New Imagery - March 2008

New Imagery - March 2008

42.85 TB make up our March release of Virtual Earth data. Plus, we’re hosting a whole new tile set that is "all" of this world! 
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Live Search Maps China Tops Google and Baidu

Live Search Maps China Tops Google and Baidu

I can’t read this article, but some of my cohort here in Redmond can. The folks at ZOL (CNET) have rated Live Search Maps China higher than both Google Maps China and Baidu Maps. ZOL specified that Live Search Maps China was better because of the “superior user interface, integration with local search result, personalization and bus transit.”
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Microsoft Acquired Multimap

Microsoft Acquired Multimap

Today, we’re announcing our acquisition of Multimap. Multimap is one of the United Kingdom’s top 100 technology companies and leading online mapping services in the world. The acquisition gives Microsoft a powerful new location and mapping technology to complement existing offerings such as Virtual Earth, Live Search, Windows Live services and MSN.
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New Virtual Earth Case Study - Coldwell Banker

New Virtual Earth Case Study - Coldwell Banker

We recently launched a new case study (and yes, I’m a little slow getting this out) describing how Coldwell Banker was struggling with the lack of technological innovation around mapping and found Virtual Earth as an answer to their problems. 
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OGC - We're Back!

OGC - We're Back!

On October 23, 2007, at the annual Geoint 2007 Symposium, the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) announced that Microsoft Corporation has joined the consortium as a Principal Member. Government agencies worldwide are realizing the power of geospatial applications to meet their missions in ways that are unprecedented 
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