Microsoft Virtual Earth

http://virtualearth.msn.com/Default....014b745e734a16

Features:

Virtual Earth features:
- Beginnings of a rich immersive map experience
- Street and label enhanced aerial maps
- Layering of local search information (Multiple search queries)
- Personalization (Scratchpad)
- Community sharing of experiences (E-mail and MSN Spaces)
- And more at launch…

Virtual Earth for developers:
- Free for non-commercial use
- Easy to use Jscript Map control
- URL API and Permalinks make linking easy
- Developer Portal to coincide with launch of the Website
- Documentation, code samples, tutorials, discussions
- App gallery for developers to show off their applications

OrbImage Partnership:
- Exclusive worldwide satellite coverage
- Access to extensive worldwide image library
- Image base for Virtual Earth international
- Important element of immersive experience
- Underlying reference for traditional map view
- Coming to Virtual Earth in fall 2005

SOURCE:
http://www.xpsource.com/2005/07/24/s...virtual-earth/

Via
Warp2search.net

Oooo, now this is scary. This is an option to find your own location on the map: "Try to find my location based on my IP address".

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webguru4god writes "The Register has an article detailing a significant omission from Microsoft's new Virtual Earth application. Apparently the satellite image view of 1 Infinite Loop in Cupertino, CA shows a large empty lot, whereas Google Maps shows the sprawling Apple campus. Hmmm, I wonder if the Google campus is missing too?"

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Anything they can't buy over, MS makes their own version of... Wonder what would have happened if they hadn't bought over hotmail...