Version 2.0 covers landclass across the entire greater Houston area, with a large increase in LOD. This version significantly tightens up and improves the landclass from version 1.0, and adds a vast amount of scenery objects that brings the Bay Area-KEFD area into the modern era. This improves and adds a highly accurate runway 17 approach with accurate placement of buildings and scenery around the year 2011-modern day. In addition, includes several new files including a new airport/helipad via Houston Clear lake regional airport, T41 La Porte Municipal and surrounding shipping ports, Kemah Boardwalk, and a giant improvement to Johnson Space Center Houston. Rundway 35 and Runway 22 landclass is significantly increased, and more accurate as well. You can fly an accurate VFR approach or set up an ILS for any one of KEFD's runways with ease with this improvement.
List of Version 2.0 additions and changes:
- I added a ton of scenery objects and tightened up the landclass at Johnson Space Center Houston- NASA Control Center
--- Added Talon Park with T38s (via static objects)
--- Added Gemeni V rocket and 747 for the shuttle transporter
--- And a whole bunch of vegetation, new buildings, and tour buses.
- Added Kemah boardwalk and several boat docks
- Removed a TON of highrise textures and replaced with medium and large city suburb landclass.
- Added Clear Lake regional Hospital with helipad and surrounding scenery by Walter Reed Park
- Added El Jardin or "Bayport Container port" with several scenery objects and significantly tightened up landclass.
-- Looks great when setting up ILS approach for RWY 22
- Tightened up Bay Area BLVD landclass, "adding" University of Houston Clear Lake"
-- UHCL was semi already present, just made it more pronounced.
- Made Red Bluff road landclass super recognizable!
-- Red Bluff road is used to set up VFR approach and or field break for RWY 22 and RWY 17 R.
----- Its common to see private jets and the USAF doing a break along Red Bluff road.
- Added First Baptist Church, and water tower to Pasadena Convention center
- Made Fairmont Parkway pronounced with landclass
- Added Houston Port Authority at Morgan's Point
--- Another Landmark for the RWY 22 ILS approach, NASA religiously uses this to line up the 10 mile ILS.
- Tightened up landclass at Village Grove East and along Fairmont Parkway
- Added a TON of scenery objects and landclass corrections for approach of RWY 17 L and 17 R.
---- Added Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart Super center, Guitar center etc.
---- added South Main Baptist Church
--- Bondy Jr High, Turner Elementary, and Pasadena Memorial High School
--- Added Saint Luke's Hospital
--- Added Hampton Inn Suites and HCA rehab hospital
--- Added a ton to the container facility behind best buy and storage facility
--- Added smaller churches on RWY 17 approach
--- Added a ton of scenery at the base of RWY 17 R, i.e., concrete plant, containers, trucks
-- Added gas stations on the corner of beltway 8 and genoa red bluff
-- Significantly changed and tightened up landclass at the base of RWY 22 and RWY 17 L and 17 R
-- Made several roads and Beltway pronounced
------ This decision looks AWESOME at night, really adds demarcation to the roads.
**All of this makes the RWY 17 approach super recognizable
** RWY 22 approach landclass is much more accurate.
- Significantly changed and tightened up landclass near southbelt ellington and interstate 45.
- Added Grace Church
-- I wanted to do San Jacinto College south, but seemed over kill at that point.
- SIGNIFICANTLY tightened up landclass for RWY 35 approach and near baybrook mall.
-- Along I45
- Added TDECU stadium at the University of Houston Main Campus
---- So you can practice flybys for Cougar games!
- Added the Battleship at San Jacinto Monument
- I also "borrowed" T41 La Porte Municipal's tower camera to make a SWEET view of KEFD.
- I included landclass for Sealy Texas this time, as well as my significant enhancements of Austin, Texas greater area as well (optional, but recommended!)
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Version 1.0 originally added:
- Added the Johnson Space Center Houston, which is now greatly enhanced and blended.
- San Jacinto Community College-Central
- Pasadena Convention Center
- Pasadena Water Treatment Facility
- NASA Bouncy Lab
- Pasadena Shopping center, now greatly enhanced and blended.
- Baybrook Mall and other shopping spots.
