Microsoft licenses this imagery from Pictometry. The combination of online maps, satellite and aerial imagery and real estate have spawned some fascinating and useful search sites, allowing you to visit virtual properties all around the world.
MS licenses this imagery from Pictometry. The combo of online maps, satellite/aerial imagery, and real estate are a hot combo these days. This new Reuters article, Every inch of Netherlands viewable online, offers a profile of Funda.nl a database...
Pictometry Some of those incredibly detailed aerial images available using Google Earch are making some governments nervous. In Governments Tremble at Google's Bird's-Eye View, the New York Times writes about several governments who have expressed...
While the oblique or "bird's eye imagery" comes from Pictometry, the viewing and searching technology was built by Microsoft. I would bet this has a lot to do with what Pictometry can supply MSN Live with.
Covering about 25 percent of the U.S.by population, these bird's-eye images are captured by Pictometry International Corp.via low-flying airplanes and then integrated with road and satellite maps to simulate 360-degree panoramas that can be viewed...
Microsoft promises that the next beta release of MSN Virtual Earth will include oblique, or bird's-eye, imagery licensed from Pictometry International Corp.that shows cities, landmarks and points of interest at a 45-degree-angle view.
