The Bing Maps team continues to release more stunning high-resolution oblique (45-degree angle) aerial Bird's Eye View but did you know that you can leverage it to create experiences in your applications?
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The Bing Maps team continues to release more stunning high-resolution oblique (45-degree angle) aerial Bird's Eye imagery. This most recent wave released over the last several months represents over 80,000 square kilometers of new imagery spanning 100+ cities in the United States.
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If you’re headed out on an end-of-the-year vacation, preview that special place on Bing Maps using the new Bird’s Eye experience. We have been busy processing the oblique imagery to bring you major metropolitan areas to view before you travel. We recently surpassed the 450 areas mark for our Bird’s Eye imagery and there are a host of vacation favorites amongst them.
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The latest publication of Bird’s Eye includes 215 TB of new data that spans across the United States and features certain areas in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Tokyo. 
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This article has been superceeded by Get Bird's Eye Views in Your Next Great Maps App or Web Experience | Maps Blog (bing.com)
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Are you kidding me? 69.2 Terabytes?? I was once asked at a show how Microsoft handles so much data when transferring it over the Internet to the data centers. New 3D models (Version 2 of the processing software). 
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There’s a new experience on Bing Maps that was just quietly added but is actually pretty amazing. You can take a recorded flyover of Bing Maps 3D for a number of cities, and they look amazing!
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The British Broadcast Corporation has agreed to use Virtual Earth. The plane crash at Heathrow was detailed in this article on the BBC News web site. The article included many illustrations about the accident and the plane itself, but also included a map of the area highlighting the points of interest around the effected area. This allows their readers to get a better understanding of exactly where the plane stopped, where the plane touched down...
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This blog has been updated by the new bing! Did you know that Microsoft Maps Platform, Bing Maps for Enterprise offers more than just map tiles! Ortho Tile Sets that leverage Satellite, Birdseye & Streetside imagery are also available
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