It includes satellite and flyover imagery among other things. Other iOS6 highlights include the Passbook app for virtual loyalty card organization, Siri enhancements, shared photo libraries and iCloud tabs for shared Safari browser tabs between...
To that end, the company has an ambitious product roadmap and has been making significant investments in the area, most recently buying Vexcel Corp.a Colorado-based company that provides radar, satellite, mapping and "photogrammetric solutions.
The [Virtual Earth] platform is about extracting the data and combining that with imagery. And he compared the relationship between Birds Eye vs.satellite mapping to HDTV vs.analog TV. As evidence, Lawler pointed to the recent Vexcel acquisition...
Zillow, the real estate portal I wrote about several weeks ago, has added birds-eye aerial photography from Microsoft's Virtual Earth to complement its maps and own satellite images of U.S.neighborhoods (here's an example).
With all of the recent interest in Google Earth, Microsoft's Virtual Earth and other mapping and satellite imagery services, some longer established place-name services are also worth a look, especially when you're looking for out of the way...
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. With the release of Google Maps and Google Earth last...
The combo of online maps, satellite/aerial imagery, and real estate are a hot combo these days. With the release of Google Maps and Google Earth last year we saw numerous mashups that combine real estate listings with aerial and satellite imagery.
It goes without saying that 2005 was the year of online maps and online aerial/satellite imagery. First, a new version of an MSN Virtual Earth widget was released over the weekend for Mac OSX Dashboard.
Other Databases for Aerial and Satellite Imagery Other tools and aerial that make aerial/satellite imagery available: Providers of "bird's eye" view imagery to MSN Virtual Earth/Windows Live Local. Postscript from Gary: Several people have asked...
I'm looking forward to seeing the plug-ins that combine the sidebar with Google Maps and satellite imagery. The Google Sidebar can be placed anywhere on your desktop and offers several new widget/tools within easy virtual reach.
I'm looking forward to seeing the plug-ins that combine the sidebar with Google Maps and satellite imagery. The Google Sidebar can be placed anywhere on your desktop and offers several new widget/tools within easy virtual reach.
With everyone so in love with satellite and aerial imagery these days (Google Maps, Google Earth, MSN Virtual Earth, TerraFly, World Wind from NASA, and many others) it might be that the static aerial/satellite images that we're using today are...
A couple of people emailed me asking if I knew of a specialized database where they could download (for free) high-quality satellite and aerial imagery. You'll notice with MSN Virtual Earth that much of the imagery comes from the U.S.
MSN has offered satellite imagery with maps with its local search results for quite some time. Microsoft promises that the next beta release of MSN Virtual Earth will include oblique, or bird's-eye, imagery licensed from Pictometry International...
