Techcrunch coverage of Google Earth relaunch.
Google Earth combines satellite imagery, aerial photos, maps and Google Search create an interesting application that allows you to view just about anywhere on the planet in at least some level of detail. It is only available on the PC platform for now.
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Jeremy’s read on Virtual Earth against Google Maps. Gives MSN Virtual Earth the nod in the end.
There’s a bit of a divide here between Google Maps / Earth and MSN Virtual Earth… Google Maps just plain has better overall imagery. Virtual Earth’s imagery is either great or awful, whereas Google Maps has maps for [...]
Quick score card of Google Maps vs. MSN Vitural Earth. Gives the edge to Google Maps for acurate overlay of roads.
- Google Maps highlights the street names and highways clearer as shown above using their new “hybrid” view (+1 GM)
- MSN Virtual Earth calls the spot to return to the map a permalink and [...]
Sys-Con’s short review of the 3 most popular satellite mapping sites.
— ‘The next time I lose my car keys, maybe I can just go onto Google and search for them,’ speculated futurist Paul Saffo recently. The director of the Institute for the Future was referring to Google Earth, its ‘virtual globe’ project.
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