Microsoft needs to update the Bing Maps at least on the level of Google Maps. The roads, railroads and city skylines are in an urgent need of update for VFR. Microsoft needs to upscale its game at least on par with Google Maps, if not better. Please take this seriously. Thanks.

Right. I misread your post then. It is a little better than you say though. The only way you will get additional roads and railways (I assume you want them modelled) is to go and make it yourself, or hope that a developer adds it for those airports. Maybe look at creating and importing photogramet…

This definitely is not true. It adds a ton of real-world obstructions like cell towers and factory smoke stacks; not “randomly” but in their charted locations. In total, it adds hundreds or thousands of identifiable, charted landmarks that weren’t in the sim to start with. It may not add missing …

Updating the photogrammetry and satellite imagery of entire cities and countries take a whole lot of time. It’s not just a single day operation. What Bing need to do is have a solid roadmap of all the countries they need to update, and they’re doing exactly that. What I could see can be done bett…

[image] ZILLNIAZI17: adds only tower cranes and chimneys randomly that aren’t there in real life Nonsense. Everything it adds is in the correct place according to the data sources used. Some of the cranes may no longer be correct obviously but communication, radio, and tv antennas, chimneys…

Pretty sure Gatwick isn’t supposed to have a 150ft radio mast 30 yards from the threshold of 08L which I saw the other day. It may have bugs :zany_face:

Hehe, yup as i said, there may be a few errors, but considering the thousands of objects i’d bet it’s an absolutely miniscule percentage. What is clear though it isn’t “only tower cranes and chimneys randomly that aren’t there in real life” :wink: Imagine the hundreds of hours of work Puffin put…

That being said, where in the data would it say place a radio mast 30 yards from 08 L at a busy international airport. I can’t 100% say but I’m sure that data doesn’t exist for safety reasons. If the data doesn’t exist then it’s likely issue is the placement algorithm is flawed around airports.

Guys, chill. We Love VFR has errors, just like Asobos’ OSM data has many. I can’t verify EVERY mast and chimney in the world so if there is something wrong with OSM data, or FAA data (yeah, they are not accurate either) it is the same in We Love VFR. The new update will have all objects over 200m t…

Yea I have both those free VFR regions packs installed already. Doesn’t stop my desire for more detail :slight_smile: I hope Orbx eventually do more in GB. They only have Central completed now.

Totally a fan of your product and never fly without it. It adds so much more to the sim. Region 1 could do with more “smoke” if I had anything constructive to say. I’m exploring the UK and France and aside from tall chimneys and power plants theirs no other places I could see “smoking” :joy: I’ll c…

Bing Maps in dire need of an update

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