Anyone tried the mod to use google map instead of Bing?

[JSmith2112 317]

54 minutes ago, The Moose said:

I doubt very much you do.  I'm on 400Mb and don't use any cache (in game or in app) and it works flawlessly.  Turn it off, your drives will thank you.

I wonder if not caching actually saves wear on your drives. I might be that tiles are downloaded, written to a temporary file or files and then assembled into memory to be displayed in the sim then discarded. Just speculation on my part though.

[The Moose 1,177]

1 minute ago, JSmith2112 said:

I might be that tiles are downloaded, written to a temporary file or files and then assembled into memory to be displayed in the sim then discarded

Very good point.   

[Ixoye 1,821]

5 minutes ago, JSmith2112 said:

I wonder if not caching actually saves wear on your drives.

Do you really use a mechanical drive in 2022?

[JSmith2112 317]

8 minutes ago, Ixoye said:

Do you really use a mechanical drive in 2022?

No. SSDs have limited write cycles though.

[JSmith2112 317]

A bit off topic: Some tileproxy screenshots from 2009 on Avsim: Great Places to See TileProxy - The TileProxy Project Forum - The AVSIM Community

[Tuskin38 6,469]

3 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

Some should ask the people from Asobo and their next meeting, why don't they switch to the latest Bing Maps.?

The images need to be processed, colour corrected, removing clouds and all that for the sim. It's a lot of work, which is why they do it with world updates.

Edited June 22, 2022 by Tuskin38

[Sethos 4,334]

Can't believe people still worry about write cycles in this day and age. You'd need to run your SSD like a 24/7 enterprise drive for 5 years to even get close to wearing it out. Your occasional flights with some downloading is gonna take you 20 years to wear out your drive. 

Edited June 22, 2022 by Sethos

[cdelisle 0]

Hi to all,
I installed the mod for Google but I don't see any difference in MSFS. As suggested, installation in the suggested default directory.
I fly in Quebec, Canada.
Did I miss something?

Thanks
Christian