Comments on: Hybrid view coming to Virtual Earth’s Bird’s Eye imagery http://www.digitalearthblog.com/200803/hybrid-view-coming-to-virtual-earths-birds-eye-imagery/ Keeping up with the various digital globe products from companies such as Google, Microsoft and more Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: mickey http://www.digitalearthblog.com/200803/hybrid-view-coming-to-virtual-earths-birds-eye-imagery/#comment-470 mickey Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:39:25 +0000 http://www.digitalearthblog.com/2008/03/26/hybrid-view-coming-to-virtual-earths-birds-eye-imagery/#comment-470 I guess I should have been more clear. When I think about Virtual Earth, I compare it to both Google Maps and Google Earth. Granted, it’s nice to have them in a single package with VE, but I still compare it to the feature set of both Google products.

I still find the Google Earth network link to be one of its most powerful features, and it’s dead simple to use. Unless I’m mistaken, VE still doesn’t have anything like that.

Also, the 3D mode of VE still only works in Windows. There are a lot of Mac/Linux users out there that would say that Google Earth is much better because of that.

All of that being said, I’m becoming a bigger and bigger VE fan. For sheer awesomeness, the 3D mode of most cities is FAR better in VE than GE, simply due to the huge number of textured 3D buildings.

]]> By: Pete http://www.digitalearthblog.com/200803/hybrid-view-coming-to-virtual-earths-birds-eye-imagery/#comment-469 Pete Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:20:38 +0000 http://www.digitalearthblog.com/2008/03/26/hybrid-view-coming-to-virtual-earths-birds-eye-imagery/#comment-469 Catching up??? I think the passed GM looooong time ago. The ONLY thing I can think of where GM is ahead, is how you can change your route dynamically.

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