Now, most of the technology used in these tools is about as original as a new Cheech and Chong movie. Besides its aerial imagery licensing deal with Pictometry, Microsoft uses satellite imagery from ...

Microsoft is firing a shot across Google's bow with a new service called MSN Virtual Earth. Virtual Earth overlays satellite imagery of local buildings and neighborhoods viewed at a 45-degree-angle ...

On Thursday, Microsoft plans to retire MSN Virtual Earth after just five months of providing maps and satellite imagery. Its replacement will be Windows Live Local, a service that brings together ...

Microsoft was set to release on Monday a new online local search product that goes head to head with a similar offering from rival Google. MSN Virtual Earth, first announced by the Redmond, Washington ...

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One of the key competitive advantages of the Microsoft–Pictometry partnership, which brought imagery into the MSN Virtual Earth map portal, is the availability of oblique aerial imagery. These ...

Microsoft partners with Dassault Systèmes to invite users to contribute their own 3D models of buildings featured on Virtual Earth maps Microsoft will work with 3D design and visualization software ...

Microsoft has integrated Photosynth, its technology that stitches pictures together, with Virtual Earth, encouraging businesses to combine the two technologies. The company envisions real-estate ...

You want to know what the definition of "cool" is? It's sitting in the front row of a hotel meeting hall, watching a demo of Microsoft Virtual Earth on the 12-foot display in the front of the room, as ...

Microsoft Monday is planning the release of a new online local search product that goes head to head with a similar offering from rival Google. Microsoft Monday is planning the release of a new online ...