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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Microsoft is pouring it on — 60 more cities are now in 3D

December 20, 2007

To go with yesterday’s 36 TB imagery update, Virtual Earth now has another 60 cities in 3D.  Amazing! The list: CALIFORNIA * Chino (124 sq. mi.) * Corona (65.17 sq. mi.) * El Monte (129 sq. mi.) * Fontana (100 sq. mi.) * Fullerton (122 sq. mi.) * Ontario (99.43 sq. mi.) * Pasadena (108 [...]

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