Greenland etal: Bing override for the worse

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I am puzzled as I have seen this effect in many remote parts of the world - but now take Greenland as a striking example:

  1. Fly to the abandoned USAAF strip (no sim airport) Bluie East Two (65.940765, -36.678150) , Bing has it very well:

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  2. in the Sim World-Map zoomed-out it looks like Bing, see the old strip:

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  3. now we zoom into the map:

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    a bizarre overlay pops up - a diluvian “FSX landclass” structure: with non-existing trees (sic!), flattened glaciers, angular coastlines etc…

  4. this is reflected in the sim, trees galore, no air-strip, square-cut coast:

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    in flight at long distance or in fast forward you see Bing-Greenland as it should be (well, coarse), but the overlay pops when you close in, ruining everything.

My questions:

  • why is that?
  • who is the culprit, Azure?
  • where does the enchanted forest come from? (grim reality: BLUIE EAST TWO - YouTube)
  • will this change in the future i.e. bug or feature?

shaking the head…
RF