Subj : Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
To   : Nightfox
From : jack phlash
Date : Thu Sep 24 2020 08:48:02

on 22 Sep 2020, Nightfox said...
 
 Ni> I think that mey be true of Google Maps data as well (and probably
 Ni> Mapquest). But I think it's still pretty impressive that the flight
 Ni> simulator is able to draw so much detail such as buildings & things
 Ni> across the world from map data. With earlier & other flight simulators,
 Ni> people would need to make a lot of custom scenery add-ons for that level
 Ni> of detail.  People can still make custom airports & things for Microsoft
 Ni> Flight Simulator 2020 for added detail & things like activity around
 Ni> airports & such.

It's definitely extremely impressive, I wasn't implying that it wasn't. Just a
little personally bummed that I can't buzz my house. :) RE: Bing vs Google
Maps, I think it has to do with the type and quality of the map data. My
street is reasonably up to date on the overhead view on Bing, but Streetside
and some other versions of the map are older, and it's easy to imagine FS2020
has some particular requirements for being able to render that data. That
said, one thing I read is that, in addition to other data such as weather and
real life commercial fight plans, it'll regularly refresh that data from Bing,
which is awesome.

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