Black edging around lakes and rivers

The problem is with the source of the water data, the set of polygons FS2020 uses to draw water. They are very low detail in many places and sometimes just a single line for rivers.

For example

The polygon data set is from a different time than the aerial data as well. Rivers shift and swell, seasonal lakes are only around for a short period per year and tidal regions change every hour. The current polygon dataset will not work, at most the AI could use it as a hint where water is and trace the outlines on the map data to create a set that actually fits.

The closest related topic I could find is this

I can’t find anything about the actual polygon data, which sometimes is just better if turned off. (So it doesn’t cover the colorful dry lakes in Australia or draw a blue line through the middle of a perfectly fine looking river on the aerial data)

It’s a fundamental design issue. The water polygon set is meant for abstract maps, the one you see in the G1000 an vfr map.

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