An unofficial and free mod for FS2020 to load Google Maps textures

Re:An unofficial and free mod for FS2020 to load Google Maps... by EvanAnderson on Monday November 08, 2021 @07:14PM (#29156096)

Quasi-related: Has anybody done a driving simulator using Google Streetview data? I would really enjoy being able to prep for driving to new locations w/ such a tool.

I don't particularly enjoy driving in unfamiliar places (particularly in urban settings). I scout out destinations using the browser as much as I can, but reality ends up being so vastly different, spatially, as to render my preparation nearly useless. A first person driving simulator w/ spatially-accurate projection of Streetview data would be very useful for me and would probably be a heck of a lot of fun.

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Re:An unofficial and free mod for FS2020 to load Google Maps... by YPPH on Monday November 08, 2021 @11:45PM (#29157845)

This would involve filling gaps between the individual street view photographs which are spaced several metres apart, during which the environment might have changed significantly.

I suspect it would be quite the challenge: much harder than making 3D buildings out of several aerial images. If this were feasible, I would have thought Google would have done it already so that you could fluidly navigate the street rather than being confined to fixed points.

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Re:An unofficial and free mod for FS2020 to load Google Maps... by dsr_ on Monday November 08, 2021 @08:06PM (#29156449)

That would be great. It needs simulated traffic picked up from predictions, too.

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