Fly like a bird…over Paris

Grab a baguette, a little cheese, a bottle of wine, and head to Paris. It’s a click away with the new bird’s-eye images of Paris (and a long list of other locales). These new imagery updates are brought to you by the Virtual Earth team. The Digital Globe satellite imagery and the new bird’s-eye photos are magnifique and make the visuals at Live Search Maps almost as good as being there. Find the full list of updates and details...
Read More

Live Search Maps Update - 3D maps for Firefox, RSS collections, reviews and more!

Hi all,   This is no April Fool’s joke 😉  ;  the Live Search team has just released a dozen new enhancements for its Live Search Maps service available at maps.live.com!   Firefox users now have their own plug-in to use 3-D! Customers complained; we listened. Zooming around the virtual landscape is not just for Internet Explorer Users any more; users of Firefox 1.5 or later can click on the 3D button at http...
Read More

Virtual Earth 3D beta: A new dimension for mapping and Live Search

What if mapping the world was more like a video game?   What if you could fly like Superman and figure out where to meet your friends for a good meal and which routes to avoid to beat traffic?   With Live Search maps you can find yellow pages and white pages information, get live traffic conditions and view stunning 3D and Birds Eye …just as if you were gaming in Second Life, but with real-world information embedded in real...
Read More