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Virtual Earth Imagery Release - September, 2008

After no release for August, there is a 46TB one for September containing:

Orthos

  • Yakima, WA
  • Springfield, MO
  • Spokane, WA
  • Portland, ME
  • Grand Rapids, MI
  • Billings, MT
  • Minneapolis, MN (UltraCam Refresh)
  • Seattle, WA (UltraCam Refresh)
  • Las Vegas, NV (UltraCam Refresh)
  • Phoenix, AZ (UltraCam Refresh)
  • Tampa, Fl (UltraCam Refresh)

Vector

  • Vector overlays for Navteq and MDS data sources for orthos and Bird's Eye
  • All mobile tiles
  • New British Isles Map style

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3D

  • Tampa, FL

Comments

foaf wrote re: Virtual Earth Imagery Release - September, 2008
on 09-18-2008 6:39 AM

Glad to see UK getting an update. It's a shame Google is still one step ahead in UK, offering bus stops and public transport routes in London.

And now streetview for mobile...

BV2312 wrote re: Virtual Earth Imagery Release - September, 2008
on 09-18-2008 6:53 AM

I don't like green :S

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on 09-18-2008 8:11 AM

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foaf wrote re: Virtual Earth Imagery Release - September, 2008
on 09-18-2008 11:00 AM

BV are you referring to the roads? "A" Roads in the UK are coloured as green, so it makes perfect sense. I'm not sure about the pink roads, but its good to differentiate main roads to streets.

BV2312 wrote re: Virtual Earth Imagery Release - September, 2008
on 09-18-2008 11:34 AM

@foaf, Yeah i know but i just don't like them on LS Maps :) it looked nice when it was yellow but i know what you mean A roads and then M roads plus the B roads

reportered wrote re: Virtual Earth Imagery Release - September, 2008
on 09-18-2008 1:05 PM

Oddly the 2D road map of the UK uses the new colours but the 3D road map uses the old colours...and Multimap is similar to 2D with new colours but still slightly different!

LiveSide - News blog wrote Live Search adds features as market share shrinks
on 09-19-2008 12:01 PM

More of the same from comScore this week, as the latest numbers show that in the US, Live Search and

grand rapids wrote grand rapids
on 10-17-2008 1:14 PM

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