DISCLAIMER: If you have a monthly limit for internet data, I highly recommend unchecking the "High LOD Enabled" option. The high LOD option tells the server to load larger tiles which means that you will be using a lot more data than you realize. You could end up reaching your monthly data cap within several days if you are not careful which could be very costly. In my personal experience, the high LOD option has never been important because I rarely fly at high altitudes and even if I did, it would be pointless as I would not see much detail of the ground at 30,000 ft anyway.

Honestly, the main difference I see in all of these photos is that the new satellite imagery was taken at a different time of year. There are insane changes in color depending on season which current satellite data often doesn't take into account.

It is NOT generic scenery by default nor is it computer generated nor fake. It is still satellite scenery but may be filtered vs unfiltered making the old appear greener as well. They are merely 2 different versions. Some newer scenery may look worse, in fact. You seem to prefer dry grass. What you show as better buildings are merely contrasted differently by the different satellite data. The newer scenery may not work as well with 3D objects which are still going to be based on the older Bing data. Some areas may be better or worse and is purely subjective. Also, you point to the newer scenery as having more definition when it is merely drier grass, etc. It's going to be purely subjective and some ppl may like it, some not. This mod has been around for quite some time now.

Dude, your videos have been crucial to my enjoyment of this sim. Truly appreciate your guides!

Good man for promoting this! I've been using this for about a year and a half.... The developer updates it regularly. Comes highly recommended 😁

I had to go back and listen again to make sure you said Griffiss in Rome, NY! I was stationed at the Griff 1982-87 with the 49th Fighter Interceptor Squadron working on T-33's! Used to live downtown on S. Jay Street, then in base housing which was torn down years ago. Thanks for the very informative vid. I never knew this was possible!

This mod is amazing. When I mow my grass I use a lawn striper. The default scenery, my property is horrible looking. With this mod, I can see the stripes on my lawn when I fly over my house. Thanks so much!!

One of your best videos and video subjects! I downloaded this last year and didn’t use it. However, knowing the BING is the same server data stream is a game changer for me and other simmers! Thank you for pointing that out!

THanks for posting - High Lod & updated textures are great - a lot more detail and realism. I really like the simple colour/hue/brightness/contrast sliders to get it all looking a lot more realistic en route. Good to take away that greenish-yellow hue of the original textures.

Thank you for another extremely helpful instructional video! Your videos over the last few months like DLSS swapper, optimizing settings and so on really added up making MSFS so much more fun. I just flew over areas which I know very well with the latest Bing Satellite Imagery and the difference to the default Bing is really a significant improvement.

Wow I had no idea this even existed! Been under a rock or something. Great video, will get this thank you. Very nice calm commentary also. I subbed!

Great my flightsim experience wouldn't be half as good with out your help, you've helped so many people around the world, much appreciated 👍🤗

Fantastic! I've long been bothered by the garish, oversaturated colors in MSFS...this will be a gamechanger for sure!

Your content is always helpful to me. Thank you!

Thank you so much for posting this! The improvement is amazing! The app that does the work seems well built. Great work!

Best mod for changing the landscape in MSFS, using it since a long while now, always with google maps because they do have the best imagery in my area, it's so much crisper and the colors match the real thing! Can't fly without it, especially when flying low and slow ! Never seen any performance difference with the google tiles, even if the definition is way better and that's not the default server... Thanks for your vid! I'll try again the last bing imagery to see how it's going...

Wow, this really does look significantly better in VR - thank you

Thanks for this info and tutorial to start this. I'm gonna try this and see how it works out. Judging from your video, it does look a lot better and realistic... Thanks! I just subscribed too!

Thank you for a direct and concise description and guide. I'll be installing and recommending to my friends. Subscription earned.

Wow thanks so much man! That makes a huge difference, i'm still gonna try in my sim but cant wait to see the difference it makes when flying in my hometown. Cheers

This worked so well for GA flying around the UK. Thanks so much.

Wow did not know about this Mod, I'm going to get this now. Thank you for sharing this, it really looks like a big difference

Thank you again for another awesome video! I gave this a try with my helo's and loved it. My favorite airliner of any is just around the corner (MD-11) and can't wait to fly out of the airports with the updated imagery!

NEVER heard of that and downloading it right now, I´m very excited!

Thank you for another incredibly useful video. I have just completed my first flight and the difference is marked!

I just tested the program with my Quest 3, Auto FPS and Virtual Desktop streamer. It works amazing. What a difference.Thanks!! I am a happy pilot.

Thanks, will definitely give this a try tonight.

Thanks for bringing this, much appreciated.

This is great. Just installed to see what it's about and it looks incredible. Love that you find these small niche mods.

