Not Travelling this Thanksgiving? Try a Virtual Family Visit Instead.

With Thanksgiving just a few days away (and the winter holiday season right around the corner) thoughts turn to family traditions of years past. If you can’t make it home for the holidays Bing Maps imagery is a great way to spark memories of turkey dinner, snowball fights and watching football while you work off your “postprandial somnolence”  and this month we’ve released another batch of aerial 2D, aerial 3D and Streetside imagery from around the United States.

Below, we highlight just a sampling of the new imagery. See the end of this post for a complete list of all the new imagery now available on Bing Maps and in the Bing Maps Preview app.

Streetside and Small Town America

American literature and culture is rich with images of family life in “small town America”. Streetside imagery is a great way to experience small communities. Our camera cars were recently in many small towns across the country and captured some iconic images like these:

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Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, MA on Bing Maps

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Post Office, Barber Shop and Grain Elevators in Ely, IA on Bing Maps

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Kidwell Farm in Floris, VA on Bing Maps

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Downtown Lisbon, IA on Bing Maps

Of course, our vehicles weren’t just in small towns. Scroll down for the complete list of places new this month on Bing Maps.

Heading to the Big City with Aerial Imagery

If your trips to visit family on Thanksgiving involve more airports and cab rides than “over the river and through the wood” then check out the latest aerial 2D and 3D cities available on bing.com/maps and the Bing Maps Preview app:

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Boston, MA on Bing Maps Preview App

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Fort Worth, TX on Bing Maps Preview App

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Minneapolis, MN on Bing Maps Preview App

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Baltimore, MD on Bing Maps Preview App

New 3D and 2D cities this month include:

Baltimore, MD (and surrounding areas)
Boston, MA (and surrounding areas)
Cincinnati, OH
Cleveland, OH
Columbus, OH
Denver, CO (and surrounding areas)
Everett, WA (and surrounding areas)
Fort Worth, TX (and surrounding area)
Foster City, CA
Green Bay, WI (and surrounding areas)
Indianapolis, IN (and surrounding areas)
Kansas City, MO
Minneapolis, MN
San Francisco/Oakland, CA (and surrounding areas)
St. Louis, MO (and surrounding areas)
Tacoma, WA (and surrounding areas)
Willingboro, NJ (and surrounding areas)

New Streetside cities this month include:

