Microsoft's Earth deletes Apple HQ

[wakeme2008]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/25/msn_earth_deletes_aple/

Microsoft's Earth deletes Apple HQ
By John Oates (john.oates at theregister.co.uk)
Published Monday 25th July 2005 13:44 GMT

Not one but two Register readers emailed us to tell us that MSN's Virtual Earth is promoting a world free of the menace of Apple Computers.

If you've got time on your hands - stand up Jens and Stefan - have a look at Apple's Cupertino headquarters from Google and MSN's rival map sites. Both sites offer aerial photos alongside maps. MSN's version is here http://tinyurl.com/98mm5 and Google's is here http://tinyurl.com/awm9p

..more at link

[whistle]

1. I had a satellite map service which actually zoomed in to where

...I was able to see details such as flowers and sidewalk cracks around my residence. I've lost that link, but these Google maps seem to be further away at full zoom then my other link allowed.

[RobertSeattle]

2. Oh Puleeze

One has an older photo and the other has a newer.

[htuttle]

3. It would have to be more than 20 years old!

Is M$ peddling 20 year old satellite photos on it's 'virtual earth' website? Seems more like a 'virtual history' website, if that is the case (and if they are all that old, they ought to display the date the photos were taken).

[alfredo]

4. MS's Terraserver uses old soviet era images. It appears they are

still using them.