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ClearView implements top of the line graphics technology for visual presentation of the environment. The simulator can import any panoramic flying fields used by other high priced simulators. You will get the same or better scenery quality as with simulators that sell for 6-7 times more. There are many places on the web where you can download some really nice flying field sceneries. Get to visit some of the best flying sites in US and around the world.
 Ken's web site has a number of sceneries - the ones that he likes the most, and rest assured he had seen plenty of them. He also host the best collection of ClearView models.
 RC Fan web site contains many photo fields in G3 format; Since ClearView can take any major sim scenery format, you can import any of these sceneries.
You can import your own flying field in ClearView! The photorealistic virtual environment in ClearView is based on common 360x180 degree panorama format. Using digital camera you can take pictures from your flying site and use one of many comercial packages to stitch your digital pictures into complete spherical (sometime called 360x180 or equirectangular) panorama. These panorama files have aspect ratio of 2:1, corresponding to the ratio of 360 degree of horizontal field of vew to 180 degree of vertical field of view. As example, panorama file can have 8160 by 4080 pixels resolution and indeed the aspect ratio is 2:1. Some other simulators use the same panorama format, but cut the lower portion of the panorama, so the same panorama in their format will have resolution of 8160x3060, where the bottom 1020 rows will be simply cut. The missing part is actually the view under the pilot so it is not really important. ClearView can use both 2:1 and 8160:3060 formats. All user-developed panoramas on the Internet that are in the 2:1 aspect ratio or in 8160x3060 size are drop in compatible with ClearView.
You can add full collision detection to any flying field. Just read this document for details:
The sceneries bellow are part of the downloaded program. You can download high resoution for these sceneries from here:
Note: Right click on the link and select "Save as" to save.
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