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Players are fixing Microsoft Flight Simulator’s missing monuments with Google MapsAtlas hugged
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Poor Bing Maps.Microsoft Flight Simulator’s usage of the mapping services data is so bloody awe-inspiring that any errors or gaps in the data stand out like giant,monolithic thumbs. It is missing some major landmarks, where the autogen tech has swapped out famous stadia andshiny palaceswith bizarre, brutalist replacements. And the slightly humiliating solution the community has come up with is to use Google Maps to fill in the gaps.The method of creating them is pretty involved. You don’t just drag and drop the models. You have to rip and convert them through a number of programs. It’s all far too much to summarise, but theFDS2020Creation subreddithas a handy collection of tutorials if you want to try.Watch on YouTubeThe process lets players share the files, which theyhave been doing, so all you need to do to install a landmark is place it into your Community folder within the game’s folder.“High_Frame_Rates” on Reddit has slowly been rebuilding Australia with the help of Google. The default bridge that sits in place of the Sydney Harbour Bridge can now be wiped off the map, replaced with the world-famous arch. I need this for when I attempt to convince my dad that I’m on a trip to Sydney to learn to fly. Really, I’ll be having a nice nap.[Release | Download] Sydney Harbour Bridgefromr/MicrosoftFlightSimTo see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsThey’ve also swapped out the officey oval that represented Melbourne’s cricket ground for a sleek facsimile that looks like something out ofStar Trek: Lens Flare.Melbourne Cricket Ground Using Google 3D Maps - Colour corrected - (download) - Current vs Newfromr/MicrosoftFlightSimTo see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsLocal hero “SirLeinad4” found Murrayfield Stadium, Scotland’s egg-chasing capital, to be a sad reflection of its spindly self. He has plans to work on the Edinburgh Castle and the Forth Bridges, too.Edinburgh Scenery V1 - Murrayfield Stadiumfromr/FS2020CreationTo see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsYou can add entire skylines, too. Budding cartographer “mbiebel872” is building Atlantic City.Project: AC Skyline - WIP Updatefromr/FS2020CreationTo see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsIf you’re into it, the small but busyFS2020Creationis the best place to keep track of the growing Google takeover of Microsoft’s superb sim.
Poor Bing Maps.Microsoft Flight Simulator’s usage of the mapping services data is so bloody awe-inspiring that any errors or gaps in the data stand out like giant,monolithic thumbs. It is missing some major landmarks, where the autogen tech has swapped out famous stadia andshiny palaceswith bizarre, brutalist replacements. And the slightly humiliating solution the community has come up with is to use Google Maps to fill in the gaps.The method of creating them is pretty involved. You don’t just drag and drop the models. You have to rip and convert them through a number of programs. It’s all far too much to summarise, but theFDS2020Creation subreddithas a handy collection of tutorials if you want to try.Watch on YouTubeThe process lets players share the files, which theyhave been doing, so all you need to do to install a landmark is place it into your Community folder within the game’s folder.“High_Frame_Rates” on Reddit has slowly been rebuilding Australia with the help of Google. The default bridge that sits in place of the Sydney Harbour Bridge can now be wiped off the map, replaced with the world-famous arch. I need this for when I attempt to convince my dad that I’m on a trip to Sydney to learn to fly. Really, I’ll be having a nice nap.[Release | Download] Sydney Harbour Bridgefromr/MicrosoftFlightSimTo see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsThey’ve also swapped out the officey oval that represented Melbourne’s cricket ground for a sleek facsimile that looks like something out ofStar Trek: Lens Flare.Melbourne Cricket Ground Using Google 3D Maps - Colour corrected - (download) - Current vs Newfromr/MicrosoftFlightSimTo see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsLocal hero “SirLeinad4” found Murrayfield Stadium, Scotland’s egg-chasing capital, to be a sad reflection of its spindly self. He has plans to work on the Edinburgh Castle and the Forth Bridges, too.Edinburgh Scenery V1 - Murrayfield Stadiumfromr/FS2020CreationTo see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsYou can add entire skylines, too. Budding cartographer “mbiebel872” is building Atlantic City.Project: AC Skyline - WIP Updatefromr/FS2020CreationTo see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsIf you’re into it, the small but busyFS2020Creationis the best place to keep track of the growing Google takeover of Microsoft’s superb sim.
Poor Bing Maps.Microsoft Flight Simulator’s usage of the mapping services data is so bloody awe-inspiring that any errors or gaps in the data stand out like giant,monolithic thumbs. It is missing some major landmarks, where the autogen tech has swapped out famous stadia andshiny palaceswith bizarre, brutalist replacements. And the slightly humiliating solution the community has come up with is to use Google Maps to fill in the gaps.
The method of creating them is pretty involved. You don’t just drag and drop the models. You have to rip and convert them through a number of programs. It’s all far too much to summarise, but theFDS2020Creation subreddithas a handy collection of tutorials if you want to try.
Watch on YouTube
Watch on YouTube
The process lets players share the files, which theyhave been doing, so all you need to do to install a landmark is place it into your Community folder within the game’s folder.
“High_Frame_Rates” on Reddit has slowly been rebuilding Australia with the help of Google. The default bridge that sits in place of the Sydney Harbour Bridge can now be wiped off the map, replaced with the world-famous arch. I need this for when I attempt to convince my dad that I’m on a trip to Sydney to learn to fly. Really, I’ll be having a nice nap.
[Release | Download] Sydney Harbour Bridgefromr/MicrosoftFlightSim
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They’ve also swapped out the officey oval that represented Melbourne’s cricket ground for a sleek facsimile that looks like something out ofStar Trek: Lens Flare.
Melbourne Cricket Ground Using Google 3D Maps - Colour corrected - (download) - Current vs Newfromr/MicrosoftFlightSim
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Local hero “SirLeinad4” found Murrayfield Stadium, Scotland’s egg-chasing capital, to be a sad reflection of its spindly self. He has plans to work on the Edinburgh Castle and the Forth Bridges, too.
Edinburgh Scenery V1 - Murrayfield Stadiumfromr/FS2020Creation
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You can add entire skylines, too. Budding cartographer “mbiebel872” is building Atlantic City.
Project: AC Skyline - WIP Updatefromr/FS2020Creation
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If you’re into it, the small but busyFS2020Creationis the best place to keep track of the growing Google takeover of Microsoft’s superb sim.
