The Microsoft VirtualEarthmap of aches and pains (a Google Earth competitor) shows Redmond virtually in the red zone. So when Gary Price, Ask.com director of Online Information Resources and editor, ResourceShelf and DocuTicker, pinged us with a...
Vexcel also makes an ultra-high resolution digital camera for aerial photography.A few months ago, Steven Lawler, GM of Microsoft VirtualEarth lead a conference call with analysts and discussed Microsoft's strategy to create a "rich, immersive...
Steven Lawler of Microsoft didn't directly mention Google by name, but many of his comments this morning at Where2.0 were directed toward differentiating Microsoft's VirtualEarth platform and Windows Live Local's consumer destination from the...
Even though the world is now much more complicated for both buyers and sellers, the richness and functionality of online real estate with maps, video and virtual tours make it very hard to go back to the black and white world of the local newspaper.
The mapping functionality across MSN should be the VirtualEarth back end. Early-on one of the differentiators of WLL (beyond Birds Eye photography) was the ability to annotate maps and create "personalized mashups" with the scratch pad that can...
From afar, from being able to see how many other
people clearly love it, being able to fly over the earth and do virtual tours. Google Earth: I don't use the
software. If I didn't spend so much of my day on the computer, I'm sure I'd be spending...
YACFA: Yet Another Click Fraud Article Yahoo Maps Gets a Widget - A new version of an MSNVirtualEarth widget was released over the weekend for Mac OSX Dashboard and Yahoo Maps now has a widget (Mac and PC) that's available here.
The most viewed widget at the moment is one to place VirtualEarth onto your Live.com home page. Other
widgets that caught my attention during a quick browse included a "to do" list, access to Indeed.com, a Daily Dilbert, a Bay Area Traffic Map...
In the mean time and speaking of globally, MS Live Local from MSNVirtualEarth has added global imagery to the database from Harris. Virtualearth.msn.com now redirects to this new site. Lawler added that VirtualEarth now includes imagery from...
The StrataVarious HyperMap Atlas comes from Boston based StrataVarious and are available in three mashup flavors: Google Maps, MSNVirtualEarth, and Yahoo Maps. Via MSNVirtualEarth Click Faneuil Hall (note the Faneuil Hall circle appears on the...
It's good to see more map mashups coming from developers working with both MSNVirtualEarth and Yahoo Maps. MSNVirtualEarth OSX Dashboard Widget for MSNVirtualEarth Combine MSNVirtualEarth with the Amazon.com book database.
Btw, A closer read of the text on the MapStats site might indicate that this is the first service of this type to incorporate MSNVirtualEarth technology. I was just was reading the Via VirtualEarth site and noticed that a winner has been...
Just in time for time for Halloween, members of the the VirtualEarth team (aka the Poly9 boys) have used a bunch of different sources and MSNVirtualEarth technology to build the "Haunted Map. It shows where haunted houses can be found all over...
He also points out that a new release (no word as to when it's coming) of MSNVirtualEarth will "officially" include a driving directions tool. I just noticed a new addition of a new service to the Via VirtualEarth gallery that provides access to...
How about MSNVirtualEarth? Macedonia is labeled
that way on the map but identified as "The former Yugoslav Republic of The map simply doesn't reflect that
physical reality. I'd say it escapes criticism in two of three
cases, because it doesn't...
Robert Scoble
points to
an MSNVirtualEarth-powered
map produced by MSNVirtualEarth site or MSNBC, you
don't find any links to this map. Some new resources for those who want to track the storm's progress are covered
below, including very...
MSN is to offer series of APIs for MSN Search, MSNVirtualEarth, MSN Messenger and MapPoint for developers who wish to tap into or enhance these products. MSNVirtualEarth: Businesses and developers can now access API for MSNVirtualEarth beta...
MSNVirtualEarth: The Video - The folks at MSNVirtualEarth have publicly released this very funny video clip that has the MSN Butterfly (as portrayed by Steve Lombardi, Program Manager, of MSN VE) gathering info in and around Seattle to add to...
MSNVirtualEarth: The Video - The folks at MSNVirtualEarth have publicly released this very funny video clip that has the MSN Butterfly (as portrayed by Steve Lombardi, Program Manager, of MSN VE) gathering info in and around Seattle to add to...
For example, check out this
map for Newport Beach made using MSN's VirtualEarth. When the page appears, you'll see options to browse categories of local merchant just above the map display. You can even get events on a map, as like
this for LA...