GoogleMania::MapBuilder::Home
Jul 25th, 2005 | By JesseYet another cool thing to do with Google Maps GoogleMania::MapBuilder::Home
Yet another cool thing to do with Google Maps GoogleMania::MapBuilder::Home
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 [...]
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 [...]