This Abacus product was recently released for FSX, and was promoted on Avsim, saying:
World & USA Extreme Landscapes BUNDLE delivers this incredible improvement of detail by boosting the resolution of the terrain data as follows:
Continental USA from 19 meters to 9.5 meters
Canada from 38 meters to 19 meters
Mexico from 308 meters to 76 meters
Alps, Scandanavia, Pyrenees, Caucasus 19 meters
Parts of Japan, Africa and New Zealand 19 meters
Himalayas high detail
Elsewhere from 612 to 76 meters
However, unless I received something completely different, the New Zealand coverage is in fact 76 metres -- no better than the default FSX mesh, and certainly no better quality than Christian's freeware mesh.
I've requested clarification from Abacus, but in the meantime if anyone is thinking of buying this for an improved NZ mesh, I'd hold off for now.
World & USA Extreme Landscapes BUNDLE delivers this incredible improvement of detail by boosting the resolution of the terrain data as follows:
Continental USA from 19 meters to 9.5 meters
Canada from 38 meters to 19 meters
Mexico from 308 meters to 76 meters
Alps, Scandanavia, Pyrenees, Caucasus 19 meters
Parts of Japan, Africa and New Zealand 19 meters
Himalayas high detail
Elsewhere from 612 to 76 meters
However, unless I received something completely different, the New Zealand coverage is in fact 76 metres -- no better than the default FSX mesh, and certainly no better quality than Christian's freeware mesh.
I've requested clarification from Abacus, but in the meantime if anyone is thinking of buying this for an improved NZ mesh, I'd hold off for now.