Comments on: MSN Virtual Earth Launched http://konquest.org/msn_virtual_earth_launched Because Science Matters Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:40:28 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Simon Perreault http://konquest.org/msn_virtual_earth_launched/comment-page-1#comment-11 Simon Perreault Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 /?p=38#comment-11 Coming late to the market is not that important. Apple came years late to the portable MP3 player market and today it is dominating it. Coming late to the market is something that Microsoft does often, and it is very good at it. Google Maps having released APIs is a much stronger advantage.<br /> <br /> Oh, and the Apple building isn't censored, it's just that it didn't exist at the time the Microsoft photos were being shot. MS is using very outdated data. If you look at New York city you'll see that the satellite imagery is black and white. Not very impressive. Coming late to the market is not that important. Apple came years late to the portable MP3 player market and today it is dominating it. Coming late to the market is something that Microsoft does often, and it is very good at it. Google Maps having released APIs is a much stronger advantage.

Oh, and the Apple building isn’t censored, it’s just that it didn’t exist at the time the Microsoft photos were being shot. MS is using very outdated data. If you look at New York city you’ll see that the satellite imagery is black and white. Not very impressive.

]]> By: Anonymous http://konquest.org/msn_virtual_earth_launched/comment-page-1#comment-12 Anonymous Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 /?p=38#comment-12 Microsoft has even more work in front of them if you look at what google has done with <a href="http://earth.google.com/" rel="nofollow">Google Earth</a>...<br /> <br /> However, regarding the data used in creating those virtual maps, I think they're both using as current data as they can get their hands on. You have to remember they probably don't have the budget to task specific satellites to specific regions at specific times. They can only take what's already been done in that department... Microsoft has even more work in front of them if you look at what google has done with Google Earth…

However, regarding the data used in creating those virtual maps, I think they’re both using as current data as they can get their hands on. You have to remember they probably don’t have the budget to task specific satellites to specific regions at specific times. They can only take what’s already been done in that department…

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