Gamers are replacing Bing Maps objects in Microsoft Flight Simulator with rips from Google Earth

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Gamers are replacing Bing Maps objects in Microsoft Flight Simulator with rips from Google Earth

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Bwahahahaha! Feel the burn Microsoft!

https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/19/ ... placement/

Some objects look much better when rendered from Google Maps data than Microsoft's Bing maps, and the game is flexible enough to allow you to import data.

An excellent example here of a stadium in Buenos Aires:

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Re: Gamers are replacing Bing Maps objects in Microsoft Flight Simulator with rips from Google Earth

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Only major downside is the disk space it takes to add in googles photogrametry stuff. But for places that it exists, you can improve the look a LOT
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