Subscribed will be trying this tomorrow!

Wow, so much crisper in game in mane areas and much more realistic looking in general.

Thanks for the word. I had no idea. I'll have to try it.

once i put this video on 2x speed - it was great. thx for posting

Thanks for the heads up on this one. I've been sim flying and real world walking the Welsh coastline from Cardiff to Tenby for years, and it's never looked this good or as realistic in VR. Much more interesting when fields have real world detail and variation than an almost generic green. Can't wait to try the other areas I'm familiar with. Awesome!

Thanks for sharing, this was really interesting to watch. I still haven't played MSFS yet. But I occassionally like to watch videos on the game because it's so technically impressive. I just heard that they are bringing out a new MSFS 2024; so will be interested in seeing what they do with that too.

Thanks for this bro! Much appreciated!

Thanks for the vid! What performance hit does using the bing ehhancement and high LOD bring?

Waoo. First mod. Looking really good. Didn’t see this video.

I watch your videos all the time and never realized that you were located in Rome, I'm in Syracuse right down the road 😂

Truly amazing the difference ! Thank you for this video. Looking forward to install it and discover my "real' surroundings ! Jean-michel, France.

wow .thanks .makes a big difference .

I really like your demo. It is well demonstrated and convincing. I'll try for sure. Thank you so much

Just one question: is this MOD that that change BingMap texture with Goggle Map texture or use new BingMap ones? I ask this because in many area of the world Goggle Maps imagery are not better then Bing ones. Simply BingMaps are taken in summer while Goggle Maps ones are winter ones.

Hey how's it going, it's been a while! Great vid I just reinstalled this mod after 2 years of not using it, my god it has come a long way! Good idea for a follow-up would be a side by side with google maps in different parts of the world..I know a lot of people are interested!

Thanks once again, new to me, about to do my first flight with it. Regards Pete

I've been using this for more than a year. Being able to switch between streams on the fly is great.

Hello!! Just wondering will this affect performance of the simulator or everything is as per normal?? I ask because you need to run an extra program on top of all the other programs that are running in the background. Looking forward to your response. 😊 Appreciate your work and loving in so far.

Awesome stuff! This is a game changer of a mod 👍

I just did a flight From KPHX to KTUS ... all I can say is WOW !!! What Difference this makes ... the only thing I did different from your settings was changing the brightness to -10 instead of -15 ... Thank - You for all the work ya do and the way you describe it in easy terms for us

Absolute game changer, thanks.

Ooh! What a nice looking addon! Getting it now. By the way, was that one of my liveries? :)

Hard to believe how good this is... I have completed a few flights in VR and the difference is remarkable. Another game changer for MSFS

Subscribed! :) Would be very interesting to see some closeup stuff (helicopter).

Thanks! Another great video, who knew?

Remember the FSX days. Every Carenado aircraft that came out had to be fixed. It was AMAZING how the community repaired overpriced add-ons. 30 major tweaks just to make it worth while hitting that FSX start button. I still use it with my A2a aircraft and several other favorites. Your input reminds me of how Berte Pieke fixed just about everything back then.

hello awesome video thanks so much at around 11min you mention do not open as administrator do you mean the enchanced map application or the msfs?

I don't understand. If it's streaming from the exact same source why would the SIM not be sending the most current? Why does the enhancement pull different or updated images? Looks good though. Cheers.

Thank you! Is there any the performance impact?

Wow! I can't believe the difference this makes. Thank you.

Just tried the mod in VR at my local airfield/airport of Fairoaks(I have add-on scenery for it; even shows the coffee shop I frequent when I can), in Surrey Sth west of London. EGTF. The difference with this mod, is as you say, amazing. The colours are so much more realistic. The increased clarity in the buildings trees fields etc, is like night & day. Even McLarens building looked as it should(was even able to recognise a couple of McLaren P9’s in the carpark.). So glad your vid came up on my KZfaq recommendations. Thx

I am going to try it now, thank you.

Excellent! Thank you.

Installed the mod last Sunday, but I came across a question that has now been solved by a friend, and indeed, it has taken the Simulator to a higher level, The IslandPilot has not said anything too much. My question was "can I just empty The Rolling and turn it off", afterwards it turns out that the mod takes over that function. It's all great, I'm very happy with it, and it's bizarre that the IslanPilot is the only one that comes up with this in my opinion, I haven't read it anywhere else, thank you.

