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Bing Maps gets 121 terabytes of new satellite and aerial imagery

Bing Maps gets 121 terabytes of new satellite and aerial imagery
  • Posted November 30, 2012, 1:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Microsoft
  • Microsoft has once again updated Bing Maps to include even more satellite and Global Ortho imagery. The company announced on their official blog that 121 terabytes of new data have been loaded into Bing Maps, which is of course also…

Google Maps gets high-res aerial imagery for 72 countries, regions

Google Maps gets high-res aerial imagery for 72 countries, regions
  • Posted July 30, 2012, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • According to the Google's Lat-Long Blog, the company has added new high-resolution aerial photography to Google Maps. This follows similar news from Microsoft a couple of weeks ago who also updated their own Bing Maps service with 215TB of high-resolution imagery. …

Microsoft updates Bing Maps with 215TB of high-resolution imagery

Microsoft updates Bing Maps with 215TB of high-resolution imagery
  • Posted July 19, 2012, 1:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Microsoft, The Web
  • Microsoft has issued an update for Bing Maps that includes 215TB of high-resolution imagery covering the United States and key locations in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Tokyo. These new snapshots, aptly named Bird’s Eye, were captured at a 45…

Wikipedia ditches Google Maps for OpenStreetMaps after price change

Wikipedia ditches Google Maps for OpenStreetMaps after price change
  • Posted April 6, 2012, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Citing synergistic principles with OpenStreetMaps and an end to Google's free ride for high-volume map users, Wikipedia has dropped Google Maps. The foundation has instead turned to OpenStreetMaps for its mapping needs, a UK-based, open source mapping website which has…

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