Did somebody say more Bird's Eye imagery?

Did somebody say more Bird's Eye imagery?

The Bing Maps team continues to release more stunning high-resolution oblique (45-degree angle) aerial Bird's Eye imagery. This most recent wave released over the last several months represents over 80,000 square kilometers of new imagery spanning 100+ cities in the United States.
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More Bird's Eye imagery has been released and static maps API support added!

More Bird's Eye imagery has been released and static maps API support added!

Since our blog post in July highlighting new Bird’s Eye imagery, we’ve released more of our high resolution oblique 45-degree angle aerial Bird’s Eye imagery and just want to make sure you’re aware of this continued imagery expansion. The recent release of new Bird’s Eye over the last few months represents approximately 50,000 square kilometers of new Bird’s Eye imagery spanning 70 cities in the United States.
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Over 450 Areas of Bird’s Eye Imagery Now Live on Bing Maps

Over 450 Areas of Bird’s Eye Imagery Now Live on Bing Maps

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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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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Virtual Earth Imagery Release, March 2009

Virtual Earth Imagery Release, March 2009

Another huge addition to the digitization of our planet just hit the web last night 21TB – all ortho imagery launched into Microsoft Virtual Earth, powering Live Search Maps (and other Live Search properties). This image highlights Savute Reserve, Botswana
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Virtual Earth 3D Installs with Windows

Virtual Earth 3D Installs with Windows

Windows Maps App supercedes the previous stad alone installs of Virtual Earcth and Microsoft Maps for Windows. You can find it by searching for Maps in either the Windows Search box or the Windows App Store.
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Virtual Earth & DigitalGlobe - Worldwide Imagery Improvement

Virtual Earth & DigitalGlobe - Worldwide Imagery Improvement

Well, well, well what have we here? We now have access to one of the highest resolution global satellite imagery and aerial photography collections (460 million sq. km. + 1 million sq. km. per day moving forward) through a deal we’ve just struck with DigitalGlobe. We’ll finally be able to backfill areas around the world where people have come to my blog and complained about Virtual Earth not having good imagery or photos in their...
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