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Absolutely wonderful creation. Wow... Google is genious!
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alex.barylski
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http://local.live.com has better (and more) sat-images, global maps etc. Microsoft did better Google on that one - although not sure if there's a public API for it, yet.
Yeah, gotta agree with that!patrikG wrote:http://local.live.com has better (and more) sat-images, global maps etc. Microsoft did better Google on that one - although not sure if there's a public API for it, yet.
- jayshields
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- RobertGonzalez
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Has anyone used the satellite map technology to view space images of their house? The google satellite map shows my house and I can see the newspaper in my driveway. Dude, that is a little freaky...
PS Google Maps blows MS crud out of the water. It might just be me, but that MS site was slow and ugly. Google flies.
PS Google Maps blows MS crud out of the water. It might just be me, but that MS site was slow and ugly. Google flies.
- daedalus__
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Microsoft's version is much, much better in my opinion: especially for the UK, also the Bird's Eye view is so awesome! you can view any location where it is enabled: from 4 isometric (-ish) angles.
Don't get me wrong I love what google do and I've owned apple hardware most of my life (not anymore though) so I'm not a big Microsoft 'fanboy' or whatever, I just think that this is a great product and MS are finally pushing the boundries a little, not so much with Virtual Earth but with some of the other projects they must be spending millions on R&D on.
Don't get me wrong I love what google do and I've owned apple hardware most of my life (not anymore though) so I'm not a big Microsoft 'fanboy' or whatever, I just think that this is a great product and MS are finally pushing the boundries a little, not so much with Virtual Earth but with some of the other projects they must be spending millions on R&D on.