Tag Archives: Bing Maps
Bing Maps adds high resolution, ocean floor imagery
Feb 28, 2013 by Kip Kniskern
Bing Maps continues to improve their aerial imagery, announcing today new date provided by TerraColor to present seamless satellite imagery… Read more
Norad using Bing to track Santa
Dec 12, 2012 by Kip Kniskern
Note – our friend Brinke Guthrie has been anxiously awaiting Santa Claus and wrote this post for us.
It seems the search engine wars between… Read more
Nokia introduces HERE–“the world’s first location cloud”
Nov 13, 2012 by Kip Kniskern
Today at the Directions Summit event in San Francisco, Nokia made a number of announcements, including a new brand for Nokia’s mapping and location… Read more
Microsoft completes Bing Maps Global Ortho Project imagery for the US
Aug 31, 2012 by damaster
Back in April 2011, the Bing Maps team announced the Global Ortho Project, with a goal to create a “uniform, detailed map of the Continental United… Read more
Bing Venue Maps goes global, now available in over 30 countries
Jun 28, 2012 by damaster
So it appears that the 165 terabytes of imagery data added to Bing Maps wasn’t the only update made to the mapping service. The Verge reported today… Read more
Just what IS Microsoft’s (and Nokia’s) map strategy, anyway?
Jun 25, 2012 by Kip Kniskern
Today, on the Bing Maps blog, Microsoft announced its largest aerial satellite and Global Ortho image release ever, totaling 165 terabytes of… Read more
A mysterious Monday announcement and more Microsoft rumors: is there anything we DO know?
Jun 14, 2012 by Kip Kniskern
One of Ray Ozzie’s favorite sayings is “we don’t know what we don’t know”. For Microsoft followers, there’s a lot we don’t know… Read more
Windows Phone Maps app traffic powered by Nokia now
Jun 14, 2012 by Picturepan2
A post on the Windows Phone blog today gives us a quick introduction to the updated maps traffic feature on Windows Phone. Thanks to the partnership… Read more
More Windows Phone 8 details leaked – Nokia 3D maps, Skype, Wallet, and more
Jun 12, 2012 by damaster
Today Apple announced their upcoming upgrade to their mobile operating system, iOS 6, during their annual WWDC event. With it comes several new… Read more
Nokia Maps and Yahoo! Axis: Better than Bing?
May 24, 2012 by Kip Kniskern
A couple of Bing related news items today, both about other companies extending and improving upon Bing services, with more to come.
First, Nokia… Read more
