http://www.liveside.net/main/archive/2008/02/07/microsoft-buys-caligari-for-virtual-earth-3d-expansion.aspxMicrosoft continues to invest in Virtual Earth, especially in the area of 3D, announcing yesterday it has acquired Caligari, makers of trueSpace, a 3D modeling program.&#160; Last December, Microsoft also acquired MultiMap , a London based mapping serviceenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://www.liveside.net/main/archive/2008/02/07/microsoft-buys-caligari-for-virtual-earth-3d-expansion.aspx#7270Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:17:08 GMT56c526a3-1f9b-4262-a0cc-2de2ce4c7619:7270quikboy<p>3D is nice, but I want more improvement on just the plain regular mapping side for Live Maps. </p> <p>How about info-related overlays (weather, counties, zip codes, etc.), gas prices in regular browsers, better imagery across the world, Street View-like thing, better support for other browsers, etc.</p> <p>Those are more important than the 3D side of Live Maps.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.liveside.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7270" width="1" height="1">http://www.liveside.net/main/archive/2008/02/07/microsoft-buys-caligari-for-virtual-earth-3d-expansion.aspx#7269Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:30:38 GMT56c526a3-1f9b-4262-a0cc-2de2ce4c7619:7269jaydee777<p>I like live search better.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.liveside.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7269" width="1" height="1">http://www.liveside.net/main/archive/2008/02/07/microsoft-buys-caligari-for-virtual-earth-3d-expansion.aspx#7266Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:16:47 GMT56c526a3-1f9b-4262-a0cc-2de2ce4c7619:7266WyzyrdMyrrlyn<p>interesting</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.liveside.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7266" width="1" height="1">