5 hours ago, filou said:

1) Try to have the same thing with MSFS by default (Jackson Hole)

2) No difference

3) I've been using it since it came out, only you can ruin your installation with a bad installation procedure.

A little offtopic here but could you please share your Nvidia filter settings ? Thanks

38 minutes ago, Langeveldt said:

Yes this app is a game changer for me.  No blurry distant mountains.  For an obvious comparison park up at Cape Town and look at Table Mountain.  The terrain textures should be defined on it.  

I am a bit skeptical about performance too though.  I am not sure if it changes anything (or if performance decrease could be due to AI traffic).  Does high LOD mode perform any better, worse than standard? 

"I am a bit skeptical about performance too though"

I have never had a drop in performance and I have been using Google Map Enhancement for years now without any problems.It's super light!

7 minutes ago, Baber20 said:

A little offtopic here but could you please share your Nvidia filter settings ? Thanks

I only use the Nvidia filter for shooting. I don't use it for my flights, I prefer the more natural default rendering. However, I reduce the brightness (-15) of the ground thanks to the Google map improvement options.

With Nvidia filter it is impossible to find the right settings that give satisfaction in all scenarios and it depends on what you want to see and the settings of your screen monitor.

19 hours ago, edpatino said:

Apple Maps are not free...

Which is why I said...

2.  It is free to use, but certain map options require a purchase.

6 hours ago, Shack95 said:

I‘m tempted to give this a try. What I am wondering is ….

1. What’s the differences between Bing maps and default imagery? Is it the same just with better resolution?

2. How is performance compared to default?

3. Can this mod mess up my installation? 

1.  Map Enhancement tool will allow you to select higher resolution than default.

2.  I haven't noticed a difference. 

3.  No.  All the app is doing is redirecting your request for textures to a different server.  The only thing you must do is press the STOP button before you exit the app.  This resets your PC back to the MSFS servers next time you use MSFS, if you don't use the Map Enhancement Tool.

I tried this map enhancement thing today for the first time, it works well and the scenery looks much better than before, but it works good with light GA airplanes not with the liners because starting from about 12k/15k and above we can see tiles forming at distance. May be necessary raising the LOD? Anyway, no visible impact on GPU and CPU, but the app working in background occupies about 1Gb RAM with 10% CPU peaks.

1 hour ago, MrBitstFlyer said:

Which is why I said...

2.  It is free to use, but certain map options require a purchase.

That's what the guy in the OP was afraid of, purchasing, and preferred a free solution.

It does indeed look much crisper. Cool. Makes you wonder why they don’t use more high-res imagery by default. It‘s the same data source after all. 

ARCGis is the best of all providers IMO but I only fly in the USA and Canada and don't use PG.  Bing tiles are purple / brown in the American west where the coloration of ARCGis tiles have realistic color.  Also, I believe it has the least load of them all.

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Edited May 30, 20242 yr by Sky_Pilot071

16 hours ago, Shack95 said:

It does indeed look much crisper. Cool. Makes you wonder why they don’t use more high-res imagery by default. It‘s the same data source after all. 

I think they do, but MSFS waters down the default feed at a distance.  

The Apple and Bing maps look so bright to me in compared to google maps

21 hours ago, Claudius_ said:

it works good with light GA airplanes not with the liners because starting from about 12k/15k and above we can see tiles forming at distance

This is why I’ve stopped using it numerous times now. Every now and then I see threads like this filled with praise, I try it again, and terrain is constantly being drawn in the distance. Even with high TLOD IIRC. 

But of course I can't help it trying it for another time 😂 Downloaded latest from github, installed. It should be started before MSFS, right? Anything I should change in settings or does it just work out of the box?

EDIT: I see that @filou has provided detailed instructions. 

Edited May 31, 20242 yr by Cpt_Piett

On 5/30/2024 at 9:25 AM, Donka said:

I'm curious if the new Bing maps get rid of the green roads in the default version?

To answer my own question, I gave this a test this morning. Tested with the new Bing maps and now seeing proper grey roads - that alone is worth it for me.

Definitely noticing more detail running the high LOD although not a massive jump - perhaps since I'm using it in VR with the Quest 3. Might see a bigger improvement when I get my hands on the Crystal Light.

Did a low and slow flight round the Isle of Man and it looked great and no more bright green and purple tiles around that location! Was flying between 500-3000 ft. Will repeat the same flight again this evening with default to compare as I took some mental notes about a couple of locations and the detail I was seeing.

Also recommend Filou's tip of lowering the brightness -15 as out of the box, it did look too bright. All in all, it's a noticeable step up in visuals for GA flying and I'm hoping Asobo have plans to use this newer imagery in MSFS 2024 and ideally with the High LOD as an option.

Hmm, still getting tiles loading which is very distracting. Has happened with every version of the mod that I've tried over the years. I was using ArcGIS, high LOD, cache 5, TLOD (AutoFPS) 975. FL280. Any remedy for this?

 

3 minutes ago, Cpt_Piett said:

Hmm, still getting tiles loading which is very distracting. Has happened with every version of the mod that I've tried over the years. I was using ArcGIS, high LOD, cache 5, TLOD (AutoFPS) 975. FL280. Any remedy for this?

 

I see that with default as well although not as severe as that, they're more like darker shades of tiles. Long since been reported....