GeoFS

French multi-platform online flight simulator

GeoFS

Multiplayer take-off in GEOFS 1.4c

Original author(s)| Xavier Tassin
Initial release| October 2010; 14 years ago (2010-10)
Stable release|

3.82[1] / July 11, 2024; 3 months ago (2024-07-11)

Platform| Web platform, Android, iOS
Type| Flight simulation
Website| www.geo-fs.com

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GeoFS is a French multi-platform browser-based flight simulator based on the Cesium WebGL Virtual Globe.[2] The free map is based on images taken by the Sentinel-2 satellite while the HD map is from Bing Maps.[3] The game features a variety of planes including aircraft contributed from the community,[2] and features a multiplayer environment for pilots to interact with each other. In Q4 2018, the GeoFS Lite app was released for both Android and iOS devices. GeoFS on mobile features an original app and a Lite app version.[4] The main difference between the two is that the Lite version is Single-Player, contains three total aircraft, and only features the island of Corsica, while the paid one also features multiplayer, a much wider variety of aircraft, and worldwide Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, with free HD Bing Maps imagery being an in-app purchase, as opposed to a subscription in the Web version of GeoFS.[5][6] Currently, a paid version offers free HD images for $9.99 per year. In the simulator, anonymous users use the screen name Foo.

## Development

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Created by Xavier Tassin, GeoFS was launched in October 2010.[7] It was originally built on the Google Earth plug-in as GEFS-Online (Google Earth Flight Simulator).[8][9] On September 1, 2015, support for the Google Earth plugin ended,[10] which nearly resulted in a complete shutdown of GeoFS.[11] In January 2016, in light of the Google Earth plugin's termination, GeoFS migrated to CesiumJS, an open source virtual globe platform.[12]

## Locations

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GeoFS offers locations, where one can fly to scenes and places like the Grand Canyon, Mount Everest, and the Great Barrier Reef. A notable location is the carrier USS John C. Stennis, where compatible aircraft can land with the aid of a arresting wire.

## Aircraft

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An L-1011, one of the many planes in the game

In GeoFS, there are many aircraft available to fly, including commercial aircraft such as the Boeing 777, Boeing 737, and Airbus A380. There are 31 official airplanes and many more are contributed by the GeoFS community. Notable community-contributed aircraft include the Space Shuttle Atlantis, Boeing 787, and Lockheed L-1011-1 (obtainable via the console).

## List of Aircraft

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* Piper Cub
* Cessna 172
* Alphajet PAF
* Boeing 737-700
* Embraer Phenom 100
* De Haviland DHC-6 Twin Otter
* F-16 Fighting Falcon
* Pitts Special S1
* Eurocopter EC135
* Airbus A380-800
* Alisport Silent 2 Electro
* Pilatus PC-7 Mk-I
* De Haviland DHC-2 Beaver
* Colombian MC-15 Cri-cri
* Lockheed P-38 Lightning F-5B
* Douglas DC-3
* Sukhoi Su-35
* Concorde
* Zlin Z-50
* Cessna 152
* Piper PA-28 161 Warrior II Aerobility
* Airbus A350-900 Official
* Boeing 777-300ER Official
* Antonov An-140
* Potez 25
* Evektor Sportstar
* SZD-48-3 Jantar
* Paraglider
* Major Tom (Hot Air Balloon)
* Hughes 269a/TH-55 Osage
* Goat Airchair
* Citroën 2CV
* North American XB-70 Valkyrie
* North American X-15
* A-10C Thunderbolt II
* Augusta Westland AW609
* Airbus A220-300
* Airbus A319
* Airbus A230-214
* Airbus A230Neo
* Airbus A231-211
* Airbus A321Neo
* Airbus A330-200
* Airbus A330-300
* Airbus A330-900Neo
* Airbus A340-300
* Airbus A340-600
* Airbus A350-1000 XWB
* Airbus A350-900
* Antonov AN-225 Mriya
* ATR 72-600
* BAE 146-300/Avro RJ100
* Bell UH-1H Iroquois
* Boeing 737 MAX 8
* Boeing 737-200
* Boeing 737-800
* Boeing 747-8F
* Boeing 757-200
* Boeing 757-300wl
* Boeing 767-300ER
* Boeing 767-400
* Boeing 777F
* Boeing 777-300ER
* Boeing 787-8
* Boeing 787-9
* Boeing 787-10
* Boeing P-8 Poseidon
* Bombardier CRJ-200
* Bombardier CRJ-700
* Bombardier CRJ-900
* Bombardier DHC-8 Q400
* Bombardier Learjet 45 XR

An Airbus A350-900, one of the most popular planes in the game

## References

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1. ^ https://geofs.fandom.com/wiki/Version_History_of_GeoFS#3.82. `{{cite web}}`: Missing or empty `|title=` (help)
2. ^ a b "GeoFS Homepage". GeoFS.
3. ^ "GeoFS - HD". www.geo-fs.com. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
4. ^ "GeoFS Apps for Mobile". www.geo-fs.com. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
5. ^ "GeoFS Apps for Mobile". www.geo-fs.com. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
6. ^ "GeoFS - Flight Simulator". App Store. 2023-11-29. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
7. ^ "It's live!". GeoFS Announcements Blog.
8. ^ "Webscape: Virtual ballooning". BBC World News – Click.
9. ^ "The unofficial Google Earth Flight Simulator gets a new home and a slew of enhancements". Google Earth Blog. 9 April 2012.
10. ^ "Announcing deprecation of the Google Earth API". Google Maps Platform. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
11. ^ Xavier. "GeoFS Blog". Retrieved 2024-05-06.
12. ^ "Moving GEFS Online from Google Earth to Cesium". Cesium Blog. Archived from the original on 2017-06-15. Retrieved 2016-11-16.

## External links

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* Official website

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