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by Stevvo 1465 days ago
You get much a much higher LOD in the simulator than on Google; gaming GPUs have a lot more to work with than integrated/consumer GPUs. Google Earth just looks better sometimes because the source data and reconstruction is better. They are really dedicated to in-house photogrammetry for many years, when Microsoft/Bing have just been buying data from 3rd parties.