MSFS Finland 20 m Terrain Mesh (DEM) Scenery

A brand-new, replacement terrain mesh (DEM) scenery covering most of Finland in Northern Europe created by developer Morko.

Terrain mesh - or DEM (Digital Elevation Model) - data, as it's become more well known in the new community with the release of MSFS, is essentially the ups-and-downs of the terrain below you. It's the definition of mountains, cliffs, hills, and valleys. Essentially a higher resolution mesh will provide more definition to the ground below that the photorealistic scenery "wraps" around.

This pack brings 20-meter depth resolution terrain for most of Finland as can be seen in the coverage map below.

Coverage Map

The terrain leveling data has been sourced from various free-to-use sources including the National Land Survey of Finland, Copernicus data, and information funded by the European Union - EU-DEM layers, Earth Observation Research Center (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency).

Installation

Copy the folder finland-20m-dem that resides inside the root folder of the extracted archive into your MSFS community folder.

The developer has also provided information and documentation on how to create your own DEM packs for MSFS. More information is available over at the GitHub page here.

Known issues

• Edges of covered areas don't blend to the original in-game/bing DEM, errors +- few meters
• Peak elevations might have small "spikes"
• Sub-optimal file size

Credits for the source of terrain mesh data included in the scenery package

• DEM2 and DEM10 by the National Land Survey of Finland
• Produced using Copernicus data and information funded by the European Union - EU-DEM layers.
• AW3D30 Provided by Earth Observation Research Center (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

License

The developer has released this pack under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Developer: Morko.

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