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Become a Redditor and join one of thousands of communities. x 354 355 356 [FQ9dSC3E] Flight Simulator 2020MS FS2020 can now load Google Maps textures globally on-the-fly with a free mod! (self.flightsim) submitted 9 hours ago by SweViver Few days ago I found an unofficial and free Google Maps mod for FS2020. The mod automatically replaces the Bing Maps textures with Google Maps textures. I loads the textures as you are flying, and you can also use it with rolling cache. It seems like the mod is basically fooling FS2020 to load all textures from google servers instead of Bing/Azure servers. Works great so far, and it looks amazing! I have to say I'm blown away about the fact how much better, sharper, detailed and more updated the Google Maps textures are - especially in remote areas, small towns and small airports. Even bigger towns looks better, except for a few such as New York where it basically looks identical. Made a short video showing some side-by-side comparisons (mostly in Sweden, but also some in US): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E11XsrBdzcg Two comparison example shots from the video: https://preview.redd.it/jq4bzawfgdy71.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto =webp&s=d3122dbb7e062077b055a3ce781de7798fcff560 https://preview.redd.it/cpuficwfgdy71.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto =webp&s=b7c0b606588a68d38755e413b58dfeb053e88de8 What are your thoughts on this? * 95 comments * share * save * hide * report all 95 comments sorted by: best topnewcontroversialoldrandomq&alive (beta) [ ] Want to add to the discussion? Post a comment! Create an account [-]TomC69 124 points125 points126 points 9 hours ago (15 children) Looks great. I hope Microsoft does not find a way to shut this down since anything not Microsoft like Google or Vulkan seems to be discouraged, lol! * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 33 points34 points35 points 9 hours ago (0 children) Yeah that my only concern... I'm pretty sure they wont like this. But lets enjoy it while it works! * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Lodiumme 53 points54 points55 points 6 hours ago (10 children) Google will be the one who will shut it down, they'd probably be confused why their maps are suddenly eating up their resources lol * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 31 points32 points33 points 5 hours ago (8 children) Google will probably not even notice the bandwidth increase. Their maps API is widely used in all sorts of applications and websites, including Google Earth. The (relative) small amount of FS2020 users makes hardly any difference to their servers. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]sandy-bridge 7 points8 points9 points 1 hour ago (0 children) Their maps API is widely used in all sorts of applications and websites All of which pay for the privilege. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]rabidjellybean 24 points25 points26 points 5 hours ago (0 children) And they might be quietly laughing that users are ditching using Bing maps data. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]sevaiper 4 points5 points6 points 1 hour ago (0 children) You have to pay to use the maps API, it's not free for anything other than using maps or google earth within their own products. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [+]thmoas comment score below threshold-11 points-10 points-9 points 3 hours ago (3 children) You don't work in IT. You know stuff but that's it. You can only do x amount of "free" calls. Every call is monitored by ip or login. Google will shut it down if this would be widespread (chances are low that this will be widespread). The same type of mod has existed for FSX and Google tried to block it. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Will12239 4 points5 points6 points 3 hours ago (0 children) Your lack of knowledge is showing too. No call is free, but theyre so minute this is insignificant in aggregate. The reason the mod wasn't allowed for FSX was because they were redistributing copywritten map data, whereas google provides the api for this mod to work already * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]NPC_4842358 0 points1 point2 points 3 hours ago (1 child) And how big is the player base of this game compared to the amount of users/web traffic using Maps everyday through the API? * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]monkeywork 0 points1 point2 points 1 hour ago (0 children) I haven't installed the mod but I highly suspect that that on install you will provide your own google maps API key rather than one shared by the entire install base. Each API key has a certain amount of free usage - and if the program is caching then it's unlikely the average person is ever going to have a problem. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]The_Turbinator 0 points1 point2 points 13 minutes ago (0 children) Don't forget modern car navigation screens, for example, here in Europe Volkswagen and Audi use Google Earth satellite and street view and 3D date for their navigation screens. https://i.redd.it/uz7axkeh0zcz.