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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Tue/m_maps3D.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Tue/m_maps3D.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8bb9b93 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Tue/m_maps3D.txt @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +With this year's Where 2.0 kicking off this morning, expect the mapping and geodata announcements to hit high gear in a few hours. Microsoft has already [announced a new feature][1] for [Microsoft Live Search Maps][2] which features three-dimensional, photo-realistic maps for New York City, San Francisco and other locations in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. + +The new views show building and landscape details in 3-D and while the service is a bit slow in rendering, the results, once loaded, are indeed eye-popping (see screenshots after the jump). + +The new views show aerial views of landmarks and notably locations such as Times Square, Central Park, Wall Street, Rockefeller Plaza and other famous spots. + +To use the new 3-D features You'll need to be running Windows and Internet Explorer. There is a Firefox plug-in as well, but I encountered an error when trying to install it and could never get it to work. + +Microsoft has made some odd choices for the initial launch location including, understandably New York and San Francisco, but also smaller cities like Austin, Texas, Savannah, Georgia, and Northampton, England. + +In addition to the announced cities, a bit of exploring revealed some additional data in places like Boston (though no 3-D model of Fenway Park as I was hoping for). + +While I still prefer Google Earth and find it to be faster and has smoother navigation, the new Microsoft Live Search Maps 3-D data beats the pants off anything Google currently offers. + +[1]: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/may07/05-28NYC3DMA.mspx "New York, New York, in 3-D — Seeing Is Believing" +[2]: http://maps.live.com "Microsoft Live Search Maps"
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