I was using the Map Enhancement for sometime, mainly to get rid of the issues MSFS often has with LOD Tile Popping in certain regions of the world. Linked to Bing, and at times still the latest Bing. I was using the Google textures instead. The problem however is textures are not colour corrected by Asobo. I am not sure if the 'latest Bing' server textures either (I doubt it). Are you sure old and new Bing comes from the same place?? Reason I ask is because if you happen to so called mention ANYTHING about this mod on the Asobo Forums the post gets deleted and you get a private message from the mods threatening you with a BANNING since it is not supported by them. By the way in the MOD you can tweak the colours, contrast, brightness etc which ONLY affects the ground imagery

Outstanding! Thank you. FYI - v7.6.1 was just posted today.

Thanks. Seems to work fine!

Thanks for this. Very nice. Its one of thoes mods that you didn't think you needed, until you use it. Now I probably will never fly without it running.

So much better! Thank you

Amazing add-on, even in VR. I flew over my grandparent's house (in a rural area in the Netherlands) and i always found the default scenery of the surroundings very artificial looking (like artificial grass) but now it's almost like in real life (ok the house itself is still a generated one). Also the adjusting image settings (especially the saturation) helps compensating for the oversaturated image with my VR headset.

This is great! Looks fantastic. 🙂Should I delete the manual cache also?

There's a different hue to the colors, but it also looks like images from a different season. And slightly sharper in many places. The emerald green fields look like spring colors, the darker looks like late summer.

As a long time user of xplane and its ortho using msfs always left me feeling like msfs was an over saturated cartoon. Finally realistic colours in msfs thanks to those doing this! Cool video and an excellent demonstration of how bizarre msfs has looked for years

its awesome and the detail is the same wherever you fly.🤩

Many thanks... Very helpful.

Great video. I’m going to try it. How does it look at night. Any difference?

This is a game changer for me, can't thank you enough

Thanks, it works great. Did some before and after shots and definitely prefer the over all look of the updated Bing imagery. I'd become quite accustomed to green mountain sides without realizing it, lol. No impact on frame rate as far as can tell.

What is the reason for difference. Most changes could be attributed to simply a different time of year? How does the data difference change the visuals once you get below 500ft?

Excellent!! Tks much!!

I used to use this mod and loved it. I've stopped using it for probably two reasons: 1. It seemed the world updates improved the imagery in many areas. 2. There seemed to be no water masking in the map enhancement program. I haven't used it for a while now. Have you tried it in the island areas and how does the water masking look?

Fantastique ! Merci Thank you !

The problem is that airport layouts were all locked to the original bing data sources, so you may end up with mismatch between airports. MSFS2024 will have all new updated Bing imagery and airports will all be updated, with even more enhanced stuff through the new world hub by users. It's really up to the user though and where they fly out of and in to most often. While a lot of the imagery is higher definition (60cm per pixel rather than 1m per pixel), the comparison shots are also different seasons with leaf on spring and post harvest season.

this is great thank you

Great info and video do it eat any VRAM at all?

Yesterday I flew the route LSZS (Samedan) to LSZR (St Gallen) without the map enhancements mod I found the area around St Gallen really awful, all unreal colored meadows. Today made the same flight with the map enhancement mod, using the updated Bing maps, and it is indeed a game changed. Completely different look around St Gallen, the whole area looks great now. Great mod, thanks for the info and tips.

Thanks for the report. The landscape has indeed improved in favor of naturalness.

In the 2024 version, do you think msfs themselves would do something like this? Or at least update it to latest one, or possibly keep updating it like this mod?

Griffiss, huh? I was on a short vacation in 1968 at 7th Lake near Inlet, NY, before I had to report for a year in Vietnam. I stopped at the end of the runway and saw a cloud of black smoke with a B-52 just ahead of it. It climbed out less than 500 feet above me and as I glanced inside my 1964 Valiant, I noticed all the needles on the gauges bouncing around from the noise. That was something to behold.

Excelent in VR!! Thank You!!

Great video....How do you setup and use the Drone function-Please????

Thanks for bringing this to the tube.. just set it up and it is excellent. So the rolling cache is not used at all?

Awesome, what are the downside if any when running this application? Thank you for the video 👍

Do it have an impact on performance?

Great! I will try it!❤

This is awesome! I wonder if it is possible, with the Enhancement Mod running, to download a manual cache of the newer imagery?

I have tried this and works well. I get 900 Mbps internet and unlimited data. What I noticed that Bing has not updated the Central Park Towers in NYC, but it looks very nice.

Very good video. Is it possible to do a compare (mainly static images) between the Bing NEW and the Google Maps the app offers? that way we can see which one of the two we like better.

Do we need to initialize the program every time we initiate msds to see the improvements?

ive heard about this addon for a long time and never wanted to mess with my sim, but just watching the download and installation process part of your video, if its not terribly intrusive or sim breaking ill do it

do you have to do that delete cache thing every time you start up the sim, or just the first time you use it?