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8_G5bEycbLQ/hqdefault.jpg * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Wiltix 16 points17 points18 points 3 hours ago (0 children) Google will see a small increase in use but will not be the ones to shut this down. It's free advertising at the end of the day and just a middle finger to bing maps for free. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]lenninscjay 8 points9 points10 points 5 hours ago (2 children) It wont be MS that shuts this down. It will be google. Have had experience in this before with the Tile Proxy project. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]salmonmarine 1 point2 points3 points 4 hours ago (1 child) It's a free mod, they're not stealing cartographic data and selling it as their own. Google probably won't notice * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]lenninscjay 1 point2 points3 points 15 minutes ago (0 children) Tileproxy was/is free too but they got a cease and desist and had to remove google from their service providers. Granted, this was years ago, but it was still though completely valid and publicly accessible APIs. They considered it and abuse of their system and in violation of the EULA. Maybe google has changed since then, and maybe their system can handle it better now. We'll see, looks superior to Bings in a lot of ways. (On an official level, wish google and laminar would partner and bring default photogrammetry to XP12, the competition and choice of options for us simmers would be awesome) * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]askew2020 28 points29 points30 points 9 hours ago (2 children) Looks amazing. Is there any kind of performance hit? I would assume not. Hopefully it stays up to date and supported * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 29 points30 points31 points 9 hours ago (1 child) No performance hit at all, since its only the textures that are changed (not buildings or trees). The texture tiles are actually 1:1 between Google and Bing, so the texture files are not higher resolution, but just has a higher detail (and maybe larger file size? ) since the Google Maps satellite photos have better resolution and details in the first place. Besides that, they are waaay better updated :) Reminder: Clear your Rolling cache in FS2020 before running this mod the first time. No other settings needs to be changed. Also: Dont use Proxy in the mod. Just remove that line (as Im doing in the video). The proxy is only for people in China etc where Google is blocked. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]askew2020 4 points5 points6 points 9 hours ago (0 children) Thanks and thanks for the video also. Will be sure to check it out this week * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]justjaxc 21 points22 points23 points 9 hours ago (5 children) I assume photogrammetry only functions with Bing maps though? * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 26 points27 points28 points 9 hours ago (4 children) With the mod running, yes you still only see the same Bing photogrammetry. Only the textures are changed to Google. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]CallOfCorgithulhu 12 points13 points14 points 3 hours ago (3 children) So this means that buildings will be Bing textures if they're photogrammetry locations, but sitting on a Google textured ground? * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]matthewvh 0 points1 point2 points 1 hour ago (0 children) Yeah that's how I interpret it as * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 0 points1 point2 points 49 minutes ago (1 child) Yes, unfortunately. Well well, at least textures are way better :) * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]CallOfCorgithulhu 0 points1 point2 points 33 minutes ago (0 children) Oh that'd be okay with me. I sort of expected that since re-texturing the buildings would be a WAAAAY bigger endeavor than the already-mapped globe. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]MegaRiceBall 18 points19 points20 points 9 hours ago (4 children) It feels like Bing's image has been postprocessed (like averaged) to some degree * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]tjmortimer1989 18 points19 points20 points 8 hours ago (0 children) For sure with this imagery, you'll see patchy colours and hard edges where imagery hasn't been colour corrected or blended. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Briggie 4 points5 points6 points 5 hours ago (2 children) I think it is some type of compression or post processing. I use bing sometimes for my Orthos in Xplane and P3D and I don't remember the roads looking that bad. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 5 points6 points7 points 5 hours ago (0 children) The Bing roads are not that bad everywhere, but in remote areas such as between towns in Sweden, it really looks poor, as shown in the video. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]MegaRiceBall 0 points1 point2 points 2 hours ago (0 children) To me it really looks like they are trying to smooth out image details of 3D objects as much as possible and at the same time, reducing the contrast * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]angeeksince2020i5 GTX 1650 11 points12 points13 points 8 hours ago (2 children) Link to the mod? * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 14 points15 points16 points 7 hours ago (1 child) Its in the video description. I wasnt sure if Im allowed to post mod links here, but here it is: https://flightsim.to/file/19345/msfs-2020-google-map-replacement * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]havetomakeit 1 point2 points3 points 4 hours ago (0 children) You are allowed too * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]BigTownW 27 points28 points29 points 7 hours ago (2 children) I feel like Google will catch on and not wanting so many simmers hitting its APIs free of charge. Enjoy it, but I wouldn't count on it to continue working long term. