[Mobius01]

This would be the next step for flight simulators, which while remarkable still require handmade assets for accurate details.

[Stevvo]

MSFS 2024 already does photogrammetry from satellite photos. However, it builds triangle geometry much like is done from aerial photography, because gaussian splats are not suitable for games; you can't build collision geometry from a gaussian splat for example.

[zokier]

afaik msfs uses partially automatically generated 3d assets (from Bing Maps?) from aerial/satellite imagery.