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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 good. [...]

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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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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 the [...]

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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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Switzerland takes Google to court over StreetView

November 15, 2009

We told you a few months ago that Switzerland wasn’t pleased with the new StreetView imagery in their country. Now they’re going to sue Google in an attempt to get the imagery removed. Google intends to fight the case.
The first step will be interesting — Google may be required to remove the imagery from Switzerland [...]

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New StreetView imagery released and some new features for Bing Maps

November 10, 2009

Google has just released a ton of new StreetView imagery; Mexico, the Netherlands, Hawaii and various other places. [details: Google Earth Blog]
Bing Maps has added a few nice features. They now have draggable routes and some new navigation features. Nothing groundbreaking, but certainly solid updates. [details: Bing search blog]

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Google Maps Navigation coming to Android 2.0

October 28, 2009

I’ve been saying for a while that I think Android will overtake iPhone in 2010, and recent news seems to be pointing that direction. First you have the impressive-looking Verizon Droid, which comes out in early November. By all accounts it will be an awesome device. It will be the first phone running the Android [...]

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A bunch of additions to StreetView

October 7, 2009

According to the Google Earth Blog and Google Maps Mania, a whole bunch of cities have been added to StreetView. They include Calgary, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Prague, Quebec, Toronto and Vancouver.
Check out some of the great locations that Keir has found in Canada and in Prague, and be sure to submit your new finds to [...]

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Japanese StreetView is facing a variety of complaints

September 7, 2009

The Japanese version of Google StreetView is facing an increasingly higher number of complaints, about a variety of topics. Along with the usual complaints (faces, license plates), there is the issue of people using the images on secondary sites for the purposes of discrimination and bullying.
To help combat this, Google has set up a new [...]

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Google ties business listings to StreetView

August 27, 2009

Google has just released a nice evolutionary trait to Google Maps — linking businesses to StreetView.
When searching for a business in Google Maps, you’ll now often see a link for “StreetView” in the description bubble. Clicking that takes you to a StreetView of that location. When in StreetView, you’ll see the familiar red placemark icon, [...]

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