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Which Terrain Scenery for the UK?
A comparison
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| Data Source | Source Resolution | Data Acquisition | Oversampled? | Accurate Coastline Included? | Accurate Lakes Included? | Lake Elevations Corrected? | Real Water Textures Included? | Coverage | Cost | |
| VFR Terrain | NextMap Britain | 5m | Airborne 20,000' | NO (Best) | YES | YES | YES | YES | England & Wales | Retail |
| FSGenesis | SRTM-90 | 90m | Satellite | Yes | No coast included | No lakes included | No | No | Europe/World | Freeware (UK)/Cheap |
| Eddy Denney | SRTM-90 | 90m | Satellite 233 km | Yes | No coast included | No lakes included | No | No | UK & elsewhere | Freeware |
| Pietro Mauri | SRTM-90 | 90m | Satellite 233 km | Yes | No coast included | No lakes included | No | No | UK & elsewhere | Freeware |
| Andy Weir | SRTM-90 | 90m | Satellite 233 km | Yes | No coast included | No lakes included | No | No | UK & elsewhere | Freeware |
| FS Terrain (Just Flight) | SRTM-90 | 90m | Satellite 233 km | Yes | No coast included | No lakes included | No | No | UK & elsewhere | Retail |
| European Advanced Terrain (Abacus) | SRTM-90 | 90m | Satellite 233 km | Yes | No coast included | No lakes included | No | No | UK & elsewhere | Retail |
| Terramesh (LAGO) | Claimed to be DTED0/VMap0 but clearly isn't | ~100m? | N/A | Yes | No coast included | No lakes included | No | No | Europe (Ireland very poor, Western Isles missing) | Cheap/Retail |
| FM Mesh | DTED 1 (Not available for non-military use) | ~100m | N/A | Yes | No coast included | No lakes included | No | No | Europe (Ireland & Western Isles missing) | Freeware |
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