I haven’t talked about WorldWide Telescope since it launched; but, since Microsoft Virtual Earth is a part of that Microsoft Research project I thought it would interest some of you that we decided to include some of the WorldWide Telescope into Virtual Earth. 
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We’ve just made updates to our consumer site, Bing Maps which are tied back to some of the updates in the Virtual Earth platform, so please…enjoy! 
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For those of you who follow the imagery releases, there was no release for August. September, however, is now live and contains the following 46TB of imagery and vector updates. Orthos Yakima, WA Springfield, MO Spokane, WA Portland, ME Grand Rapids, MI Billings, MT Minneapolis, MN (UltraCam Refresh) Seattle, WA (UltraCam Refresh) Las Vegas, NV (UltraCam Refresh) Phoenix, AZ (UltraCam Refresh) Tampa, Fl (UltraCam Refresh) Vector Vector overlays...
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You think you’re a power user? Check out Tim McConnell’s blog TimboTrip.com where he tells the story of his trip through the 48 Continental United States. 
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There are certain areas of the world where Virtual Earth’s imagery is, well, low resolution. Did you know that you can overlay your own imagery to "patch" it?
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Today, we’re announcing a closer and much deeper relationship with ESRI by integrating Bing Maps Virtual Earth tiles into their ArcGIS Desktop product. 
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14.3 TB of new imagery for Microsoft Virtual Earth. Save money on gas….use Live Search Maps powered by Virtual Earth!
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Inertia is that cool spinning of the globe effect in Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. You can try the online experience in our new Bing Maps 3D Cities.
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20TB of new imagery….laughable compared to the 69TB+ from May’s Virtual Earth Imagery Release; then again, when’s the last time you transferred 20TB of data? Here’s the list for June!
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Perhaps you know that Virtual Earth-3DVia by Dassault Systems is software for creating models in 3D; perhaps you didn’t. We haven’t seen many models built out, but what we’ve seen have been okay – but just okay.
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