- Significant Landclass improvements across the entire greater Houston Area
File also includes landclass and scenery improvements for the greater Austin, Texas Area (optional), KIAH, KDWH, and Sealy, Texas. Each of these projects combined covers roughly 15,000 square miles of landclass improvement. Allowing you to fly entirely from Houston to Austin, or Houston to San Antonio in accurate landclass.
-Enjoy!
DJN
List of Version 2.0 additions and changes:
- I added a ton of scenery objects and tightened up the landclass at Johnson Space Center Houston- NASA Control Center
--- Added Talon Park with T38s (via static objects)
--- Added Gemeni V rocket and 747 for the shuttle transporter
--- And a whole bunch of vegetation, new buildings, and tour buses.
- Added Kemah boardwalk and several boat docks
- Removed a TON of highrise textures and replaced with medium and large city suburb landclass.
- Added Clear Lake regional Hospital with helipad and surrounding scenery by Walter Reed Park
- Added El Jardin or "Bayport Container port" with several scenery objects and significantly tightened up landclass.
-- Looks great when setting up ILS approach for RWY 22
- Tightened up Bay Area BLVD landclass, "adding" University of Houston Clear Lake"
-- UHCL was semi already present, just made it more pronounced.
- Made Red Bluff road landclass super recognizable!
-- Red Bluff road is used to set up VFR approach and or field break for RWY 22 and RWY 17 R.
----- Its common to see private jets and the USAF doing a break along Red Bluff road.
- Added First Baptist Church, and water tower to Pasadena Convention center
- Made Fairmont Parkway pronounced with landclass
- Added Houston Port Authority at Morgan's Point
--- Another Landmark for the RWY 22 ILS approach, NASA religiously uses this to line up the 10 mile ILS.
- Tightened up landclass at Village Grove East and along Fairmont Parkway
- Added a TON of scenery objects and landclass corrections for approach of RWY 17 L and 17 R.
---- Added Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart Super center, Guitar center etc.
---- added South Main Baptist Church
--- Bondy Jr High, Turner Elementary, and Pasadena Memorial High School
--- Added Saint Luke's Hospital
--- Added Hampton Inn Suites and HCA rehab hospital
--- Added a ton to the container facility behind best buy and storage facility
--- Added smaller churches on RWY 17 approach
--- Added a ton of scenery at the base of RWY 17 R, i.e., concrete plant, containers, trucks
-- Added gas stations on the corner of beltway 8 and genoa red bluff
-- Significantly changed and tightened up landclass at the base of RWY 22 and RWY 17 L and 17 R
-- Made several roads and Beltway pronounced
------ This decision looks AWESOME at night, really adds demarcation to the roads.
**All of this makes the RWY 17 approach super recognizable
** RWY 22 approach landclass is much more accurate.
- Significantly changed and tightened up landclass near southbelt ellington and interstate 45.
- Added Grace Church
-- I wanted to do San Jacinto College south, but seemed over kill at that point.
- SIGNIFICANTLY tightened up landclass for RWY 35 approach and near baybrook mall.
-- Along I45
- Added TDECU stadium at the University of Houston Main Campus
---- So you can practice flybys for Cougar games!
- Added the Battleship at San Jacinto Monument
- I also "borrowed" T41 La Porte Municipal's tower camera to make a SWEET view of KEFD.
- I included landclass for Sealy Texas this time, as well as my significant enhancements of Austin, Texas greater area as well (optional, but recommended!)
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Version 1.0 originally added:
- Added the Johnson Space Center Houston, which is now greatly enhanced and blended.
- San Jacinto Community College-Central
- Pasadena Convention Center
- Pasadena Water Treatment Facility
- NASA Bouncy Lab
- Pasadena Shopping center, now greatly enhanced and blended.
- Baybrook Mall and other shopping spots.
- Significant Landclass improvements across the entire greater Houston Area
File also includes landclass and scenery improvements for the greater Austin, Texas Area (optional), KIAH, KDWH, and Sealy, Texas. Each of these projects combined covers roughly 15,000 square miles of landclass improvement. Allowing you to fly entirely from Houston to Austin, or Houston to San Antonio in accurate landclass.
-Enjoy!
DJN
