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Paul K

24-07-2005 08:18

MS Virtual Earth

Doesn't seem as good as Googles' offering but
http://virtualearth.msn.com/

Electrolyte01

24-07-2005 10:32

Re: MS Virtual Earth

So now we will have 3 running? I think 1 from Nasa is good enough, since they have full control over the satelites and they own most of them :erm:

Paul K

24-07-2005 11:34

Re: MS Virtual Earth

Quote:

Originally Posted by Electrolyte

So now we will have 3 running? I think 1 from Nasa is good enough, since they have full control over the satelites and they own most of them :erm:

Well hopefully the competition between the 3 will make for plenty of development and a push for 100% coverage of decent images.

MrBen

25-07-2005 10:23

Re: MS Virtual Earth

If you download the Microsoft Location Finder it uses either WiFi access points or your IP address to show your location on MSN Virtual Earth. Pretty neat :cool:

Ben

skyblueheroes

25-07-2005 10:54

Re: MS Virtual Earth

Thats pretty neat !

Aragorn

25-07-2005 15:42

Re: MS Virtual Earth

Oops - MSN eats Apple - EL Reg

Quote:

If you've got time on your hands - stand up Jens and Stefan - have a look at Apple's Cupertino headquarters from Google and MSN's rival map sites. Both sites offer aerial photos alongside maps.

See the difference? Google shows the Apple Cupertino HQ - a lovely, shiny building probably full of iPods. MSN on the other hand shows an apparently empty field. Not as much as a black turtle-necked jumper remains of Apple's headquarters. This could be no more than an old picture taken before Cupertino was built or a glimpse of an imagined future.

Must be using very old satelite photos judging by the twin towers bit :(

Paul K

25-07-2005 15:48

Re: MS Virtual Earth

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aragorn

Oops - MSN eats Apple - EL Reg

Quote:

Must be using very old satelite photos judging by the twin towers bit :(

Think Google are using images that can be up to 4 years old in places but MSN look to be using older images than that.

Aragorn

25-07-2005 16:03

Re: MS Virtual Earth

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul

Think Google are using images that can be up to 4 years old in places but MSN look to be using older images than that.

Certainly not all the google photos are old - I found a U2 spy plane at RAF Fairford a week after the Air Tattoo - taken within the last week. I will post a google earth bookmark when I get home.

Paul K

25-07-2005 16:08

Re: MS Virtual Earth

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aragorn

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul

Think Google are using images that can be up to 4 years old in places but MSN look to be using older images than that.

Certainly not all the google photos are old - I found a U2 spy plane at RAF Fairford a week after the Air Tattoo - taken within the last week. I will post a google earth bookmark when I get home.

Nope like I said "up to 4 years old" well it's up to 3 years according to the google earth site. Think the quote was "Images can be from 2 weeks to 3 years old".

Jules

25-07-2005 16:09

Re: MS Virtual Earth

Good site Paul :tu:

Flubflow

25-07-2005 16:20

Re: MS Virtual Earth

:confused: Doesn't work for me. Just get a the search boxes at the top with blank area underneath containing nothing but a zoom slider and compass thingy. Nothing happens.

Paul K

25-07-2005 16:27

Re: MS Virtual Earth

What browser and which link did you use? Also try clearing your temp files and CTRL+F5ing

Flubflow

25-07-2005 16:48

Re: MS Virtual Earth

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul

What browser and which link did you use? Also try clearing your temp files and CTRL+F5ing

IE 5.5 (with all latest patches)
Link as per start of thread, http://virtualearth.msn.com/
Clearing temp files and a forced refresh makes no difference.

Paul K

25-07-2005 16:50

Re: MS Virtual Earth

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flubflow

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul

What browser and which link did you use? Also try clearing your temp files and CTRL+F5ing

IE 5.5 (with all latest patches)
Link as per start of thread, http://virtualearth.msn.com/
Clearing temp files and a forced refresh makes no difference.

Strange, works here, have you tried a proxy shuffle?

Flubflow

25-07-2005 17:00

Re: MS Virtual Earth

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul

Strange, works here, have you tried a proxy shuffle?

Makes no difference.

Paul K

25-07-2005 17:11

Re: MS Virtual Earth

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flubflow

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul

Strange, works here, have you tried a proxy shuffle?

Makes no difference.

Things like DirectX etc up to date? Don't suppose you want to upgrade your Browser do you?
Have you any firewalls etc running that could be interrupting the image load?

Flubflow

25-07-2005 17:18

Re: MS Virtual Earth

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul

Things like DirectX etc up to date? Don't suppose you want to upgrade your Browser do you?
Have you any firewalls etc running that could be interrupting the image load?

Latest DirectX.
Perhaps it is the browser version and/or the o/s. I've tried it so far on systems Windows98 (with MS Java) and Windows ME (with Sun Java). Since I don't have XP on the computers here and I don't fancy trying IE6 on these operating systems, I'd rather leave it.

Paul K

25-07-2005 17:19

Re: MS Virtual Earth

Can you try Firefox? Your not missing much though lol.

Paul K

27-07-2005 15:48

Re: MS Virtual Earth

Just seen this posted on another forum
Linky

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The day after launching a new Web-based mapping service, Microsoft has responded to critics by pledging to do better.
Visitors to MSN Virtual Earth pointed out that VE's depiction of the place where Apple Computer has its headquarters is an empty field. Google's mapping service shows buildings; presumably stuffed with iPods, remarked the UK's Register Web site.
"Even more disturbing MSN's Virtual Earth still shows the twin towers of the World Trade Center in all their pre-9/11 glory," the Register added. Apple HQ on MSN. On Google. MSN's Twin Towers.
Steve Lombardi, who writes a blog for the Virtual Earth team, concedes some of the imagery in the MSN product is from the early '90s -- before Apple built its campus. He offers some examples of where the Microsoft product is better than Google's. "We know there's a lot of room for improvement, and that's exactly what we're up to," he wrote." We're already working with our imagery partners to incrementally improve. Over the coming weeks you'll see a lot of these improvements rolling out."

MS Virtual Earth Blog

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