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Microsoft Live Maps
When it comes to online mapping, I've never looked anywhere else but Google. I've been waiting for them to update their "Satellite View" of my neighbourhood so that my house would finally show up, but that hasn't happened yet - currently it shows a lot of empty lots that are actually no longer empty lots.
Just this morning I found out about Microsoft Live Maps and it turns out they have some pretty cool features. One of these is the option for a "birds eye" view of the map. As you can see by the photo on the left, the birds eye view is much more up-to-date than what Google has for their satellite view. They also have an aerial view which is also more up-to-date than Google. What's up with that?! Time to catch up Google! From the looks of the picture, it was taken last summer when my lawn wasn't doing so well. :)
One of the cool things about the birds eye view is that it gives you 4 different view angles of the same location - you just need to click on the rotate button. With this, you can get a really good look at a particular location. Impressive! Obviously not all locations have this view available.
Just for fun, here are some links to birds eye views of a few different places:
Terri and I used this quite a bit when planning our honeymoon. Google Earth has special NZ add on layers, but Live Maps was better capable of planning and mapping the locations. You could link your destination information to a msn account and then login and recall everything that you had planned.
That "bird's eye" view is quite impressive - nice find.
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I just looked at the bird's eye view of our house and noticed the picture is from the time when we had drained the old pool and before the new pool went in. So it looks like we have a big mud pit with a wall around it in our backyard. What will people think???
On another note, google maps, mapquest and now Live Maps never locates our house correctly - the marker is always a half-block away. Any ideas why?
Coverage isn't quite as good for Brockville as for all you high falutin' Ottawites...:)
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