California New Jersey (cont.) Pennsylvania (cont.)
Biggs Essex Fells East Pittsburgh
Camino Glen Ridge Edgewood
Chico Newark Edgeworth
Citrus Heights North Caldwell Elizabeth
Davis Roseland Emsworth
Elk Grove New York Etna
Folsom Amityville Forest Hills
Galt Asharoken Fox Chapel
Gridley Babylon Franklin Park
Isleton Belle Terre Glassport
Oroville Bellport Glenfield
Paradise Brightwaters Green Tree
Placerville Brooklyn Haysville
Pollock Pines Dering Harbor Heidelberg
Rancho Cordova East Hampton Homestead
Redding Greenport Ingram
Shasta Lake Head of the Harbor Jefferson Borough
South Lake Tahoe Huntington Bay Leetsdale
West Sacramento Islandia Liberty
Winters Lake Grove Lincoln
Woodland Lindenhurst McKees Rocks
District of Columbia Lloyd Harbor McKeesport
Washington (20001) Mastic Beach Millvale
Washington (20002) Nissequogue Monroeville
Washington (20004) North Haven Mount Oliver
Washington (20007) Northport Munhall
Washington (20008) Old Field North Braddock
Washington (20009) Patchogue Oakdale
Washington (20018) Poquott Oakmont
Washington (20019) Port Jefferson Pennsbury Village
Washington (20020) Quogue Pitcairn
Washington (20024) Sag Harbor Pittsburgh
Iowa Sagaponack Pleasant Hills
Alburnett Shoreham Plum
Altoona Southampton Port Vue
Ankeny Village of the Branch Rankin
Bertram West Hampton Dunes Rosslyn Farms
Bondurant Westhampton Beach Sewickley
Cedar Rapids Ohio Sewickley Heights
Center Point Baltimore Sewickley Hills
Central City Bremen Sharpsburg
Clive Brice Springdale
Coggon Buckeye Lake Swissvale
Elkhart Canal Winchester Tarentum
Ely Carroll Thornburg
Fairfax Columbus Turtle Creek
Grimes Dublin Verona
Hiawatha Gahanna Versailles
Johnston Grandview Heights Wall
Lisbon Granville West Elizabeth
Marion Gratiot West Homestead
Mitchellville Grove City West Mifflin
Mount Vernon Groveport West View
Palo Harrisburg Whitaker
Pleasant Hill Heath White Oak
Polk City Hebron Whitehall
Prairieburg Hilliard Wilkinsburg
Robins Johnstown Wilmerding
Runnells Kirkersville Virginia
Springville Lancaster Alexandria (22302)
Urbandale Lithopolis Alexandria (22304)
Walker Lockbourne Alexandria (22314)
West Des Moines Marble Cliff Arlington (22201)
Windsor Heights Millersport Arlington (22202)
Atlanta Minerva Park Arlington (22204)
Indiana New Albany Arlington (22205)
Avon Newark Arlington (22207)
Brownsburg Obetz Arlington (22209)
Carmel Pataskala Baileys Crossroads
Cicero Pickerington Belle Haven
Clayton Pleasantville Burke
Coatesville Reynoldsburg Centreville
Danville Riverlea Chantilly
Fishers Rushville Clifton
Lizton St Louisville Dranesville
North Salem Stoutsville Dunn Loring
Pittsboro Sugar Grove Fair Oaks
Plainfield Thurston Fairfax Station
Sheridan Upper Arlington Floris
Stilesville Urbancrest Fort Hunt
Westfield Utica Franconia
Maryland West Rushville Great Falls
Barnesville Westerville Greenbriar
Boyds Whitehall Groveton
Brookeville Worthington Hayfield
Chevy Chase Oregon Herndon
Chevy Chase (20815) Canby Huntington
Chevy Chase Section Five Damascus Hybla Valley
Chevy Chase Section Three Estacada Idylwood
Clarksburg Gladstone Kings Park
Gaithersburg (20877) Happy Valley Lake Barcroft
Gaithersburg (20878) Johnson City Lincolnia
Gaithersburg (20879) Lake Oswego Lorton
Gaithersburg (20882) Milwaukie Mantua
Gaithersburg Molalla McLean
Germantown (20874) Oregon City Merrifield
Germantown (20876) River Grove Mount Vernon
Glen Echo Sandy Newington
Laytonsville West Linn North Springfield
Martin’s Addition Wilsonville Oakton
North Chevy Chase Pennsylvania Pimmit Hills
Rockville (20850) Aspinwall Ravensworth
Rockville Avalon Reston
Silver Spring (20901) Baldwin Rose Hill
Silver Spring (20904) Bell Acres Seven Corners
Silver Spring (20905) Bellevue Springfield
Silver Spring (20910) Ben Avon Tysons Corner
Takoma Park Ben Avon Heights Vienna
Washington Grove Bethel Park West Springfield
Nebraska Blawnox Wolf Trap National Park
Boys Town Brackenridge Woodburn
Davey Braddock Hills West Virginia
Denton Braddock Alum Creek
Firth Bradford Woods Ashford
Hallam Brentwood Belle
Hickman Bridgeville Charleston (25302)
Malcolm Carnegie Charleston (25303)
Panama Castle Shannon Charleston (25304)
Ralston Chalfant Charleston (25306)
Raymond Cheswick Charleston (25309)
Roca Churchill Charleston (25311)
Sprague Clairton Charleston (25312)
Valley Coraopolis Charleston (25314)
Waterloo Crafton Dunbar
Waverly Dormont Elkview
New Jersey Dravosburg Poca
Caldwell Duquesne Sod
East Orange East Mckeesport St Albans

Download the newly updated Bing Maps Preview app from the Windows Store to view these cities in 3D.

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