IMPORTANT: If MSFS stops loading during startup (or hangs), then the solution is to stop the mod, start the MSFS first into the main menu, and THEN start up the mod before you go into a new flight. That solves 99% of the issues mentioned in comments.

Fun fact: These map technologies (including Bing, Google Maps & Apple Maps) do not use satellite imagery for the high resolution top-down nor 3D content. It is all manually photographed by drones, airplanes, and helicopters (ground level LiDAR & imaging, as most people know, is done by car/van). Google looks the best because they have a massive head start on the rest of the industry.

I feel like the bing maps has a more warm, cinematic feeling with all the colors and stuff whereas the google maps gives an really immersive and true experience. Love it!

The huge difference is that google maps roads are HD and the tones differences in grass is visible. Would love to have the meshing from Google Earth for buildings.

I would highly recommend you guys donate to the man to keep him motivated to keep updating the mod with every game update! This is awesome!!

Absolute game changer for UK based simmers - it’s like night and day! Simply stunning. I’ve been a contented armchair pilot for over 30 years but I really couldn’t go back to Bing maps.

imagine a ideal world where microsoft works with google on this and msfs takes advantage of the google street view. oof that would be awesome

This honestly feels like a remaster. It's awesome.

Wow! Thank you for bringing this to our attention, a real uplift to MSFS. Also, welcome welcome back, you’ve been missed.

Wow, it's like getting to play FS2030. It completely transforms my area (Ontario) to where I can follow the trails I regularly go jogging on, through the forests and fields, flying over in the Shock Ultra. Thank you! I'm exploring my local area again all new! The Grand River is night and day difference, I can spot the canoes and rafts going down from the air.

Wow, this mod looks amazing Sweviver! Thanks so much for sharing. Definitely something I will be trying the next time I play, as the ground textures are horrible on Bing if I want to fly around my small country town of Dalby, in Australia. Just compared maps online and the difference is night and day, so very keen for this. Hopefully MFS 2020 keeps letting us use the mod in the future. Thanks again and congrats on the new addition to the family. :) Looking forward to more info on the 12K soon too ; )

WOW! This mod is absolutely amazing! It’s like a whole new simulator. I didn’t think such a gorgeous sim could look even better, but this is the real deal. Thanks for showcasing it for us! 😎✈️

Just tested it through a flight in south of France : Marseille and its famous calanques as well as the VAR region. It is awesome !! Thank you for sharing it. I don’ know how long time we will continue to use this app, but I just want to never go back to old map. Cheers

Simply awesome. I've been waiting for this for 20 years. And it's only gonna get better from here.

Whoever made this mod, you are a REAL. ONE.

Great to see you out and about!

THIS!!! Wow... Bing was missing a lot of data in the area which i lived and live now... With this it was there... By far the best mod so far for me :D Thank you for sharing this :D

This Airplane is somewhat cute. Looks like a scaled down A-10 Thunderbolt for Civilians. :)

Thank you so much for this video! I plan to install and try this out this evening. Also looking forward to your tweaks to get MSFS 2020 running even smoother!

This is fantastic, thanks for showing this. Really looking forward to testing this out in the 8KX with your settings :)

That google maps mod looks awesome! Thanks SweViver!

Welcome back my friend. Thanks for the mod introduction. I'll definitely try it. i'm also excited about your optimization tips. i've also been able to optimize a lot by myself, but i think i can learn something new from you. :) :)

I've been waiting for this since the day one of MFS2020. Thank you.

Works fine on my Steam version, even while recording my flight (replay mode). Some artifacts in some scenes but in general, it is 2X more beautiful (resolution and colors). I'll buy him a big coffee!

I imagine future historians will fly the Earth in fs2020, to see what it was like back in 2020.

Works like a champ! I'm on the USA east coast and noticed Google Server 2 and 3 were faster for me. Much appreciative.

Hey! Good to see you again! Looking forward to CES!

Was hanging but deleted rolling cache as he stated and started up fine. Roads and grass especially look great. I also changed the grass and bushes from medium to high. Nice update.

Downloaded this mod and I gotta say it is insane!! It changes the whole sim flying experience, and i would definately recommend

Congratulations Dad!!! :) So glad for you! You seem like you're likely to be an awesome dad!

Awesome! And btw, congrats to the birth of your son! That is some great news dude

This takes it to a new level

Thank you so much for this upload. I installed and followed your instructions.. Booted up the sim.. Flew the drone over Bangkok.. I was blown away!! So much detail now.. Makes your wonder what the hell brings naps are doing. I only hope Microsruge don't bloke this some way..

Hey SweViver. Congratulations on your Son. My son is 6 now and in school so I have a bit more time to get back into VR. I just ordered my 8KX today. Can’t wait to try that big fov. Cheers. !

The guy who created this master piece is a genius! it looks amazing.

