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Tuesday, November 7. 2006
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Tech Behind Virtual Earth 3D?
Microsoft mentions just "technology" in its press release about the new version of Virtual Earth that includes 3D buildings for 15 cities in the U.S. Still, other coverage notes the importance of Vexcel technology. (Boulder Daily Camera)
Harris put out a press release noting its technology and imagery from Pictometry are included.
And, Brady at O'Reilly Radar notes use of GeoTango tools.
Now, it's possible that all these are part of the whole, but from a PR standpoint, it's sure confusing that no single entity (even Microsoft) acknowledges them all, especially since it acquired two of the companies in the last year! I will say that in taking a quick look at the new version I did not see credit to Pictometry in the images from Boston.
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Hi All. There is only so much detail that can go into a press release before it gets too long. To augment the info in the official release, which needs to be brief and to the point, we have a series of articles rolling out on our Virtual Earth Blog. In particular I think you'll find this one, and the information it links to, very informative.
http://virtualearth.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2BBC66E99FDCDB98!7694.entry
Even more info is on the way. members of various teams are working on articles about the work they have done. The best is yet to come though! This is just our first release of 3D stuff. We're gathering user feedback and getting the next release rolling - If you hated V1, you'll REALLY hate v2. and if you like what you see in V1, prepare to be blown away by the stuff in the pipleline
http://virtualearth.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2BBC66E99FDCDB98!7694.entry
Even more info is on the way. members of various teams are working on articles about the work they have done. The best is yet to come though! This is just our first release of 3D stuff. We're gathering user feedback and getting the next release rolling - If you hated V1, you'll REALLY hate v2. and if you like what you see in V1, prepare to be blown away by the stuff in the pipleline
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