Did You Catch the Amazing Race Last Night?

Did You Catch the Amazing Race Last Night?

That’s right! Last night on the season premiere of the Amazing Race, Bing Maps was there! Using the visual experience engine from Microsoft which powered the WordWide Telescope (WWT) and Bing Maps, viewers could visualize the contestants’ route.
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A New Streetside View

A New Streetside View

If you take a look at a Bing map in Streetside view today you will notice that we’ve made a lot of changes. These changes represent a significant enhancement for desktop browsers, enabling you to quickly pan up and down the street to see the neighborhood and find businesses. We are doing this by providing street level panoramas so you can take a virtual walk through the streets with a view of locations and landmarks. As you slide the street...
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Bing Maps Updates - March 2010

Bing Maps Updates - March 2010

We made some updates to Bing Maps. In case it isn’t set as your homepage and you would like some additional context, I’d be happy to provide that for you. Here’s the bullet list: Walking Directions – Everyone in NYC will be relieved that they can use Bing Maps because we now have walking directions.
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Bing Maps Imagery Release, February 2010 (Part 2)

Bing Maps Imagery Release, February 2010 (Part 2)

Last month we pushed out our largest amount of new imagery EVER in terms of square kilometers. This month, we’re blowing THAT record out of the water. You thought 1 million+ sq. km. was large? How about 6.7 million square kilometers! It’s pretty much unfathomable. 
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Bing Maps Imagery Release, January 2010 (Part 1)

Bing Maps Imagery Release, January 2010 (Part 1)

The Bing Maps imagery release for January 2010 release is SO BIG we had to break it into two parts – not kidding! The January 2010 Part 1 release is 558,000 square kilometers of imagery including the Sea to Sky Hwy from Vancouver to Squamish and beyond to Whistler
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