewhere
Getting the aviation related information was easier but
even here it was hard to find out what the real pilots are
using..
The respective organizations and pilots usually prefer to keep
that information to themselves because (fuel/food/emergency-
) supplies are very limited and therefore they don’t like anyone
who’s not part of their select company to fly there. Without
aviation there would hardly be people in Antarctica.
Note what Aerosoft reports on their website about their Antarctic data collection. It reminds me of my own problems as I work on this blog trying to determine the circumference.
quote
A major problem for this project was getting access to the
data as there are so many countries involved and many feel
the geographical data has strategic importance. Only after the
developer got into contact with pilots and scientists who were
actually in Antarctica things started to move forwards.
Dozens of databases had to be combined and often these
only existed in the paper format and had to be manually
digitized. Often databases conflicted and details had to be
found elsewhere
Getting the aviation related information was easier but
even here it was hard to find out what the real pilots are
using..
The respective organizations and pilots usually prefer to keep
that information to themselves because (fuel/food/emergency-
) supplies are very limited and therefore they don’t like anyone
who’s not part of their select company to fly there. Without
aviation there would hardly be people in Antarctica.
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Hi, I'm Captain Rick of the Virtual Circumference Voyage of Antarctica. I intend to prove definitively if Earth is flat or a sphere by paying careful attention to how many miles we cover as we travel "around" Antarctica. Flat earth theory says it's 50-60,000 miles. Spherical Earth theory says it 14,000 miles. Join me and ask any questions that you think would help our mission.