Take a walk through downtown with Microsoft Live

February 28, 2006 by guestauthor in Cool,Tech with 6 Comments

Talk about taking the online mapping service to new heights. Expanding on the idea of street level imagery popularized by Amazon’s A9 Search service, Microsoft recently released a “drive through-like feature” allowing users to “drive” or “walk” through the city. Will Google Maps return fire?

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http://matrix2022.wordpress.com Carlos

Holy hell!
R031E5

The biggest collection of bugs i’ve ever seen!
http://jump4jay.com Jay

Yeah, kinda buggy, but you have to admit it’s pretty cool nonetheless! Then again, I’m easily amused! :)
http://walkingsnake.net Jake

Check out the “sports car.” There’s an Xbox controller on the dash.
http://www.myspace.com/AlexTheMartian Alex

so what, did Microsoft just srapped a camera on all 4 sides of a car and drove arround every street in downtown? lol im sure Google can do the same thing :-D
http://joeanderson.co.uk/blog/2006/03/01/microsoft-copied-a9-blockview/ Webby’s World

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Take a walk through downtown with Microsoft Live

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