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Bing to take over MapQuest? It’s possible.

December 11, 2009

An article over on Screenwerk today seems to think that Microsoft may start powering the engine behind MapQuest, similar to how they power the search results for Yahoo.
It would make a lot of sense. Tons of people still use MapQuest, but the technology is getting rather stale. Putting Bing’s power behind all of those MapQuest [...]

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Microsoft teams with Navteq to expand their Streetside coverage

December 7, 2009

When Microsoft launched Streetside a few days ago (a direct competitor to Google’s StreetView), I wondered how they could possibly catch up with the huge amount of coverage that Google already has in place. Their answer: Navteq.
Navteq has vehicles on the road all the time, collecting road data (speed limits, bridge heights, etc). Microsoft plans [...]

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Microsoft Integrates Photosynth into Virtual Earth

May 7, 2009

This could be pretty cool. Microsoft’s remarkable Photosynth software now is playing nicely with Virtual Earth. From their press release:
Photosynth software analyzes digital photographs and generates a 3-D model by “stitching” the photos together. These models, or “synths,” can now be viewed using Silverlight technology across multiple platforms. Virtual Earth brings together features, functionality and [...]

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Microsoft releases massive imagery update for Virtual Earth

February 4, 2009

Virtual Earth has been quiet lately, but Microsoft has just released a TON of new imagery for it. No new features like Google Earth’s sweet update, and still no new 3D buildings, but the amount of imagery is quite impressive.
New Bird’s Eye imagery in France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Sweden, the UK and [...]

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Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope finally has SpaceNavigator support

October 29, 2008

When WorldWide Telescope came out earlier this year, it blew a lot of people away — including me. It’s a phenomenal program!
However, it didn’t support the excellent SpaceNavigator device, making it much more difficult to use. I thought it was a bug at first, but it was simply not a supported device.
Today 3Dconnexion announced support [...]

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MapQuest is trying hard to hold on

August 26, 2008

Despite being far behind in features, MapQuest has been remarkably resilient in holding onto their market share. Google Maps continues to catch up, but is still below half of the market share that MapQuest is holding.
However, MapQuest continues to try to catch back up. Today they’ve released a new beta version of their site, and [...]

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Panoramio brings a new way to view photos

June 3, 2008

Well, new to them at least. Panoramio has brought out a new feature to allow you to “Look Around” some landmarks using a very simple, intiuitive interface. As Google Earth Blog points out, this feels very similar to Microsoft’s Photosynth. In addition, as Google System points out, it’s not nearly as cool.
I’m a bit disappointed [...]

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Trees and Highway Overpasses

April 12, 2008

I’ve long felt that two things would need to happen to get to the next level in 3D imagery — trees and highway overpasses.
Since one of the neat features in Google Earth is the ability to fly a route, having proper overpasses would make things look much better. The latest version of Virtual Earth has [...]

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Microsoft launches “ClearFlow” traffic on Live Maps

April 11, 2008

Microsoft has just released “ClearFlow” traffic data on Live Maps, but it’s far more interesting than you might think. While it shows the colored traffic speeds in a similar manner as Yahoo, Google and Mapquest, it also goes much deeper.
From Search Engine Land:
In addition to real-time traffic data, the service offers traffic predictions across highways [...]

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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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