Congratulations on the birth of your son! Great hearing from you too.

The best add-on for msfs2020 so far, congratulations on doing the work. It got my like and one more subscriber.

Congrats on the baby. Love that you come back and kill it with one video. Drop mic moment.

Hands down this the best mod so far for MSFS. So simple yet so awesome. Thanks to the developer figuring this out.

The maps are quite different. In my hometown in Bavaria/Germany there is a new construction site for new houses and its not (yet) in Google Maps but only in Bing and in a very high resolution because i the third party services that make these aerial images use newer tech. So depends on every single nation/state how up to date the map-data is i guess.

Fun video, glad to see you're back SweViver! :)

Holy hell, this makes a world of difference. Thank you for this! I'm enjoying this game 1000x better now.

Wow can’t wait to install this...wanted this ever since mfs2020 came out ..google maps is much better

Great job bringing this information to us all! I would love it to see you be able to do this type of side by side comparison with the new Rex Accuseason global textures and Bijan’s 4 seasons product. It would be great to do a comparison of the overall visual quality, ease of installation and use, advantages/disadvantages of use, effects on FPS, etc. Thanks and keep up the great work!

OMG, thank you, KZfaq algorithm! I wasn't aware of this mod, thank you so much for creating a video on it. It isn't just a matter of quality with Bing Maps. It's that they are hopelessly, even pathetically out of date. Our area has not been updated in at least 9 (!) years. Nine. Years! Flying over our place is like a time machine. Features are still there that I personally took out when we moved here - 9 years ago! With Google Maps I've always been able to pinpoint exactly when they updated the maps, just by looking at landscape features or the changes we've made here. They are never more than 6 months out of date. This will be such a change!

Thank you SweViver, good to hear from you again. Pimax are working you hard. So does this mean MSFS will be shown off with the Pimax Reality in CES haha! So much in VR to look forward to and I'm really happy Pimax and your good self are really pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Exciting times ahead!

Woooowwww..!!! 😲 *Congratulations..!!!* 🥳💯👍regarding your new blessing..!!! 🤲👶👍 Also.., thank you so much for posting new content, it's good to see you online again..!!! 👍💯👌

I think it's a matter of pros and cons. I've viewed areas in Google Earth that are pretty awful looking, while the same areas in Bing look halfway decent, and also vice versa for other areas. Neither is perfect, and when you consider the monumental task that Asobo has undertaken overall, regardless of whether it's Bing or Google, we're actually pretty spoiled as Flight Simmers.

Great video, I think it's a definite improvement. Can't wait for your 8kx video with msfs2020. I've been playing with the settings for a while now and when you get it right it's visually stunning. It'll be good to see what works for you.

I saw many comparaisons between the two and yours is the best. You point on the real differences and flaws or no improvement with this addon. Your demo is the best demonstration. Thanks.

As a remote sensing/GIS researcher, I can say you all don’t realize how fucking cool (and challenging) this really is

Beautiful explanation. Respect to you. Barty

Long time simmers will know we had this with Tileproxy back in the day. But google blocked people from fetching the maps from their server so you had to make due with Bing, Yahoo etc. but it was never as optimized with the buildings and terrain or airport matching on FS9 like this works. Very cool stuff. Got very tiring keeping up with all the aftermarket and having to start over every revision of P3D. What's great about 2020 is it looks phenomenal "out of the box" and needs minimal tweaking to enjoy it other than a few aftermarket airports and some addon aircraft. Cool video thanks.

If you had told me that the feed on the right side is real life, I would have believed it! Amazing!

Wow, i got to try this!

Thank you finally something that improves the road textures now we just need cars to stop driving over bridges and not disappear not collide and follow the roads and also close up buildings that don't look like a sharp needle... (;

Congratulations on your son. Enjoy him because they grow quick.

Even in NYC, there were places in the Bing map that was severely outdated. I cannot wait to download this and install it!

I made a post about this mod on the official FS2020 forum. It got deleted after 20 minutes. Not a good sign... Let's just hope it continues to work...

As a side note, with Google Earth orthophoto, you get what you see. The "BING" (which is not raw bing data, explained later) data you see are like that because they are post-processed. First - The output resolution doesn't change. Whether you use default or Google orthos, it will ALWAYS be 4m/pixel resolution. 2nd- Default images are color corrected and post processed. Other than being taken in different times of the year, they also are processed to show grass where there's grass and dirt where there's dirt 3rd - Default images are blended together, where on Google data you get a massive amount of tiling issues, rough edges and sharp distinctions from images taken at different times. This is all corrected by the simulator using default data where on Google data, it doesn't happen 4th - Bing data are WAY better on lesser populated areas. Google really doesn't care about taking high-res pictures of low density areas, look that up yourself ;)

I had to start sim first then start mod but this is an awesome mod!!!! Thanks for the heads up I can actually see my house with my car out front! I am donating for sure.

