Microsoft Flight Simulator: The construction soars like a Tower of Babel within a quiet Melbourne suburb.
The construction soars like a Tower of Babel within a quiet Melbourne suburb.
Microsoft's latest Flight Simulator entry doesn't do anything small. It's a name that comes on 10 DVDs and lets you explore the entire world in almost its entirety. It turns out that scale even extends to its accidental inclusions. Flight Simulator users recently found an unusual landmark: a 212-story monolith towering over an otherwise nondescript suburb in Melbourne, Australia.
After some sleuthing, the name's community discovered what had caused the tower to look in Flight Simulator. When programmer Asobo Studio built its comprehensive recreation of this globe, they pulled data from OpenStreetMap, a free map of the world to which anyone can contribute. About one year ago, an individual called"nathanwright120" added a label that said this 1 construction in Melbourne'd 212 floors rather than 2. Based on their other gifts, it appears the edit was a simple typo, not them trying to mislead anyone.
The mistake was later corrected by another OpenStreetMap contributor, but not until it made its way into Flight Simulator. We have reached out to Microsoft to find out whether the company intends to remove the construction from Flight Simulator, and we'll update this article when we hear back. Dependent on the title's devotion to reality, there is a good chance it's not long for this planet.
So in the event that you have a copy of Flight Simulator, board your favourite plane and see it before it is gone permanently.
Microsoft's latest Flight Simulator entry doesn't do anything small. It's a name that comes on 10 DVDs and lets you explore the entire world in almost its entirety. It turns out that scale even extends to its accidental inclusions. Flight Simulator users recently found an unusual landmark: a 212-story monolith towering over an otherwise nondescript suburb in Melbourne, Australia.
After some sleuthing, the name's community discovered what had caused the tower to look in Flight Simulator. When programmer Asobo Studio built its comprehensive recreation of this globe, they pulled data from OpenStreetMap, a free map of the world to which anyone can contribute. About one year ago, an individual called"nathanwright120" added a label that said this 1 construction in Melbourne'd 212 floors rather than 2. Based on their other gifts, it appears the edit was a simple typo, not them trying to mislead anyone.
The mistake was later corrected by another OpenStreetMap contributor, but not until it made its way into Flight Simulator. We have reached out to Microsoft to find out whether the company intends to remove the construction from Flight Simulator, and we'll update this article when we hear back. Dependent on the title's devotion to reality, there is a good chance it's not long for this planet.
So in the event that you have a copy of Flight Simulator, board your favourite plane and see it before it is gone permanently.