From the monthly archives:

February 2008

New 3D and Birds Eye data in Virtual Earth

February 28, 2008

Not quite as big as their last few updates, but this one still has quite a bit.
The list includes:
New/Updated Birds Eye Cities in the US

Etowah Co, AL
Mobile Co, AL
Monterey Co, CA
Boulder Co
Broomfield Co
WashingtonDC.
Cobb Co, GA
De Kalb Co, GA
Muscogee Co, GA
Macon Co, IL
Will Co, IL
Rowan Co, KY
Fayette Co, KY
Anne Arundel Co, MD
Grand Rapids Metro, MI
Detroit [...]

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More details revealed about Microsoft’s World Wide Telescope

February 27, 2008

Robert Scoble has admitted that a demo of Microsoft’s World Wide Telescope a few weeks ago made him cry.
A snippet:
You drag around the sky. There’s Mars. There’s the big dipper. There’s Beetlejuice. Etc. It’s just like the star party you probably attended in college.
But it has one difference between any telescope you’ve ever looked at.
You [...]

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Google Earth imagery update

February 19, 2008

As reported by the Google Earth Blog, it appears that there has been a good-sized update to Google Earth.  There hasn’t been an official announcement from Google yet, but some of the updated areas seem to include:

Spain – Various areas
England – Kent and Norfolk
USA – Various areas
Canada – Woodstock and Ontario
Norway – Oslo
Iceland – Reykjavik

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Microsoft’s answer to Google Earth Sky set to launch on February 27

February 19, 2008

According to TechCrunch, Microsoft is set to unveil a product called “Worldwide Telescope” on February 27. This product will be used through a Windows-only downloadable application.
It sounds a whole lot like the “Sky Mode” in Google Earth. From the article:
Users will be able to pan around the nighttime sky and zoom as far [...]

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Microsoft adds Caligari to Virtual Earth team

February 7, 2008

Microsoft has just announced that they have added Caligari, makers of the 3D modeling software trueSpace, to their to their Virtual Earth team.
Plans for implementing Caligari into Virtual Earth have not been revealed, but it certainly has a lot of potential.  One item that I’ve seen mentioned a few times already is the possiblity of [...]

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Two big customers move to Virtual Earth

February 5, 2008

Microsoft has just announced that two big customers have migrated over to Virtual Earth.   From their site:

Yellowbook, The largest independent yellow pages publisher, has migrated their application from Mapquest to Virtual Earth in order to take advantage of VE’s advanced rooftop geocoding and maps.
Windermere released Property Point 3 and in so doing migrated from a [...]

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Dominos Pizza unveils slick new tracking system

February 4, 2008

Mapperz has a post about the brand new Dominos Pizza Tracker, which allows people to track the status of their pizza within 40 seconds of accuracy.
In an effort to “take the mystery out of delivery times”, this will show you when the pizza is in the oven, in the box, in the car and at [...]

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10 million downloads on Google Earth Hacks

February 1, 2008

The 10 millionth file download on Google Earth Hacks is coming soon, and they’re giving away a few SpaceNavigators to celebrate.
Guess the exact date/time of the 10 millionth download and you can win.
Details about the contest can be found here, and here is where you can enter to win.

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