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GoogleMania::MapBuilder::Home

Published on July 25, 2005 by in general, WebMapping

Yet another cool thing to do with Google Maps GoogleMania::MapBuilder::Home

 
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Release of Microsoft Virtual Earth Beta

Published on July 25, 2005 by in general, WebMapping

The beta version of Microsoft’s Virtual Earth has gone live at http://virtualearth.msn.com/ So far, it doesn’t have the bells and whistles that Google Earth can boast, and I think that the black and white imagery doesn’t match up to Google’s color imagery. It may be that Microsoft is working on some additional unique functionality, but

 
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MSN Virtual Earth – A sad reality

Published on July 25, 2005 by in general, WebMapping

The beta is up and Microsoft has NOT caught up to Google. My three largest issues with this are, in no particualr order: -Pulling B&W imagery -Vector overlays on imagery are weak…i.e. too transparent -No API (at least yet) One nice thing might be the scratchpad if they take in the right direction. That is

 
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