From the monthly archives:

January 2008

Another big imagery/3D update for Virtual Earth

January 26, 2008

Microsoft just doesn’t play around.  They’re back with another absolutely massive update, this one totaling around 27TB!  I love the amount of 3D they continue to push out.  It’s slightly lower quality than Google Earth, but the sheer volume of it more than compensates.
Much of the new imagery is for cities that have new 3D [...]

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Big layer update for Google Earth

January 26, 2008

As reported in the Google LatLong blog, the first big layer update for 2008 is out.  Included in it:

Improved Earthquake layer, with a fresh look and more information.
Expanded National Geographic layer, now covering Europe, Asia and South America.
Updated roads in 26 countries:

Russia, Malaysia, Thailand, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, [...]

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New layers in Google Sky

January 9, 2008

As reported by Ogle Earth, Google Sky now has a handful of new layers. They include:

Featured Observatories
Current Sky Events
Education Center
Historical Sky Maps

Good stuff. Go check em out.
Update: Some commentary from Google Earth Blog and the official announcement from Google.

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Mobile demo of Virtual Earth at CES

January 8, 2008

(via VE / LM) Yesterday at CES in Las Vegas, Bill Gates showed off a completely fake but completely cool demo of Virtual Earth on a handheld device. The technology used in the demo is still a few years away, but it’s a cool glimpse at the future.
One thing that stood out to [...]

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Yahoo Go 3.0 released, with a nice version of Yahoo Maps

January 8, 2008

As reported by Mobileography, Yahoo has just released Yahoo! Go 3.0.  Among the many features in this new mobile suite is a pretty good version of Yahoo Maps.
In my brief testing, it seems very similar to Google Maps Mobile, though I give a slight edge to Google. Their app seems to load tiles a bit [...]

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Golf Nation adds Virtual Earth support to 8,000 course listings

January 6, 2008

Golf Nation, one of the largest golf course directories around, has added Virtual Earth maps to supplement their already existing Google Maps.
On any of their course pages (here is an example), you can choose between viewing each course in Google maps or in Virtual Earth (look immediately below the small Google Map on that page).
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