PG + hi-res ground imagery are the best thing that could have happend for us flying low The problem is that it looks great when higher TLOD values are set (200 or higher). Yosemite and the mountain range just by the Mono Lake are my personal favourites. By the way this area is huge and hi-res terrain spreads almost to Lake Tahoe.
I’ve just discovered that there is probably new, detailed ground imagery south of lake Powell and Page, Arizona. I may be wrong but I think that there was very bad water masking and lower resolution ground. I haven’t flown there for a while. I drew the line where the southeastern borders are.
Great detailed terrain is also between Sedona and Phoenix, AZ. Sedona has been great since MSFS24 was released but I don’t remember if this hi-res terrain was so big back then.
I think you are right there. I know the high detail went from Marble Canyon all the way to the Grand Canyon, and a little to the east but not as far as the red line in your picture. If you notice the faint line “box” that’s roughly in the centre of your pic, that’s how far I remember it going. Will check it out later.
I did have a quick look and I don’t remember the hi-res terrain going that far south, it’s a massive area as you can see. One of my most favourite parts of the USA to fly in and wow, that’s going to keep me flying for quite some time there. I won’t ever get bored now!
I just wish Micro/Asobo would do the whole of California in hi-res terrain. The hills surrounding L.A & San Diego need attention, then that whole area would be absolute heaven to fly in! Las Vegas needs it too past Hoover Dam!
It would be great to have this area updated. Las Vegas is one of the best PG cities. Area between Palm Springs-Salton Sea which are great and detailed towards San Diego would be cool.
I checked once more and now high detail area around Grand Canyon-Marble Canyon-Page-Monument Valley is like this:
You have given me an idea for the website I’m going to do a hi-res terrain maps section, so it’ll give people an idea of what area coverage there is of these places.
That way if anyone finds anymore I can stick the screenshots on and we will be able to see if they get extended in the future.
Thanks once again!
Happy discoveries
Edit: Hi-Res Terrain Maps “section” now added to the website. It’s just in it’s infant stages and will no doubt improve in due course
I’ve just mapped the Yosemite National Park area and it’s accurate lol, I know nearly all that area looks so good, but there is a difference in the colours. So it is easy to spot in some areas.
Just to make sure everyone understands this still falls under the Photogrammetry category, although technically it’s TIN Countryside, and I’m not “drifting” away from the “Title” which does say Cities/Places
If @anon16617330 wants to message me directly you can just sent a private message so it doesn’t get flagged or hidden for violating community standards, or just join my Discord and we can chat on there freely!
Montpellier, France. Rated 12/15 (MSFS2024 & MSFS2020)
Another little gem that somehow got missed!
PG Quality is very good, although the PG coverage are is quite small, it’s a fantastic little French city to explore and it has a stunning IKEA! @Baracus250
This has been probably my favourite area to fly in the sim since the release of 24. Some great low level fast jet flying, then jump into a GA for a more leisurely view. The only fly in the ointment for me is that I’ve had to disable the France VFR packs as something in them causes my PC to grind to a halt.
I typically don’t do much flying in France, but that’s now changed. Not got France VFR packs, hopefully they’ll fix it soon with an update.
I found a couple more “small” PG cities in France, Rennes being one of them, it was always PG, as I can remember back in the early days of MSFS2020 it was okay quality, but just looked at it again and I’m sure it looks so much better. Might be a “MSFS2024 effect” though but I’ll have another look and I might put it on the List.
But for me it’s back to Ecrins National Park to take in some more views. Need a Dev like CLi4D to do a pack for it like he did Yosemite and others
Edit: Rennes, France - The PG is so so good! BUT the LOD popping issues are SO BAD! Might add it to the list after I’ve got some flying time in first
Hello, I love photogrammetry - especially the higher detail ground textures. Thanks to this topic and the page you created, I have made a small mod which has the center of some of the best areas marked as POIs to explore. Just search Photo and it will bring up 5 POIs in the middle of large areas covered with 5 star rated photogrammetry.
So far I only cover the very large areas, and ones that I find acceptable quality.
Just tried it and I’m impressed! This will be very useful to simmers, very useful indeed. Thank you for creating this mod, I wouldn’t have a clue where to start making something like you have. Appreciate the kind words on Flightsim.to.
The problem is that it looks great when higher TLOD values are set (200 or higher). Yosemite and the mountain range just by the Mono Lake are my personal favourites. By the way this area is huge and hi-res terrain spreads almost to Lake Tahoe.
A lot of flying 
I’m going to do a hi-res terrain maps section, so it’ll give people an idea of what area coverage there is of these places.
New PG City added to the list!
Montpellier, France. Rated 12/15 (MSFS2024 & MSFS2020)
Birmingham, AL, U.S.A. Rated 10/15 (MSFS2024 & MSFS2020)
Midland & Odessa, TX, U.S.A Rated 9/15 (MSFS2024 & MSFS2020)
