Inside 'MSN Virtual Earth'
Microsoft's Channel 9 site has an extensive video, including demos, with the team behind Microsoft's upcoming MSN Virtual Earth satellite-mapping search service, announced by the company yesterday as a counterpoint to Google Maps and Google's Keyhole service, recently renamed Google Earth.
The new MSN service is expected to be launched this summer. (Click on the screen shot at right for a larger image of the prototype.) Parts of it will look very familiar to people who have used Microsoft's TerraServer service. Other parts are completely new -- such as the 45-degree overhead angle, a demonstration of which starts about 21 minutes into the video. Some of the coverage thus far: John Battelle, Search Engine Watch, SearchViews, CNet News.com.
Posted by Todd Bishop at May 24, 2005 10:06 AM
