Will FSX make Tongass Fjords (and Misty Fjords) unnecessary ?
While ACES hasn’t released any FSX screenshots of Southeast Alaska yet we know that, globally, there will be some improvement in the landscape detail, including terrain mesh, accuracy of coastlines and lakes / rivers, resolution of ground textures, and autogen density. As with FS2004, the level of detail and accuracy will likely vary across the FS world. We also know that ACES is using “some of the same data sources used by Mappoint, as filtered by the Mappoint team”. While the representation of the Mappoint data in FSX will not be identical to what is available, their online maps should provide a rough indication of what we can expect for Southeast Alaska in terms of landscape detail. As you can see in those maps, most of Alaska continues to be a bit of a “black hole” compared to the rest of North America. Attached below is a screenshot of an area within Tongass Fjords taken with the highest level of detail in Mappoint data. For comparison see the screenshot of water bodies in Tongass