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]andreyob 6 points7 points8 points 3 hours ago (1 child) the traffic from msfs users is most likely negligible. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]_0zz 0 points1 point2 points 2 hours ago (0 children) Negligible? For now... Imagine every MSFS PC user started using this. Hourly data usage per player is around 1GB. Google API average bandwith is 5MB per hour. Assuming there are 10000 active MSFS PC users in average, steam and microsoft store combined. All active MSFS PC players accessing google maps data is equivalent of 2.000.000 average daily users increase for Google. It has the potential to become quite significant. :) * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]121guy 7 points8 points9 points 8 hours ago (3 children) How does it work with cities? Will it still generate the buildings? * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 4 points5 points6 points 8 hours ago (0 children) No, the buildings are still the default Bing maps buildings, trees etc, so the only thing that is replaced is the ground textures around the world (which is quite a dramatic difference on its own, in most areas). * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]DdCno1 4 points5 points6 points 5 hours ago (1 child) Photogrammetry buildings aren't generated locally, but based on Bing data on Microsoft's Azure server infrastructure. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 0 points1 point2 points 4 hours ago (0 children) Yep, thanks for the correction! * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Volcan_R 7 points8 points9 points 7 hours ago (1 child) God it really is night and day. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 4 points5 points6 points 6 hours ago (0 children) It certainly is! Although MS/Asobo has done an amazing job with this simulator, the textures are many times far behind Google. I hope this could motivate them to improve the Bing maps over time. Or at least update the very old parts. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]damnappdoesntwork 8 points9 points10 points 7 hours ago (2 children) How does it perform at higher altitudes? Does it use other lod? In more remote (northern) areas Google maps does look like a patch work with a mix of summer/autumn /winter tiles though. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 1 point2 points3 points 6 hours ago (1 child) It uses the same algorithm for LOD as the default Bing textures, as far as I understand it. But according to many reports, the textures looks better at far distance also. Some people use lower LOD and still get great details on far distance. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]damnappdoesntwork 1 point2 points3 points 6 hours ago (0 children) Nice, I might give it a shot * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]maretex 5 points6 points7 points 9 hours ago (0 children) Cool. Seems solid. Will try it. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]triangulumnova 23 points24 points25 points 9 hours ago (3 children) I'm actually kind of surprised Microsoft didn't have Asobo prevent this somehow and force people to use Bing imagery. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 16 points17 points18 points 9 hours ago (0 children) Its quite a sophisticated "workaround". Lets hope MS/Asobo doesnt block it.. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]tjmortimer1989 11 points12 points13 points 8 hours ago (1 child) There's no real way for them to patch it, and tbh they're probably glad of the reduced server costs * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 6 points7 points8 points 8 hours ago (0 children) Haha true. Google should have enough of bandwidth to handle that anyway :) * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Johnyysmith 2 points3 points4 points 7 hours ago (0 children) Google maps definitely a no brainer. The file location and install method are in the YT vid about 2/3 way throug * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]ffilps 2 points3 points4 points 7 hours ago (0 children) wow. just wow. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]676179 2 points3 points4 points 4 hours ago (1 child) I've been thinking since launch that the game would look like a million dollars with google earth textures and photogrammetry. Especially since there's so many cities with photogrammetry in google earth that aren't available for bing. Was super disappointed after the uk update when the didn't add Edinburgh photogrammetry. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 1 point2 points3 points 4 hours ago (0 children) Yep. Unfortunately the Google photogrammetry isn't used with tbis mod. Its the Google Maps/Eath textures. The photogrammetry (building etc) are still Bing/Asobo, but it fits perfectly since the textures are 1:1 perfectly fit. