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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:
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 :(
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.


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