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InternetNews
August 5, 2005
Tim Gray |
MSN Feels 'Virtual Earth' Move Microsoft's new satellite mapping site had the highest week-over-week unique audience growth on the Internet.   |
InternetNews
May 24, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Earth-to-Virtual Earth A future Microsoft MSN service called Virtual Earth is designed to be a deeply immersive local search experience. |
Search Engine Watch
July 25, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Microsoft Launches MSN Virtual Earth Microsoft has released a beta version of Virtual Earth, a web-based application that combines local search with maps and aerial photography. |
InternetNews
December 8, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Windows Live Local Offers a New View MSN will officially open MSN Virtual Earth to the public on Thursday, incorporating it into its Windows Live offering as Windows Live Local. The new version offers photography at a 45-degree-angle view. |
PC World
July 24, 2005
Dennis O'Reilly |
The World on Your Desktop Google Earth, MSN Virtual Earth combine satellite images with local search information. |
PC Magazine
June 22, 2005
Sebastian Rupley |
Extreme Close-Ups MSN Virtual Earth, a soon to be released Microsoft service, allows users to search satellite views of a map. The maps also shows businesses, streets, and other information. |
The Motley Fool
June 1, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Google Clicks for Clicks Google Maps can be a bit of a shutterbug these days. Google's drive to enhance its user experience isn't entirely selfless. Yes, the sites are free, but every search engine is fighting to be your source for local information. |
Search Engine Watch
January 23, 2006
Gary Price |
Terrific Real Estate Search Tools The combination of online maps, satellite and aerial imagery and real estate have spawned some fascinating and useful search sites, allowing you to visit virtual properties all around the world. |
PC Magazine
July 12, 2006 |
The Earth, Updated Google has marked the one-year anniversary of its Google Earth satellite mapping software by delivering a new beta version 4.0. |
InternetNews
October 6, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Google Mashes Up Local Maps and local search merge into Google Local. |
Search Engine Watch
June 28, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Google Earth Flies Free Google has released its long-anticipated geographic search tool, Google Earth, a new application that combines local search with satellite images and maps from around the globe. |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
A9.com's Streetwise Searches Amazon.com brings maps to life with street-level searches. |
InternetNews
June 28, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Google to Earth Google Earth is a new mapping product that lets users do virtual flyovers, then find local businesses. |
PC Magazine
December 20, 2006
Sebastian Rupley |
Fly-By History Google delivers blasts from the past. |
InternetNews
June 26, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Google Earth Does Good For Real One Google today announced Google Earth Outreach, a program to help the world's nonprofit organizations get a foothold in the virtual world so they can better communicate to Google Earth's 200 million users how to help the real one. |
InternetNews
September 12, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
MSN Kicks Out API Jams Outside developers and Web publishers can connect to MSN Search, Messenger and Virtual Earth via application programming interfaces (APIs). They are expecting to release Atlas, a toolset to help developers build Web sites incorporating asynchronous Javascript and XML (AJAX). |
PC Magazine
February 15, 2006
Davis D. Janowski |
Mapping Goes Local New local search services combine the search functionality of yellow-page sites, the cartographic abilities of the best mapping services, and a healthy dose of business and restaurant reviews provided by the locals themselves. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2007
Paul McFedries |
The New Geographers The new arts of neogeography and neocartography are thriving in their stead, and they will soon be annotating, augmenting, tagging, coding, and parsing your reality. |
InternetNews
July 6, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
John Hanke, GM, Google Earth Google wants Google Earth to organize all the world's geo-spatial information through user-annotation. |
PC Magazine
August 1, 2007
Lance Ulanoff |
Google Is Watching You Google is taking 360-degree images of major cities across the U.S. and tying them together with its Google Maps service. In some of the photos, you can make out faces, license plates, and more. |
InternetNews
May 29, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Google Zooms in on Earth, Maps at Where 2.0 Google pushes the latest Earth and Maps features. |
PC Magazine
May 17, 2006
Michael J. Miller |
Warning Children About Online Dangers We don't need a scare campaign, but we do need to educate kids about the basic rules of Internet safety.... The race to provide the best Internet mapping service... |
InternetNews
November 7, 2006
Susan Kuchinskas |
Microsoft Virtual Earth in the Round New 3D search product lets you wander virtual cities. |
Wired
June 26, 2007
Evan Ratliff |
Google Maps Is Changing the Way We See the World Volunteer cartographers are helping Google detail their satellite images around the world. |
BusinessWeek
July 18, 2005
