Reading Time: < 1 minAs you’ve likely heard, Microsoft has unveiled it’s new Bing search engine. As part of that rebranding process, other Microsoft applications are getting renamed. Of particular interest to us are the new names for their mapping products. Live Search Maps will now be simply called “Bing Maps”, and the Virtual Earth platform will now be […]
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Trees and Highway Overpasses
Reading Time: 2 minI’ve long felt that two things would need to happen to get to the next level in 3D imagery — trees and highway overpasses. Since one of the neat features in Google Earth is the ability to fly a route, having proper overpasses would make things look much better. The latest version of Virtual Earth […]
Microsoft launches “ClearFlow” traffic on Live Maps
Reading Time: < 1 minMicrosoft has just released “ClearFlow” traffic data on Live Maps, but it’s far more interesting than you might think. While it shows the colored traffic speeds in a similar manner as Yahoo, Google and Mapquest, it also goes much deeper. From Search Engine Land: In addition to real-time traffic data, the service offers traffic predictions […]