Photogrammetry/Non Cities

[jimjones]

I was interested to see which cities have photogrammetry. These are a few I've located. U.S. photogrammetry capitols represent 80% of our capitols.
European cities have many interesting cathedrals, churches and buildings. It's been fun seeing parts of the world in this amazing sim.

The following are those I've found:

Photogrammetry Cities


Alba, Germany
Atlanta, GA
Augusta, ME
Austin, TX
Baltimore, MD
Baton Rouge, LA
Barcelona, Spain
Berlin, Germany
Bismarck, ND
Boston, MA
Bordeaux, France
Brussels, Belgium
Carson City, NV
Cheyenne, WY
Chicago, IL
Cincinnati, OH
Cleveland, OH
Columbia, SC
Columbus, OH
Concord, NH
Copenhagen, Denmark
Dayton, OH
Detroit, MI
Denver, CO
Des Moines, IA
Disney World
Dover, DE
Hamburg, Germany
Harrisburg, PA
Honolulu, HW
Huntsville, AL
Jackson, MS
Indianapolis, IN
Jefferson City, MO
Las Vegas, NV
Leipzig, Germany
Little Rock, AK
Lincoln, NB
Los Angeles, CA
Louisville, Ky
Madison, WI
Madrid, Spain
Naples, Italy
Marseille, France
Milan. Italy
Minneapolis, WI
Montgomery, AL
Munich, Germany
Nashville, TN
New York, NY
Oklahoma City, OK
Orlando, FL
Paris, France
Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix, AZ
Pierre, SD
Pittsburg, PA
Portland, OR
Providence, RI
Raleigh, NC
Richmond, VA
Rome, Italy
Sacramento, CA
Salem, OR
Salt Lake City, UT
San Francisco, CA
San Fernando Valley, CA
Santa Fe, NM
Springfield, IL
St. Louis, MO
St Paul, MN
Seattle, WA
Tallahassee, FL
Tokyo, Japan
Trenton, NJ
Venice, Italy
Wichita, KS
Zurich, Switzerland


Non Photogrammetry cities


Albany, NY
Annapolis, MD
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Athens, Greece
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Bern, Switzerland
Boise, ID
Glasgow, Scotland
Beirut. Lebanon
Bucharest, Romania (F)
Budapest, Hungary (F)
Cairo, Egypt (F)
Charleston, WV
Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
Damascus. Syria
Dublin, Ireland
Frankfort, Germany
Frankfort, KY
Gdansk, Poland
Grand Rapids, MI
Helena, MT
Helsinki, Finland
Innsbruck, Austria
Interlaken, Switzerland
Istanbul, Turkey (F)
Hartford, CT
Juneau, AK
Leningrad, Russia (F)
Lansing, MI
Lexington, KY
Lisbon, Portugal
Moscow, Russia (F)
Olympia, WA
Oslo, Norway
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Sofia, Bulgaria
Stockholm, Sweden
Tel Aviv
Vienna, Austria
Warsaw, Poland


(F) Handcrafted feature(s) included

[SkippyBing]

Portsmouth and Southampton in the UK also have photogrammetry.
Which aren't the first two that spring to mind if you're going to do it.

[DennyA]

Greensboro, NC has photogrammetry.

[Tom Clayton]

Greensboro, NC has photogrammetry.

Yep - and my favorite bar is there!

[Mr.Mugel]

My current place in Aachen (Germany, very close to the Netherlands and Belgium border) is also represented with photogrammetry.

[jmig]

If Baton Rouge, LA is an example of MSFS photogrammetry, it doesn't say much for MSFS photogrammetry, The state capital building is horribly unrealistic. The Old State Capital isn't there. While LSU is there, I had to add a freeware Tiger stadium.

[Cazzie]

Charlotte, NC has some good photogrammetry also.

https://flightsim.to/file/391/charlotte-north-carolina

While at the site, those of you who like to fly the mountains of the east, get this file, it is a constant work in progress and updates as he gets more done. It removes those horrible molehills and monolith ponds.

https://flightsim.to/file/4402/eleva...xes-eastern-us

Cazzie

[dcc]

How does one tell whether it is used or not? Is it that photogrammetry cities have the actual buildings they should (correct colors, architecture, etc), but non-photogrammetry cities just have generic 3D buildings with the 2D footprint and more-or-less correct height of the one's they're representing? (For example, I've seen some sports stadia that look like oval donut shaped office buildings...)