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Google's Magic Carpet Ride Using Google Earth, you can fly anywhere on the globe and zoom quickly from an outer-space view to a close-up that shows skylights, swimming pools, and individual cars on roads. |
PC Magazine
February 10, 2009
Errol Pierre-Louis |
Google Earth 5.0 The new Google Earth 5.0 lets virtual tourists dive to the bottom of the sea, explore Mars, and even travel back in time. |
InternetNews
June 13, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
More KML And Bits of Google Earth Google took another step toward its goal to create a "Mirror World" with some improvements to its Google Earth satellite mapping application. |
InternetNews
May 19, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
Commercializing The World Google, Style Google Earth is fun, but there's little point if content creators can't make money. |
Search Engine Watch
September 6, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Hacking Google Earth Google Earth's vivid satellite imagery has a serious wow factor, but the program also offers a lot of useful tools and data sharing features that make it a terrific research and learning resource. |
Search Engine Watch
July 20, 2006
Greg Sterling |
A Closer Look at Windows Live Local The undeniable attraction of Windows Live Local is still its spectacular "Birds Eye" aerial photography, but there are many other product features to recommend the service. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2006
Willie D. Jones |
Microsoft and Google Vie for Virtual World Domination Both companies are seeking to dominate local search -- electronic versions of the kind of information found in local telephone directories. |
Popular Mechanics
September 2007
Joel Johnson |
Open-Source Street View? Google Says Not Yet, but Soon Enough? Currently available in five cities, the Street View function of Google Maps displays a 360-degree panorama of any location on the map. When will user photos be utilized? |
InternetNews
March 2, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Peek at The Plans For Google Earth Is Google working to clone Second Life, insert billboard ads, or bring sponsored links to Google Earth? |
InternetNews
December 12, 2007
Kenneth Corbin |
Microsoft Snatches Up Multimap Microsoft today purchased online navigation company Multimap, making it the latest in a string of acquisitions to broaden and improve its search, advertising and, now, mapping businesses. |
InternetNews
March 7, 2008 |
Google Pulls Map Images at Pentagon's Request Security concerns are now mixed with privacy issues over Google's street-level view. |
Search Engine Watch
April 5, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Google Debuts Satellite Images Google has added high-resolution satellite images to its Maps and Local search services, offering a birdseye view of millions of locations throughout the U.S. and Canada. |
The Motley Fool
October 3, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Amazon Sinks A9 Amazon.com strips its search engine of local color and personality. |
Search Engine Watch
February 1, 2006
Chris Sherman |
Searching for a Sense of Place Whether you're looking for the London in England, Texas or on the atoll of Kiritimati, one of these online gazetteers can help you locate just the geographic details you need. |
InternetNews
January 27, 2005
Tim Gray |
Amazon, A9 Give Virutal Search Tour The companies' A9.com guide offers users a view of the businesses they're searching for. |
InternetNews
June 30, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Search Meets Maps, APIs Google will publish the XML schema it uses to describe locations and Yahoo will publish its own Maps API, built on the open standard for Geo RSS. |
PC Magazine
September 14, 2005
Michael J. Miller |
Web Portals Make a Comeback Google, Yahoo, and MSN are constantly adding more features to their portals... The community is taking a role in search engines... Microsoft's PlaysForSure concept isn't completely accurate... |
InternetNews
October 23, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
Google Earth Gets Political Google announces a Google Earth 2006 Elections Special layer for their popular satellite mapping product. |
AFP eWire
August 20, 2007 |
Google Earth Outreach Offered to Nonprofits Several charities have already employed Google Earth in their marketing and education efforts. |
InternetNews
April 7, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Google Adds Answers, Augments Maps The search leader introduces new functions as features war with Yahoo and MSN rages on. |
InternetNews
April 28, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
Free 3-D For Google Earth You can build your dream home for free. Render a 3-D version of it and place it on Google Earth using Google SketchUp. |
InternetNews
August 23, 2007
Gene Hirschel |
For Google, Not Even The Sky is Off Limits The Google Earth Sky feature may keep us on Google Earth longer. |
Entrepreneur
July 2007
Mike Hogan |
Do the Mash Marrying maps to data is simple - and it can get your business moving. |
Popular Mechanics
November 19, 2007
Wayne Ma |
Riding Shotgun With Google Street View's Revolutionary Camera The fast-growing world of spherical video, the technology behind Google Street. |
PC World
August 20, 2007
Steve Bass |
The Web's Best Mapping Sites At the top map services, driving directions are just the beginning. |
InternetNews
April 5, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Google My Maps is Your Maps Google's My Maps allows users to mark locations on a map from a library of icons, draw lines and shapes to highlight paths and areas, and add text, photos, or YouTube/Google videos. |
