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We are excited to introduce our new top of the world imagery – which includes bathymetry data from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. We are also releasing over 13 million sq km of updated satellite imagery! Satellite High-Resolution Nadir or "Straight Down" orthophotos taken by aircraft or satellite We are pleased to present our new seamless base satellite imagery provided by TerraColor. This...
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This month we’ve added over 121 TB of satellite and Global Ortho imagery to the Windows 8 Maps app & Bing Maps, built a Hurricane Sandy map app and now feature our full spectrum of imagery daily on Facebook.         Bing Maps World Tour App to view full coverage. Our latest publication of satellite imagery includes over 15 million square kilometers of new data! This month’s delivery is a sizeable 112 TB and...
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To celebrate the US completion of the Global Ortho project, the team flew one last commemorative mission which we’ve called our "Golden Spike" flight. Check out the full post: Global Ortho & 17 Million SqKm of New Satellite Imagery. 1 Brad Clark 2 Mike Gilbert 3 Robert Waterman 4 Jeff Collins 5 David Buckner 6 Bill Evans 7 Rob Ledner 8 Chris Simison 9 Kim Wasilewski 10 Jill...
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In a recent post, we announced the completion of the Global Ortho (GO) program in the United States.  GO for Western Europe is on schedule to be completed by the end of CY 2012. Also new this month, Bing Maps adds nearly 17 Million SqKm of new satellite imagery! Global Ortho New Satellite Imagery Boulder, Colorado – See it Live! Paparahandi, India – See it Live!   Go to the corners of the Earth, including...
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In 2010 the Bing Maps team began its most ambitious mapping endeavor ever with the start of its Global Ortho (GO) project. Today we are excited to announce the completion of the GO project in the United States! With the Global Ortho project, the Bing Maps Imagery team set a new standard in aerial map imagery by collecting every square inch of the Continental United States and Western Europe at 30cm resolution (1 foot = 1 pixel) in just two years...
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Today we’re thrilled to announce the publication of our largest satellite release to date. In fact, this release is larger than all of our past Aerial releases combined! The latest Aerial release includes new Satellite imagery as well as Global Ortho photography. Both releases total 165 terabytes of new data live on Bing Maps. Prior to this, our existing Aerial footprint was 129 terabytes total. AERIAL: HIGH-RESOLUTION NADIR OR “...
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Some of the best imagery from the Bing Maps Global Ortho Project is collected into Windows 7 Desktop Themes.  These themes change your PC desktop experience as the images rotate through on a regular basis so you never know which part of the world you’ll be looking at next! The United States version is the most content-rich Windows 7 Desktop Theme with nearly 200 images from all parts of the Continental United States, and has had almost...
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