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]_0zz 7 points8 points9 points 8 hours ago (8 children) Nice! But knowing Microsoft and Google licensing implications, this will definitely be blocked. People get away with using google sat images with personal licenses, like using Ortho4xp or manually downloading when building scenery. But official Microsoft product requesting image from Google servers for a commercial use is totally another story. I'd expect a shut down in next SimUpdate, if not asap with a hotfix. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 6 points7 points8 points 8 hours ago (3 children) Yeah there is quite a risk this mod could get blocked sooner or later. I still think its a great effort from the guy who made it. Kinda "proof of concept". * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]_0zz 2 points3 points4 points 7 hours ago (0 children) Definitely. The difference is like night and day. Maybe if the dev can come up with an offline version that works like Ortho, that might fall perfectly under personal usage. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]waitingformsfs2020 2 points3 points4 points 7 hours ago (1 child) can you give the link? * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 0 points1 point2 points 6 hours ago (0 children) Here is the mod: https://flightsim.to/file/19345/ msfs-2020-google-map-replacement * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]AngryReptilian 3 points4 points5 points 8 hours ago (3 children) Yea I agree. While I like the idea of the mod, this is a major legal problem for both Microsoft and Google. It's only a matter of time, an employee will see this thread, or Google will see a major influx of data consumption from the Google Maps API. Either way, it's not going to last. It may be fun to test for now! * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]JaPPaNLD 2 points3 points4 points 8 hours ago (2 children) As if the few people bother enough to set this up will trigger a bandwidth 'alarm'. The Google Maps API is used so wide and often, in major products all over the world. Lol. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]igloofu 5 points6 points7 points 6 hours ago (0 children) Something as small as VFR map had to convert to Openmaps from Google because their API was being used commercially. I am sure that was using WAY less bandwidth. It was only using Google maps for like 3 weeks before it had to change. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]BritishTortugaXP11/P3D/MSFS 2 points3 points4 points 5 hours ago (0 children) They might. I remember when watching many Ortho4XP tutorials they would always mention to be cautious using Google imagery, as after a while you could see your IP temporarily blocked. I have never been blocked (though I mostly use Bing) but the bandwidth alarm may already exist. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]jzdiltsAirbus Driver 1 point2 points3 points 7 hours ago (0 children) Awesome, definitely going to try this out. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]waitingformsfs2020 1 point2 points3 points 7 hours ago (1 child) you kidding me right that what i was thinking since it gkt released * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 0 points1 point2 points 6 hours ago (0 children) I think all of us have been waiting for this :) * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Ajdee6 1 point2 points3 points 4 hours ago (1 child) How would you remove this mod? * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 2 points3 points4 points 4 hours ago (0 children) You dont need to remove the mod. Everytime you click STOP on the mod its automatically removed (you need to restart FS2020 in between START/STOP. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]tchiari 1 point2 points3 points 4 hours ago (1 child) It's absurd how abysmal the difference is in remote areas, the resolution, image treatment, color etc You can even notice how bridges blend much better with google maps due to the color hue of the images * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 0 points1 point2 points 42 minutes ago (0 children) I know, its crazy isn't it? * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]seeingeyegod 1 point2 points3 points 3 hours ago (2 children) Wont you end up occasionally seeing vast swaths of land that are covered in cloud? * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 1 point2 points3 points 46 minutes ago (0 children) As far as I remember reading somewhere, Google had been working on removing clouds and correcting the Google Earth maps worldwide specifically in that regard for several years now. I cannot recall seeing any clouds in textures of todays Google Earth. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Ok_Twist_2950 0 points1 point2 points 3 hours ago (0 children) Absolutely, the msfs data is a processed image of the bing maps data and cleans up clouds and cars on the roads etc. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Fireroka 1 point2 points3 points 3 hours ago (0 children) at least it's better than ftx global for fsx * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]jrodshibuya 1 point2 points3 points 3 hours ago* (2 children) I got an error saying "insufficient bandwith for photogrammetry", which I've never had before. It took an absolute eternity to load and didn't work (was in offline mode). Edit - I was an idiot and forgot to delete the line for a google proxy, which I don't need. