Bing Maps was one of the first mapping services on the web to offer oblique 45-degree angle aerial imagery, also known as Bird’s Eye. Bing Maps is still as committed as ever to offering fresh high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery. Over the last 12 months we’ve been busy releasing refreshed and expanded Bird’s Eye imagery and we want to make sure our customers and users are aware of the progress we’ve been making. In...
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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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We are happy to announce the release of new satellite imagery covering 290 cities around the world in partnership with Airbus. The cities in this latest update are in Canada, France, India, Italy, Japan and Spain with the new imagery totaling 21,000 square kilometers.
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We are happy to release new imagery for 41 cities in Spain, covering a total of 6,000 square kilometers in partnership with Airbus.
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This latest imagery release includes 297,000 square kilometers in Italy and 38,000 square kilometers in Switzerland.
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We are happy to announce that we have published another imagery update for Canada. This latest update covers 2.1 million square kilometers of western Canada, pushing the total area delivered for Canada to 5.1 million square kilometers.
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We are excited to announce the release of new imagery for Canada. The area covered in this latest update is 3 million square kilometers of eastern Canada. Included are just a few examples of some of the sights in our imagery update.
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We are pleased to announce the release of fresh imagery in Australia and India for Bing Maps. This latest imagery release includes 7,685,768 square kilometers in Australia, which covers the entire country with all of the major cities and areas outside of those cities. Also, the entire country of India is covered with the total square area of imagery being 3,119,733 square kilometers.
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We are excited to announce that we have launched over 8.5 million square kilometers of fresh imagery for Brazil on Bing Maps. This imagery release covers the total area of Brazil, including land and water. With stunning imagery of shores like those in Copacabana, you can just feel the ocean breeze on your face. Below is an aerial image of the Copacabana that has one of the most iconic beaches in the world. All year round people relax along the 4...
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Sunday is Father’s Day, a celebration observed the world over (although in some countries on a different schedule) and an opportunity to pause and reflect on the influence of fathers and paternal figures on society. It’s also a time for dad to indulge in his favorite pursuits, and for many of them that means golf. It’s estimated there are almost 30 million golfers in the United States alone, about three quarters of them men, and 50-60 million...
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