3 minutes ago, Farlis said:

That is actually not correct. The coverage of Photogrammetry in Germany on Google is at least the same than the Photogrammetry coverage.

You can check the coverage by activating the 3D coverage layer in Google Earth's Voyager.

Oh for Germany's low coverage I guess you're right - but in other countries with more than 90% Streetview coverage you won't get anywhere near as much 3D buildings.

Edited August 21, 20205 yr by pstrub

I would like to mention another aspect: Lo / Hi Res satellite images on Bing.

In France, most of the military airfields are missing as well, as they are blurred on Bing. But this one is in: Phalsbourg Bourscheid (LFQP). What is particularly interesting about this field: Most of the field is in Hi Res on Bing, while the eastern end is Lo Res. And you can see this border exactly in FS2020: The western part is "normal", while the at the eastern end the ground texture is different, some taxiways are missing or interrupted and the southeastern marguerite is broken, Also interesting: The villages in the Lo Res part have houses and their positions look ok (I compared it with images from the French géoportail portal). But: The ground texture of these villages is the same as the texture used to fill out many (not all) censored areas in FS2020, e.g. like the Stuttgart Airport 😲

LFQP on Bing:
https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=1b575d06-37ea-4358-b5bf-49c014f8be58&cp=48.764595~7.205479&lvl=14&style=h&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027

LFQP on Géoportail:
https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/carte?c=7.2211817075198885,48.7634953401012&z=14&l0=ORTHOIMAGERY.ORTHOPHOTOS::GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes

2 hours ago, Dominique_K said:

Thanks, Matthew. I was specifically addressing the topic issue about the missing Stuttgart airport and trying to demonstrate that Bing whimsical imagery policy is responsible for it, not Angela M. This is a sat not an aerial or street level imagery issue.

The issue with blurred imagery isn't a "German problem" anyway.

It affects all facilities in certain countries that have or have had some military significance for their host country at the time Bing maps first started their imagery service.

As far as I can see, that's Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany.

Edited August 21, 20205 yr by Der Zeitgeist

2 hours ago, Der Zeitgeist said:

The issue with blurred imagery isn't a "German problem" anyway.

It affects all facilities in certain countries that have or have had some military significance for their host country at the time Bing maps first started their imagery service.

As far as I can see, that's Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany.

What is special to Germany in Bing  is that the blurriness is erratic. Lets get back to Stuttgart and its blurried civil airport.

15 km West, the Panzer Kazerne in Böblingen , HQ of USMC-EUR and AFR and home of various Special Ops is not 😏.

Edited August 21, 20205 yr by Dominique_K

43 minutes ago, Dominique_K said:

What is special to Germany in Bing  is that the blurriness is erratic. Lets get back to Stuttgart and its blurried civil airport.

15 km West, the Panzer Kazerne in Böblingen , HQ of USMC-EUR and AFR and home of various Special Ops is not 😏.

Yes, for some reason, US installations in Germany are not affected.

Well hopefully someone makes a passable freeware Stuttgart 

Edited August 21, 20205 yr by Tuskin38

 

Whenever I see something stupid like this (and by that, I mean an airport or any other feature blurred out on a world map), a part of me dies inside.

I'd somehow missed this thread, it's absurd! 😁

Even funnier when you consider a flight from Las Vegas to Groom Lake is just fine! 👍

Hi,

don't know whether it was already mentioned. Here Stuttgart EDDS is done as a community project and can be downloaded.

Flightsimulator Forum EDDS Stuttgart

If you're a Navigrapgh use you should consider installing their beta Navbase. They have added alot missing stuff. Stuttgart for example.

On 8/21/2020 at 2:17 PM, DPSimulation said:

I'd somehow missed this thread, it's absurd! 😁

Even funnier when you consider a flight from Las Vegas to Groom Lake is just fine! 👍

US doesn't have the same restrictions as some European countries.

  

8 hours ago, ThomseN_inc said:

If you're a Navigrapgh use you should consider installing their beta Navbase. They have added alot missing stuff. Stuttgart for example.

Well the Runway is there at least, no parking or other scenery.

Edited September 12, 20205 yr by Tuskin38

15 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said:

Well the Runway is there at least, no parking or other scenery.

Ah ok! Haven't checked it but at least we have something now.^^

On 8/18/2020 at 10:07 AM, RudyB24 said:

However ... Google Maps does show e.g. Eindhoven. I can't imagine government does't allow Microsoft but do allow Google?

Since neither Microsoft nor Google are German companies,  I doubt the government there can legally compel either service to block anything. The best they could do would be to make a formal request. Whether a company chooses to comply with the request or not is their own business decision.