Bing Maps Rolls Out Enhanced Aerial and Street-Level Views Bing Maps is launching features that give users a new view of the
planet, including a Streetside and enhanced aerial view. The new
features incorporate key Microsoft research and technology such as
Photosynth and Silverlight.Bing Maps has overhauled its experience to better reflect how people
are using the Web to complete tasks and make decisions. The new Bing
Maps Beta adds an immersive new viewing mode and an “application
gallery” to further enhance its virtual perspective of the world,
Microsoft announced Wednesday.Bing Maps now offers a Streetside and enhanced
aerial view, giving users the ability to explore what’s around them
from the street level or from the sky looking down. The
new Bing Maps incorporates several key Microsoft technologies,
including Silverlight, a multimedia Web application, and Photosynth, an
application from Microsoft Live Labs and the University of Washington that can stitch photos together, turning them into a three-dimensional model.....Continue At Source
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