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Massive update to Bing Maps

March 5, 2010

Microsoft has just released their largest update ever to Bing Maps, with more than 6.7M sq. kilometers of fresh imagery.
They added a ton of new imagery in the Russian Federation, Australia, Mexico and many places in the United States.  They also added a lot of new Bird’s Eye imagery in Sweden.  Check out their Bing [...]

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New Google Earth imagery/3D, Bing StreetView coming soon

November 20, 2009

A couple of quick links today:
Imagery update in Google Earth: Just two weeks since their last one, Google has pushed out another imagery update.  It’s not a huge one, but it covers small parts of many countries.
New 3D imagery in Google Earth: Google has started using StreetView imagery in some cities to create lifelike facades [...]

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New imagery release for Bing Maps

November 11, 2009

Microsoft has just dropped a nice imagery update on Bing Maps, covering around 180,000 sq. km.  This update is focused heavily in Europe, in the following countries:

Bulgaria (1,225 sq. km)
Czech Republic (10,808 sq. km)
Estonia (1,418 sq. km)
Hungary (23,840 sq. km)
Latvia (12,763 sq. km)
Lithuania (9,681 sq. km)
Poland (24,912 sq. km)
Romania (24,435 sq. km)
Russian Federation (15,636 sq. [...]

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Major imagery update for Google Earth

September 24, 2009

Details are still coming in, but there’s been a significant imagery update for Google Earth.  The Google LatLong Blog has their usual quiz, and the Google Earth Blog is filling in the details.
So far, updated areas include Argentina, Canada, New Zealand, South Korea, Ukraine and various parts of the United States.  Stay updated to the [...]

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Bing Maps Imagery Release for August, 2009

August 31, 2009

Another month, another big imagery release for Bing Maps.  It’s not as large as the last one (101,485 square kilometers, vs. about 189,000 sq. km. in July), but it’s still very substantial.

This one covers 23 countries, but only Japan got more than just a smattering of new imagery.  There wasn’t even any in the continental [...]

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New imagery in Google Earth

August 27, 2009

The Google Earth Blog is reporting new imagery arriving in Google Earth.  The extent of the update isn’t yet known, but people have found new images in Argentina, Poland, Germany, Chile, France and the USA.
As with most updates, this one is live in Google Earth but not in Google Maps.  This means you can compare [...]

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Bing Maps Imagery Update for July

August 4, 2009

Hot on the heels of Google’s latest imagery update, we have a huge imagery update from Bing Maps (via James Fee). This update includes 41TB of raw imagery, covering 189,000 sq. km., and about 12,000 sq. km. of Bird’s Eye imagery.
One of the neat things that Microsoft does with each release is post a “World [...]

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Google Earth Imagery Update for August

August 2, 2009

Google has just pushed out a significant imagery update for Google Earth, although the precise scope of it is not yet know.  According to the Google Earth Blog, updated countries include: China, USA, Africa, Bahamas, Italy and many others.  It seems to be quite a large update.
If you think you’ve found some updated imagery, compare [...]

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Google Earth Imagery Update for May, 2009

May 9, 2009

According to the Google Earth Blog, there has been another imagery update for Google Earth.  The full list of updated areas is still coming in, but so far they’ve found updates in Scotland, Brazel, USA, Englad, Norway and Spain.
Keep an eye on the GEB post for more updates.

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More fresh imagery for Virtual Earth

April 29, 2009

Another imagery update for Virtual Earth.  They’ve still not released any new 3D “version 2″ cities (WHY??), but they keep pushing new imagery out at a good pace.
This update covers “only” 9TB of data, but they brag that it covers over 1 million square kilometers of Earth.  That sounds nice, but I wonder how it [...]

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