noted Global Vector Southern Ontario mismatch of side roads

[NineMile41]

I have noticed that all the side roads in Southern Ontario do not match the side roads shown on a Google map.

Now my question is I believe both Vector and Global effect roads all over the world. Now did Orbx replace all the default scenery in P3D and cause the problem in Southern Ontario the mismatch of side roads is a real mess.

Any comment or solution for the problem would be great? Or is it possible the Orbx does not realize the problem?

Thanks

NineMile 41

[Doug Sawatzky]

Hi

 

Yes Orbx does realize that Vector is not perfect, that would be evident by the long list of pinned "Noted" topics at the top of this subforum. The data used to create Vector is only so accurate in certain areas of the globe..

 

Thanks for the report. I would also like to rename your topic with a more relevant title such as "Southern Ontario mismatch of side roads" and hopefully it will get added to the list of a possible future update.

[NineMile41]

Here is a screenshot of the problem and Street Map image of how it should look.

1. P3D v 4.5 screen shot

2. Street Map Image of same area but the problem is all over southern Ontario.

 

 

This should identify the problem.

Thanks

[NineMile41]

Here is a screen shot of the problem also Street Map showing how it should look.

 

1. P3D v4.5 Screen shot showing the problem

2. Street Map showing how it should look.

 

 

Southern Ontario has the largest population in Canada over 12 million people.

I hope Orbx will look into this problem.

Thanks

[Nick Cooper]

Hello,

no need to duplicate with a second topic.

If you look closely at your own screen shots, ignoring the white "roads" that

are in fact part of the scenery tiles, you will see the smaller roads, in grey,

drawn by Vector and accurate.

 

I have processed this top down screen shot a little to try to highlight the road network.

 

click the image to enlarge

 

 

[NineMile41]

Thanks for your reply Nick,

It is the white lines I am referring to which start and stop all over the place? Now you say ignoring the white "roads" that are in fact part of the scenery tiles. If they are how come they only show up in Southern Ontario?

Thanks

NineMile

[Nick Cooper]

 

I am well aware of what you are referring to and have already explained

that they are not Vector roads.

They show up wherever that type of scenery texture is used.

 

If you were to take the trouble to look at the screen shot I posted, you would see

that in certain configurations, there are no "white roads" in South Ontario.

 

You would also see that the road network is very well replicated by Vector.

 

Here is somewhere that is nowhere near South Ontario, there is only one Vector road in this image.

 

 

This type of image, though not this level of quality, with sometimes disjointed roads in

the textures has been typical of the Microsoft simulators since at least Fs 2002.

 

 

[NineMile41]

Sorry Nick I am having problems with your answers?

As I said in my previous post I called them roads because Ontario has many side roads that look similar white lines which are part of the scenery files you explained.

So now we have a problem with the white lines that are part of the scenery tiles? Hard to ignore if you are flying over them.

I have checked New York, Ohio, Michigan and Quebec and found no such white lines no matter in what season. They are harder to see in the winter because the scenery is white.

That leads me to believe only the texture used by Orbx in Ontario is the cause of this problem.

I further checked on my older computer which has no Orbx scenery only default Prepar3D and there are no whites lines in Ontario.

So I am lost for words unless you are asking me to except the white lines?

NineMile

 

[NineMile41]

Nick I am looking at your last image you included in your message which has a lot of lines going all over the place.

Now look at my picture that has the broken lines left of the aircraft right of the aircraft stop and start  which is all over southern Ontario.

 

 

 

[Nick Cooper]

Hello,

we don't have a problem unless we are unable to accept that this is a flight simulator and not a map of the area.

It seems to me that you will be an admirer of the up and coming True Earth products, these will feature all the

roads that are there and all in the right places because they will be photographs of the real world.

Landclass scenery is not and never can be exactly true, it seeks instead to give as accurate an impression as possible

and therefore sometimes it can look a bit odd.

[NineMile41]

Nick

I am sorry but having flown over most parts of the world as explained earlier I have never seen these artifacts like the ones in Ontario.

Therefore you are entitled to your opinion but please allow me to have my opinion. True Earth is not the answer to the artifacts shown in my pictures in Ontario.

But thanks for trying to give me an answer.

NineMile