Archive for July 25th, 2005




GoogleMania::MapBuilder::Home

Jul 25th, 2005 | By Jesse

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

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Release of Microsoft Virtual Earth Beta

Jul 25th, 2005 | By Sue

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 so [...]

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MSN Virtual Earth – A sad reality

Jul 25th, 2005 | By Jesse

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 it, hopefully Sue will [...]

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