Microsoft’s redesigned map search with apps

Posted on December 3, 2009 



This is good. Competition triggers the best out of you. It will certainly arrive in Indonesia in the near future. via AP

Microsoft Corp. is releasing an updated version of its mapping service with street-level views and new “apps” that tack on tweets, traffic and other location-specific data.

The new version of Bing Maps, released Wednesday in a “beta” test mode, offers slicker technology so users can zoom in more smoothly from the high-up graphical map to the close-up views showing actual streets from a pedestrian or driver’s viewpoint.

With this version of Bing Maps, Microsoft matches Google Inc. in sending cars with cameras down streets to capture images of every block. Microsoft is offering that in 56 U.S. cities for now, while Google has hit all 50 states and expanded the feature overseas.

Microsoft also used lasers to scan the buildings and constructed a three-dimensional map of those cities.


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9 Comments »

Comment by Rock
2009-12-03 12:07:39

Makasih infonya mas Fatih…

 
Comment by cewek semua
2009-12-03 12:55:50

yeah this is good….

 
Comment by Yudhi
2009-12-03 14:00:21

Berita yang bagus, bagaimana dengan Indonesia?…kira – kipa bisa masuk kedalam programnya enggak ya

 
Comment by karim
2009-12-03 23:23:56

nice info………

 
Comment by dasir
2009-12-04 02:23:27

The matches between google and bing is more sharp, brother.

 
Comment by akhlis
2009-12-05 05:23:18

Wow, it seems to me that Google Earth has now discovered its equal opponent. But wait a minute…using a laser to scan a building? Does it sound scary? Privacy violation? A burglar can access that and what will happen next? A robber can use this app to know the details of a bank building and locate a safe where money and valuable goods are kept. I may sound paranoid, but that’s possible, isn’t it?

 
2009-12-06 15:10:11

It will certainly arrive in Indonesia in the near future

 
Comment by dasir
2009-12-07 04:29:01

Google walk more front

 
Comment by Guam
2009-12-09 16:17:22

Thanks for the story…Island of Guam.

 
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