World Update Colombia

Colombia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, we have a rugged geography that has airports for all tastes. However, currently in the simulator much of its territory is without Bing satellite images or they are outdated.

This is why we wish a worldwide update to collect better mesh, better satellite imagery and better water masks would go a long way in improving the flight simulation experience in this amazing part of the world.


there rumors that Colombia might be the next World Update btw

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Hello,

Those are rumors only. I am a moderator and I don’t even know what the next world update will be. It’s listed as “Planned” on the 90-day feedback snapshot (#7):

The team previously publicly communicated an intention to update the entire world, so this “Planned” status does not give any information on when this update will happen. It could be the next world update, or it could be two years from now. I just want to make sure expectations are set accordingly.

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need all of South America!

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Make it the whole of Gran Colombia while you’re at it :slight_smile:

Venezuela and Ecuador also desperately need a Bing update.

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Actually a great country for flying, lots of vegetation, high terrain etc…

But I am stunned that compared to other regions the detail is rather low.

In some areas it looks like FSX stock scenery rather than Bing satellite data.

I hope we will see a world update south america

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It is mandatory, and also Peru, and Ecuador, satellite images are not good, full of clouds on the terrain.

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I have flown many times here in Colombia, and most of the route I do is AXM - BOG - AXM and much of that route looks horrible, and I would really like them to improve the terrain or texturing of it to a more updated quality , because the truth is, even if I want to go VFR or IFR, I am very embarrassed to have such horrible quality in our country, it is as if they do not care much about some countries, I have seen that they make improvements to Europe, Asia, North America , or half of Central America, but I haven’t seen any updates from South America

Reference photo is already published by user: johnmnv

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It’s usually not MS that doesn’t care about your country, it’s more your government that doesn’t provide good photo and dem data. So ask them to care more about your flightsim needs :wink:! If the data is available, MS will do it, as proven by all available WUs.

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Rather, ask NASA to direct specialized satellites to take satellite photos of South America.

There are a lot of very interesting airports in Columbia, which I already bought as scenery:
SKPS, SKBG, SKMD, SKBO, …
I would appreaciate to improve this country.

But I don’t know about the availability of good aerial images to do this.

What you need for a high quality scenery is aerial photography (taken by planes), not satellite imagery.