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]bem13 0 points1 point2 points 1 hour ago (1 child) It didn't even work for me, FS2020 just froze while loading. Later when I started the sim without the program running, I kept getting "insufficient bandwith for photogrammetry" errors and also kept getting knocked offline. Couldn't even start my engines because the plane fell under the map and crashed during such an error. I've never had these problems before either. I really hope this is just a coincidence and I don't have to go through the code to see what it did. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 0 points1 point2 points 43 minutes ago (0 children) Ive read it somewhere today that if you have the MS Store version of FS2020, it works without issues starting the mod AFTER FS2020 has been started and in the main menu. I dont know, I do have the Steam version only and that one works just by starting mod before launching FS2020. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]MegaRiceBall 1 point2 points3 points 2 hours ago (0 children) I have an interesting question: what if we source from Bing? I somehow don't think Bing from MSFS is the same Bing from web * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]SantdtmaN 1 point2 points3 points 2 hours ago (0 children) Amazing - i was waiting for this * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]Never-asked-for-this 1 point2 points3 points 1 hour ago (0 children) Thank you so much! Bing maps over my town is absolutely useless, it's literally just a flat grey square because apparently their satellite malfunctioned or something. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]Cookizza 0 points1 point2 points 1 hour ago (0 children) The difference is that google maps has huge areas covered in cloud and shadow - something the team had to work very hard on for ms2020 and i guess the quality drop is the compromise * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]ibetterbeonmyway 0 points1 point2 points 1 hour ago (0 children) As a former civil CAD drafter this isn't a shock at all. Bing satellite maps were always garbage in comparison to google. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]HangryPete 0 points1 point2 points 6 hours ago (1 child) Is that a standard plane you can get? * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 0 points1 point2 points 4 hours ago (0 children) Its an EA7 Eagley Optica. A nice plane for low altitude and low speed VFR flights: https://orbxdirect.com/product/optica-msfs * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]lugs5678 0 points1 point2 points 5 hours ago (2 children) on the flightsim.to page for this it says to use the "run.bat" (or something like that) to install, will i have to run that everytime the sim is open? * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 1 point2 points3 points 4 hours ago (1 child) Yes. You run it as administrator right before you start up FS2020. And you keep the mod running in the background. When you quit FS2020, you can STOP the mod and close it down. It never really gets installed. It only starts or stops. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 1 point2 points3 points 4 hours ago (0 children) And you need to start run.bat as Administrator (check how I do it in the video) * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]OompaOrangeFace 0 points1 point2 points 4 hours ago (1 child) I don't see a link to the mod program? Where can I find it? * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 0 points1 point2 points 42 minutes ago (0 children) Check the video description. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]MrFrequentFlyer 0 points1 point2 points 3 hours ago (0 children) What kind of data hits are you seeing? * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [+]OA12T2 comment score below threshold-17 points-16 points-15 points 7 hours ago (3 children) Make people go to your YouTube channel for the link - nice * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 6 points7 points8 points 7 hours ago (2 children) To be honest, I wasnt sure if Im allowed to post mod links here, but here it is: https://flightsim.to/file/19345/msfs-2020-google-map-replacement * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]lj7834 1 point2 points3 points 5 hours ago (1 child) Hope Google would see this as a revenue stream. I'd be glad to purchase the right to use their textures. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]SweViver[S] 0 points1 point2 points 4 hours ago (0 children) Yep that would be something! Dunno if MS would like that though.. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply * about * blog * about * advertising * careers * help * site rules * Reddit help center * reddiquette * mod guidelines * contact us * apps & tools * Reddit for iPhone * Reddit for Android * mobile website * <3 * reddit premium * reddit coins * redditgifts Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy. (c) 2021 reddit inc. All rights reserved. REDDIT and the ALIEN Logo are registered trademarks of reddit inc. [pixel] p Rendered by PID 95 on reddit-service-r2-loggedout-7d95df9874-sz57f at 2021-11-08 23:00:26.171476+00:00 running ae847fc country code: US.