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Google Pro Map Enhancement Mod

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  • scotchegg
    scotchegg

    My experience with the vanilla services is that where it’s good, it’s very good, but there are a heck of a lot of areas where it’s not good or even awful, a mess of dramatically differing resolutions,

  • I still have X-Plane12 on my system. Haven't run it for nigh on a year. Now, with the Map Enhancement Mod and SayIntentions both available in X-Plane, it just might be time to take another look.

  • TacomaSailor
    TacomaSailor

    I've been using the free mod since it first came out and the PRO mod for a year or so.   I usually use the latest BING images. The mod is very useful and makes most scenery much more life like. 

This is pretty cool. May just have to take a peek. This AND LSFG….might be worth a look! Thanks for the info. 

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2 hours ago, Noell said:

I was surprised when a web search for "map enhancement for x-plane" showed this link:

https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/302105-take-your-x-plane-scenery-to-new-heights-with-map-enhancement/

 

 

Hey Noel, Noel here:  does this mean XP12 now has free worldwide ortho?

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5 minutes ago, Noel said:

Hey Noel, Noel here:  does this mean XP12 now has free worldwide ortho?

Don't know. Just following this thread with interest as of this morning and the pix posted by the OP look pretty good.

Haven't gotten around to trying it for myself yet.

 

 

 

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It is free but you can only use the medium setting which is alright for airlines.  They also have a subscription service 5.00 monthly or 40 annually.  The subscription lets you use the high setting and preload scenery.

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I've been using the free mod since it first came out and the PRO mod for a year or so.   I usually use the latest BING images.

The mod is very useful and makes most scenery much more life like.  But, BING or Google is a personal choice.  In some locations one is significantly better than the other and usually either is better than default.

BUT - as with most visual upgrades - it is all in the eye of the beholder.

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Despite the irritating changes in colours in some areas, I really enjoy this mod.  It makes distant mountains so much crisper, than the blurry mess of texture you often get on default, even with comparable LOD. 

5 hours ago, Noell said:

I still have X-Plane12 on my system. Haven't run it for nigh on a year.

Now, with the Map Enhancement Mod and SayIntentions both available in X-Plane, it just might be time to take another look.

 

 

the map app doesnt work well on xp12. 

what is baffling is the mods will quite happily let us chat on here about the mod, but over at xp12 forumn its banned due the chinease author making money off google.  🙂 

 
 
 
 
 
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31 minutes ago, fluffyflops said:

the map app doesnt work well on xp12. 

what is baffling is the mods will quite happily let us chat on here about the mod, but over at xp12 forumn its banned due the chinease author making money off google.  🙂 

I think I feel my interest in this rapidly waning.

 

 

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29 minutes ago, Noell said:

I think I feel my interest in this rapidly waning.

 

 

There is a Youtuber that posted a video on this mod with XP, but he sounds like he did a bag of coke before he did the video, so I wouldn't bother posting it. 😁

Edited by Bobsk8

 

 

 

7 hours ago, Noell said:

I think I feel my interest in this rapidly waning.

 

 

do not get the xp12 version, it will not work and the chinease author will then make you use that license for the ms2020 version.  (which does wortk quite well)  but buyer beware on the xp12 version

 
 
 
 
 
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On 12/22/2022 at 2:24 AM, Zimmerbz said:

It looks like those running the Google Mod, there is an option to buy the Pro version for $30 a year and that gets better resolutions apparently.  For those that have done it, do you like it and how long did it take to get the license ?  I decided to give it a try but never got the license.  Thanks!

I've paid on a monthly basis for a couple of months. In some places Apple maps pro is significantly better than Bing maps. I haven't tried Google maps enough to say much about it. But I guess it highly depends on region - I don't use the mod at all in WU areas. 

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17 hours ago, fluffyflops said:

the map app doesnt work well on xp12. 

what is baffling is the mods will quite happily let us chat on here about the mod, but over at xp12 forumn its banned due the chinease author making money off google.  🙂 

Are we talking about the same thing.  I have xplane enhancement mod running perfectly on xp12.  

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1 hour ago, Matchstick said:

Cool.   How does it compare to MSFS 2020?  

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