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Aug 3, 2005 · A. Virtual Earth is Microsoft's equivalent of Google maps. It lets you view any area of the United States via a map or satellite image (or a hybrid view as the figure shows). The satellite images aren't real time and most are several years old (as the figure shows--otherwise it means I'm living on farmland).
Jul 25, 2005 · MSN Virtual Earth, first announced by the Redmond, Wash., software giant in May, is similar to Google Maps in that it provides both street-map and satellite views of locations and provides driving ...
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Jul 24, 2005 · REDMOND, Wash. — July 24, 2005 — Microsoft Corp. today announced beta availability of MSN® Virtual Earth™, a new Web service that further builds on the company’s investment in the search category by harnessing the company’s extensive search and mapping capabilities to give people an immersive way to utilize location-based information online.
May 30, 2005 · Microsoft described the opportunity with Pictometry this way: "MSN Virtual Earth sets forth a new search frontier that extends traditional local searching into a deeply immersive search experience, where consumers see what it's like to be in a location and explore what they can do there.The unique aerial imagery from Pictometry enables ...
May 24, 2005 · 8.4K. READS. MSN Virtual Earth vs. Google Earth. In the battle of the interactive maps, MSN is seeking to challenge Google’s satellite mapping supremacy with a suite of mapping tools that will ...
May 23, 2005 · MSN Virtual Earth includes satellite maps with 45-degree views of buildings and neighborhoods, and an overlay of street images. It also includes an online clipboard, or scratch pad, so users can ...
Jul 26, 2005 · Test version of tool combines mapping, satellite imagery and yellow-pages data. Coming later: views from 45-degree angles.