Man, love this tip: I'm SO glad you work for Pimax. You're an enthusiasts' enthusiast!

Getting rid of the weird green color cast from Bing is reason enough to go for this mod IMO. I wish X-plane could introduce something similar.

As someone who flies in the Great Lakes, I can attest that everything outside of Detroit, Chicago, and Indianapolis looks quite bad with Bing.

Great Job! It looks awesome around my home town, and in many other paces I flown over!

That's a game changer for simers in Sweden... thank you for that video!

Just gave this a try. At least where I live and the areas I tested it's much improved. More realistic colors where before it still felt a bit of a cartoon world. Now is real life colors and feel.

So this is why the colours in MSFS always looked a little cartoony, bing maps

There are a few areas that look weird on google maps. A good example is the whole sea, island area around 16.442582, 112.129059

Wonderful overview, Was interested on understanding and you cleared my doubts!

Hi, thank you very much and for posting tips and tricks in the Pimax forum too regarding the 8KX. Take care.

Yep, in my Area the Google Maps Resolution is 3-4 times higher then that of Bing Maps. I will try this.

Finally! No more grass roads!

honestly I always found the bing maps have an almost sickly tint to them, google maps look so much more honest to life.

Miss that accent , really glad see you again man!!! Thanks for video and congrats for "new" life ;)

God damn the difference is unbelievable

Yes, this mod WORKS with the new SU7 update and DX12 :) Just tested and confirmed! Start the mod while being in main-menu of MSFS. That eliminates the risk of crashes upon startup.

Why am I only learning about this now ? Great mod, thanks man !

WOW! Gonna test it! Seems very beautiful!

Wow. This must the greatest scenery enhancement to ever happen to Flight Sim. The best thing about it is it's free (amazing). The worst thing is that Microsoft will likely never acknowledge or support it as it would basically force them to admit that their arch enemy has way better maps than they do. Let's hope neither company tries to block this mod or stop it from working because that would be bad for the whole community.

That green tint in the Bing version stands out like a sore thumb.

Just downloads MFS yesterday and I actually thought we had the hole world ready with details and textures for every country, city and so on from Google maps. If we are going to buy all the programmed world maps it will cost thousands of dollards... I will definately try this method, thanks a lot, this is amazing!!!!

Wow! This is an incredible upgrade from bing maps. Thanks for sharing with us I am going to get the mod now!

It depends on where you're flying as to how useful this mod is. Some cities actually have newer data in Bing Maps than Google Maps does. Also your load time increases if you use mods and I find using any kind of Google Map mod massively tanks my FPS as Google Maps hasn't been optimised for the sim (Bing Maps data has).

You might want to add one disadvantage of this mod. The Bing maps in MSFS for all their flaws nevertheless line up properly when it comes to colours and seasons. With the GoogleMaps mod I regularly run into areas in Central Europe where I suddenly see a straight line crossing the whole ground below and where the colours shift from summer green to winter brown or even snow. This is especially prevalent in the Alps and completely kills off any immersion improvements the mod otherwise brings. So it can be quite a mixed bag and may not be for everyone.

Just starting with ms2020 downloading tonight. Thank you so much. I am downloading this simulator for realistic detail and exploring. This will make it so much better even though the bing stuff is really great already compared to xplane for me.

Great video! I’ll be sure to download this mod, the improvement is insane!

It's true. We do not have 4-lane dirt road highways in Sweden. They are in fact asphalt.

For the people using this mod, do you notice any differences in performance ? I have a modest config, I can enjoy FS2020, but anything that use more ressources can be barely playable with my rig. so i'm interesting about any feedback about this mod.

I'm definitely going to give this a try, thanks for sharing.

Colors look so much more natural with Google's version, and way pleasing to the eyes. A remaster to an already photorealistic game indeed.

I wish it was possible to do this with X-Plane (I know you can spend hours downloading and creating textures). They should really consider it for X-Plane 12.

lol imagine Google IT admins seeing the boost in server load & data pulls when everyone starts using this.... good luck Google.... also running 3rd party .bat files as admin... hope someone has validated the source code - and continues to.

welcome back!

Nice to hear from you buddy. :)

Google Maps or default Bing Maps in FS2020? Let me know your thoughts :)

Pretty sure it will always be around due to Google being open source I'm pretty sure. Not so sure on Bing however... Fingers crossed I guess haha thanx chum!

Glad you are back. I'm hoping your channel doesn't turns into a Pimax add again

Thank you so much SweViver. Great video great explanation.

WWHHAATT ???????? FS2020 without the BingMap yellowish color ???? If it's as beautiful as in your video, you are the best news I have had since the game launched !!!!! WOW !!! THANK YOU!!!!! = -)