Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Battle of the mappers

Microsoft's new (beta) "Local Live" map site includes some "Bird's Eye" views that are astoundingly high quality. Not all areas of even major cities are yet covered by the "Bird's Eye feature, though. Expect the covered areas to get larger as more multi-angle photos are commissioned.
 
Both Microsoft and Google have a map view that shows roads plus satellite.  Between the Google "hybrid" view and Microsoft's "aerial", I prefer Google's.

Of course, Microsoft Live Local has an added plus -- Traffic maps ( Atlanta traffic , for example) that show speed and construction. Georgia's DOT has such a map, too.

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