I believe that I already know that the answer to this to this question is No.
It would be nice if players could mark landmarks in the app. For example, if you can identify a museum, or an amusement park, you should be able to submit it to Asobo. Then they approve it and then we can all see it as a landmark in the sim.
Is something like that already in place and I have missed it?
I donāt think it exists, but I also donāt think that Asobo would put much priority into something like that. They would be inundated with submissions like āMy Dadās Houseā and other such silliness. It would also end up completely clogging the World Map whenever POIās are turned on, and even with the in-flight markers turned off, thereās also a chance that all that extra data flow could hurt frames. Itās a good idea in concept, but I donāt think itās practical.
@tclayton2k, I see your point. Maybe they could create Categories for POIāS / Landmarks. Then in Options, you could choose which categories of POIāS you want to be able to see. That way the user controls how much bandwidth / clutter to show on the Map and in game.
One other thing to consider is, many (though not all) POIs are also handmade.
That being said, there are a couple of Wishlist items you may want to consider:
Thanks @N316TS. Iām glad to see that this has already been discussed. Iām not thinking of using this to plan routes. I think it would just be nice to see where certain POIāS are in case you want to go check them out.
I also realize that Landmarks are mostly hand made 3D models, but I donāt care about that either. I know over time, we will get more of those.
No problem! Although that first wish mentioned waypoints, I think that the wish could be applied to the more general use case of simply seeing them in the sim.
I voted for both. The Categories wish needs more votes!
One thing you can do if you want to visit a location is to first find it on Google Maps and then right-click it. The first line of the context menu is the coordinates in decimal format. Click that, and you get a notice that itās copied to your clipboard. Now head into the sim and the World Map. Click in the search field at the left and hit Ctrl+V to paste in the coordinates. You can use this as an airborne start or add it into the middle of a point to point flight plan.
Good to know. Thanks.
You could of course just add a custom waypoint to a supplementary mapping program like Little Navmap or Plan G (if it is there yet and out of beta for MSFS) and then off you go, with a more realistic and practical way of solving the problem.
I am usually checking on Googl^w Bing Maps and Wikipedia whenever a specific landmark catches my attention - much more fun for me personally 
While I am not against the idea for a better POI system later down the road (more interaction possibilities, filter by categories etc.) it doesnāt have much appeal to me currently (compared to other wishes).
And I have POIs deactivated anyway during flight.
That being said, there is a community fly-in event where the organiser took the effort to create custom POIs (with the FS SDK) specific to the āBack in Time - World War IIā theme!
That was nice indeed. So yes, there are definitively use cases for an extended POI system.
What a cracking idea those historical tours are. I have done a few in FSX before, but in MSFS, it is brilliant.
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