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JSBSim bridge for PX4 SITL/HITL simulations
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Align FlightGear visual scenery with PX4 Location #7

Closed Jaeyoung-Lim closed 3 years ago

Jaeyoung-Lim commented 3 years ago

This modification resolves a conflict between FlightGear and PX4 geocentric vs geodetic latitude that creates a mismatch in visual scenery representation. Also see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodetic_datum#Vertical_datum

Prior to change (note the disagreement between QGC and FlightGear location representation): Screenshot from 2020-09-18 07-30-18

After change (note the alignment between QGC and FlightGear location representation): Screenshot from 2020-09-18 08-07-59

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