So I was blown away when Google Earth came out. However I am equally blown away by how much Microsofts offering is better than Googles! Microsoft Virtual Earth, avaialble through their Live Search engine uses photography from planes rather than satellite and allows the images to not only be of a much higher quality, but allows them to photograph buildings from an angle rather than simply hundreds of feet above them.
When viewing New York in Google earth and seeing the building structures in flat grey blocks, doesn't compare to looking at San Francisco or Los Angeles on Virtual Earth armed with just Internet Explorer and an ActiveX control:
I hear they expect to have carpet photographed almost every major city by the end of 2008.
Wonder how Google will respond!
BO!
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