X-Plane New Zealand Complete Photoreal Scenery

A complete package containing orthophotography scenery (photorealistic scenery) covering the entire country of New Zealand and all areas for X-Plane 12 and 11 developed by Lyndiman.

The scenery files replace the default ground textures with images derived from satellite photography with the effect of making the scenery more realistic and true to life.

The package size is large and may take a long time to download on a slower Internet connection.

Donate to the Developer

This package has been developed as freeware or more specifically, donation-ware. The developers, Lyndiman took a great time in producing this scenery and making sure it's up to standard with post-processing. If you like this package or find it useful, please donate to the developer who created it by sending a donation at your set amount via PayPal here. Your donations are greatly appreciated and pay for the development costs such as software subscriptions and bandwidth usage needed to create such a package.

Features

• Satellite images sourced from Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and processed at zoom level 17 which gives good quality without making the tiles too large.
• Does not impact frame rates within the sim permitting your GPU to have enough video memory.
• Images have been processed to balance color and replace patches and atmospheric fog for a more realistic representation of the ground terrain.

All patches and updates (ground bumps patch) have been applied to the package so there is no need to download any additional files. Also, the overlay files are also included for ease of use.

New Zealand has a vast and mountainous landscape which is great for eye-candy-packed virtual flights.

Some places to start from to experience the scenery:

• Milford Sound
  You can start at Milford Sound (search for it in XP12/11) to experience the stunning terrain and the glaciers - it makes for a beautiful flight in a light aircraft.
• Franz Josef
  Starting at Franz Josef (search for the airport in XP12/11) - you will be met with high mountains surrounding the airfield and of course don't forget to visit the Franz Josef glacier. This one is best in a chopper.
• Mt. Cook
  Starting at Mount Cook Aerodrome you can then fly around the area of Aoraki Mt Cook National Park to see some beautiful landscapes.
• Queenstown
  Departing from Queenstown on the South Island you will be surrounded by high mountains and deep valleys that are perfectly depicted using this scenery package (along with a good mesh add-on - details below).

Areas Covered

The scenery is broken up into 9 different areas. All 9 areas cover the entire country of New Zealand.

1. North Island
   1. East Cape
   2. Northland
   3. Taranaki
   4. Wellington
2. South Island
   1. Canterbury
   2. Otago
   3. Southland
   4. Tasman
   5. West Coast

Some of the major international airports inside the scenery area

• Auckland Airport (NZAA)
• Christchurch International Airport (NZCH)
• Queenstown Airport (NZQN)
• Dunedin International Airport (NZDN)
• Wellington International Airport (NZWN)

Copyright note from the author:
The imagery within this package has been derived from open sources and modified heavily. No part of this package may be reproduced or redistributed as part of other work in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the copyright owner.

If you find this useful, please consider donating to the original author - you can find details above and in the readme file inside the ZIP package.

This package works best with a high-quality mesh scenery add-on to really bring the scenery to life. We recommend the HD Mesh v4 from AlpilotX which can be downloaded here.

Developer: Lyndiman's New Zealand Orthophotography.

Please post your comments below - we love to hear feedback from users.