Spotted these on the website 
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Already in the DCS update thread. 
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This is predestined to be stitched together in the future, hopefully. Even when Paris and London are left out.
Nuts!
Wow, Channel Map really is quite tiny.
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But its 
Yeah, but if you compare the size of detailed landmass, itâs about as big as the Normandy map.
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And it is very detailed in comparison to the Normandy map.
Lots of valleys and undulating terrain.
This is maybe my biggest gripe with ED. There should be one (and only one) standard of quality.
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Well, that would make it very hard to let the DCS product evolveâŠ
Surely you donât mean all maps should have the same detail as the original Caucasus, and that the modules should stay true to the original A-10C?
What about FC3?
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I believe there is merit to @smokinholeâs argument. An even standard would have avoided the awkwardness that these two maps create by not only being similar and adjacent - but overlapping.
Or those! Good point, although they were initially a separate product
Well, you canât fly from one map to the other anyway⊠So, not really that awkward, IMO.
That said, this is a problem with eternal development projects. The graphics engine is refined and hardware increases the posibilities. What was cutting edge yesteryear is dull today. Should the developer update last years efforts? For free? If as a paid upgrade, what about those who wonât buy? Sort of the Supercarrier discussion, but with terrain maps.
âYeah, we know the Syria map looks like a brown Caucasus map, but we want to stick to our standardâ? âSure, your 2080 can handle 4K textures, but weâd like to stick with HD textures, because of our standardâ.
Yes, it has merit because it would make things easier. But I just canât picture a developer holding back, like thatâŠ
Well the way I see it is that for any channel flying I would use The Channel as the flight is shorter and there is more detail on either side.
Now for mainland Europe stuff, I would do Normandy, but if these maps were known to both exist at the same time - perhaps we could have more south and easterly, leading into what @Franze would have liked to see.
I do mean that and donât call me âSurelyâ 
The Caucuses are an excellent example because, as you know, they are no longer âthe originalâ.
I canât wait for Syria to hit. It looks good and fun to me.
I own both normandy and the channel, but I hardly ever use them, as thereâs hardly any missions in the instant action categories for the planes I fly a lot.
See, Iâm a lazy simmer. Fire up the sim, pick a machine, get to flyinâ.
Sorry! I meant Miss Surely 
Exactly. And yeah, having the devs continuing the development of the modules, in the same way they do the core, would be great! But, I think thatâs expecting a bit much, even though we have seen some free updates.
Caucasus is part of the âcoreâ free DCS world and I think it should be updated for âfreeâ (with our module $$) over time to showcase newer tech and make peopleâs first impressions of DCS better - and performance would matter more here than outright visual quality.
As for PG, Normandy and other paid maps - we have been lucky yes, and expecting free updates is a bit much - but overall I think to a degree it would be in EDâs best interest if a map is really falling behind - not that we should get annual renovations or anything.
If thatâs a slice of my module dollars too, then OK.
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