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April 18, 2009
MSN Virtual Earth vs Google Earth APIs
The battle of APIs between Google and Microsoft continues with the two companies' mapping software - the similarly named earth products seem to be the most popular of the mapping applications.
MSN Virtual Earth entered the space in 2005 and has slowly developed its API.
The use of online mapping is becoming a much used feature of many websites. From tracking diseases to tracking santa the uses are many. There are maps for Grand Theft Auto and the dubious celebrity stalker sites all have made used of mapping software.
Posted by Frank Watson on April 18, 2009 5:43 PM
Comments
I love the Google Earth 3D images of buildins etc. but what infuriates me the most about Google Earth is that "ARE NO STREET NAMES" so when I need to locate a place I have to rely on Virtual Earth, and Google Maps.
Ollie Mc Donald June 22, 2009 11:01 PM
In Google Earth: try activating the Roads option under the Layers. you will now see the Street names.
Manuel August 6, 2009 6:33 PM
I use the both tool Google Eath And Virtual Earth
and i find the google earth has many option to use the users but Virtual Earth has a limited option to use the users but one advantage the virtual earth has that they have the most updated image source in other side google had a old images and i loved the google earth
pawan October 8, 2009 2:08 AM
