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MapQuest launches its own StreetView clone: “360 View”

December 14, 2009

Less than two weeks after Microsoft launched “Streetside” imagery to compete with Google’s StreetView, MapQuest has done the same.  They call it “360 View”, and it’s remarkably similar to Microsoft and Google’s offerings. Like many of the “new” features on MapQuest lately, it’s far behind what Google has already done, and it’s not nearly as [...]

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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 [...]

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Bing Maps launches a ton of new features

December 2, 2009

Microsoft has been playing catch-up to Google in the mapping world for a while.  Most of their “new” features are things that Google has had for a while.  Today they caught up with a few more, and even surpassed Google with a few of them. You can read the full list of new items on [...]

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