27-07-2005, 15:48
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Re: MS Virtual Earth
Just seen this posted on another forum
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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."
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MS Virtual Earth Blog
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