Does anyone know when MSFS is planning to cover photogrammetry for India?
In my honest opinion, I think itâs unlikely that regions like India or Brazil get any attention. Here in Brazil, for example, Bing aerial images are more than ten years out of date in many places. Considering the main target market, which I think is North America and Europe, plus the lack of up-to-date aerial imagery, I donât think so. I hope Iâm wrong!
There may also be political reasons why photogrammetry is not available in India. Maybe costs were too high for the number of projected users. Lack of competition, etc. Take for instance streetview. Its still not available India, yet the tiny island of Sri Lanka is nearly fully covered, and this was down to how much the government and states were willing to allow it to happen.
There is a wishlist here that you may wish to contribute to:
https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/indian-scenery/313270
for what i heard they are planning 6 world updates per year, so eventually they will i think.
i did, thanks for putting that to my knowledge
I do get you point, but just to say: Iâd actually be very interested to have better world mesh / photogrammetric in countries that are âfar, far awayâ!
After all, for many (including me) FS 2020 is all about âworld discoveryâ rather than (just) âflyingâ (I am probably getting stoned for this statement now - no worries, I can take it ;)).
Sure: in the first days I was âdiscovering my home town and surroundings (country)â, but Iâd just love e.g. Rio de Janeiro (and other South American cities) to get some âphotogrammetric loveâ, and the mountains like the Andes get higher resolution meshes. And some âreal tropical rain forrestsâ etc.
Same goes for Africa and other ânon-home market continentsâ.
Cheers from Switzerland (and yes, of course I am looking forward for the next World Update, canât hide that joy - wasnât expecting Switzerland to be covered so quickly, especially since it is already beautiful to fly in as it is ;))
Jörg clerly told several times that they are going to improve the entire Earth and the every continent on it, maybe some regions are going to be included in a compound updates rather than a more individual ones like now - but thatâs it. However I think that Brazil and India are still big enough to be eligible for an update on they own.
lol so jealous of u. I do get ur point about exploring, but, we end up doing most of the âexplorationâ about the places we already know of. India update will always be more important to me than it will be ever to u. Sure, I wannna go and check Statue of liberty? YES!!! But I still cant know everything about my locality.
Fair point
UPDATE: I am actually getting some âPOI fatigueâ already. Sure, itâs nice to see that, for instance, the âKapellbrĂŒckeâ (a famous wodden bridge) in Lucerne (Switzerland) will be modelled.
But you select it as destination, you circle it a couple of times - or you plan a âPOI to POIâ route. But after the first dozens or so POIs my â3D model viewer saturation levelâ goes over 100%.
Donât get me wrong: I highly appreciate that Asobo is adding all those detailed 3D objects! But they are more like âquick sugar bombsâ rather than a long-lasting sensation.
So what Iâd be curious to see is really improvements in the AI, more detailed / more variations of generated buildings / objects, more âlife trafficâ (boats, trains, smoking chimneys, âŠ) - you know, everything that makes the world feel âmore aliveâ.
And âthe entire planetâ would profit from those AI improvements. This, plus of course higher resolution meshes (especially in the mountains, of course) are always very welcome, too! And manually adjusted airports, of course (Yes, I am aware that those World Updates are not just âPOI improvementsâ and that they also come with higher resolution meshes and improved airports - I was mixing my thoughts here a little)
India and its people are wonderful and Iâd certainly like to see this too in an update.
IMO, water masks are far more effective and a much easier win than POIâs in terms of the work involved to add them to the world and the visual impact they have. Comparing a non-water masked coast to one which has received the works, the transformation is stunning. India, with itâs beautiful coastlines (and Sri Lanka!) would benefit so much from water masks.
I do get your point, but correct me if I am wrong, how lively does it get when you see things from above, other than cars moving around. From my personal experience, even water running from dams look still.
Hard to tell when I am flying with my F-16 upside down 200 feet above the Las Vegas Strip at 450+ knots
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