http://www.metafilter.com/tags/virtualearth Posts tagged with 'virtualearth' at MetaFilter. Tue, 26 Jul 2005 07:13:49 -0800 Tue, 26 Jul 2005 07:13:49 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/43734/Keeping%2Dthe%2Ddoctor%2Daway%2DRedmond%2Dstyle <a href="http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=37.331822|-122.031179&amp;style=h&amp;lvl=17&amp;v=1">Microsoft wipes Apple from the face of the Earth.</a> <em>Virtual</em> Earth, that is. A search for "1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA" renders only an empty field and some sort of barn. This is <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1+infinite+loop,+cupertino,+ca&spn=0.004263,0.007522&t=k&hl=en">what it really looks like</a>. Finding that other microcomputer company is <a href="http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?ss=1%20Microsoft%20Way|microsoft&cp=47.641778|-122.129915&style=h&lvl=16&sp=adr.1%20Microsoft%20Way%2C%20Redmond%2C%20WA%2098052&v=1">obviously</a> <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1+Microsoft+Way,+redmond,+wa&ll=47.643938,-122.130740&spn=0.007224,0.015044&t=k&hl=en">not a problem</a>. Microsoft <a href="http://www.forbes.com/business/energy/feeds/ap/2005/07/25/ap2156060.html">blames old photographs</a> (from 1991) for the omission, but copyright notices on the images go only as far back as last year. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.43734 Tue, 26 Jul 2005 07:13:49 -0800 aerialphotography apple google googlemaps microsoft satellite satelliteimagery virtualearth goodnewsfortheinsane http://www.metafilter.com/43692/Virtual%2DEarth%2Dfrom%2DMSN <a href="http://virtualearth.msn.com/">Virtual Earth from MSN</a> While I'm familiar with <a href="http://maps.google.com/">Google Maps</a> it was fun again to play around with Microsoft's response that was just released. In summary, allows you to pan/zoom around the US, and with a click of a button, see aerial/satellite imagery. This stuff is just soooo cool! ;-) tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.43692 Sat, 23 Jul 2005 23:11:39 -0800 googlemaps maps microsoft msn virtualearth RonZ