evan_tech -- virtual earth

06:52 pm, 25 Jul 05

virtual earth

Microsoft released their maps product. Despite being basically a Google maps clone, it also has some innovative features, and better photo quality (at least in the places I'm looking) than Google's.

Company stuff ("us" vs "them") aside, I think it's great to see competition in this space, as it drives everyone to innovate and cross-pollinate.

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- supersat That story has even been picked up by the AP!
  
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mihaiparparita You may find this helpful in comparing the two sites.

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teemus The UI is too cluttered.

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latinstorm

Is it as bad as maps.google? I had been willing to give it a second chance until I was trying to get to

jeffr's, and when I put in his address it came back with this:

Seattle International Church
(206) 256-0100
2130 6th Ave
Seattle, WA 98121
lostinseattle.com - 3 more »
Directions: To here - From here

Which is downtown, while Jeff lives around the corner from me (and I don't live downtown).

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fyre	And yet they STILL don't have current maps. My neighborhood's main street STILL isn't listed as connecting down as far as it does. For the record, the street has been finished and fully connected for over 12 years.
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midendian	If your local government (municipality, county, or state, depending on the state) doesn't publish the data, you'll have to wait for the next release of federal census data for the roads data to be updated in the common databases. It might have just missed the cutoff for the 2000 Census.
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supersat	That story has even been picked up by the AP!
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mihaiparparita	You may find this helpful in comparing the two sites.
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teemus	The UI is too cluttered.
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