- dcc

[Tom Clayton]

Here's a list of the original list before the two world updates:

https://www.fanbyte.com/guides/a-com...imulator-2020/

[FlyingsCool]

Charlotte, NC has some good photogrammetry also.

https://flightsim.to/file/391/charlotte-north-carolina

While at the site, those of you who like to fly the mountains of the east, get this file, it is a constant work in progress and updates as he gets more done. It removes those horrible molehills and monolith ponds.

https://flightsim.to/file/4402/eleva...xes-eastern-us

Cazzie

Yeah, I noticed that with the latest update, that, whoever their new vendor is who updated the database, it seems like sharp changes in color warp the altitude of small areas. For instance, I'm seeing a lot of parking lots that instead of being flat are now either large drumlins or bowls, just in the area of the parking lot. Also, I'm noticing a lot of missing buildings now that used to be properly handled by Azure to put in a building, as well as "photographic" (as opposed to photogrammetric) trees that are only in the texture, and not covered by 3D trees. And what's up with those pokey trees sticking up twice as high as the trees around them?




(The MSFS official site is reducing the color depth of screenshots, hence the banding seen here).

[FlyingsCool]

Flagstaff, AZ is photogrammetric

They covered the Capital Building in (photogrammetric) Concord, NH with trees! haha... I was wondering why I couldn't see it when I took off from R30 there, it's extremely prominent with it's gold colored top.

[jimjones]

Around Patrick AFB there is a strange mixture of true PG buildings, flat images that should be homes and homes with roofs and no sides. That imagery extends along some of Coco beach. Perhaps the data was limited or faulty. Some cities are true to life and stunning.

[jimjones]

Here's a list of the original list before the two world updates:

https://www.fanbyte.com/guides/a-com...imulator-2020/

I wish I had that list earlier! Nevertheless I 've seen many places that may never have been seen.

[Tom Clayton]

Jeez - "Here's a list of the original list..."

And I posted that sober!

[jimjones]

San Fernando Valley can be added to the list of PG areas including Canoga Park, Van Nuys and several other communities.


Canoga park is of particular interest to me since it is where I rented a room in a home for my first job out of college. I worked for Rocketdyne, a division of North American Aviation where I tested rocket fuels at their test site in the Santa Susan mountains at the west end of the valley. Both the home and test site are recognizable in MSFS. Brings back memories of 1957.

[BananaBob]

San Fernando Valley can be added to the list of PG areas including Canoga Park, Van Nuys and several other communities.


Canoga park is of particular interest to me since it is where I rented a room in a home for my first job out of college. I worked for Rocketdyne, a division of North American Aviation where I tested rocket fuels at their test site in the Santa Susan mountains at the west end of the valley. Both the home and test site are recognizable in MSFS. Brings back memories of 1957.

Wow! I bet you have some great stories!

[centuryseries]

Is London, UK really photogrammetry based? I thought it was only Southampton in the UK?

[Dangerous Beans]

Is London, UK really photogrammetry based? I thought it was only Southampton in the UK?

Southampton and Portsmouth I believe.
Hopefully we'll get more with the upcoming UK update.

[Tom Clayton]

Southampton and Portsmouth I believe.

Correct. But you can purchase the Orbx London Landmarks package in the Marketplace. It's currently the only payware I have, and I love it. It's easy on the frames and makes cruising down the Thames inbound to London City a very nice flight.

[Dangerous Beans]

Correct. But you can purchase the Orbx London Landmarks package in the Marketplace. It's currently the only payware I have, and I love it. It's easy on the frames and makes cruising down the Thames inbound to London City a very nice flight.

I have both that and their EGLC Tom, being a born and bred Londoner I bought them immediately on release, in fact I buy all their UK stuff on release.

I'm definitely looking forward to the UK update though, that and the VR one.
In general the UK looks great as long as you don't look too closely, there's definitely quite a few things that need fixing.
For example immediately south of the photogrammetry southampton in the Isle of White and the needles and their lighthouse at its westmost point are completely missing

[Tom Clayton]

There are some historically significant lighthouses here on the North Carolina coast that are missing too. It would be nice if someone was to make an addon for them.

[centuryseries]

Southampton and Portsmouth I believe.
Hopefully we'll get more with the upcoming UK update.

I thought so, perhaps JimJones can remove London from the list of photogrammetry cities at the top, since London is autogen with the exception of a few landmarks, enhanced by OrbX Landmarks.

Wish it was photogrammetry though!

[jimjones]

I thought so, perhaps JimJones can remove London from the list of photogrammetry cities at the top, since London is autogen with the exception of a few landmarks, enhanced by OrbX Landmarks.

Wish it was photogrammetry though!

I would like to remove London from the list but do not have an edit button. Sorry for the error.

[Tom Clayton]

I would like to remove London from the list but do not have an edit button. Sorry for the error.

Gotcha covered!

[jimjones]

Thanks for bailing me out, Tom.


On your recommendation of the Orbx London scenery I D/L it. Besides all the interesting new buildings, I was pleased to see the fine representation of Albert's monument outside of the Royal Albert's Hall, the St Paul Cathedral, and the Royal Naval College. An iconic feature missing was the Greenwich observatory near where longitude zero passes through. Although it is not a prominent feature and a bit back from the river, photogrammetry scenery should show the Observatory if and when it is done for London.