With the launch of satellite imagery Yahoo Maps on Tuesday, we now have our choice of virtual planets. You can scope out your college roomate's backyard via Google Earth, MSN's LivePoint.
It's all cool technology, and it's now become a standard offering in online maps. (Although I'm having a hard time finding it on MapQuest...) It also ads great dimension and value to advertising offerings in local search, as we've mentioned elsewhere on this blog.
But who's got the best technology? As Charlene Li points out in her blog, Google may have the most fun offering - and they certainly got the most fanfare for launching first - it's Microsoft who takes the prize here. They've got the most sophisticated technology...I mean, it's Microsoft. They had MapPoint before most of us were even thinking about online maps.
Read Charlene's post for a good comprehensive overview of the offerings out there.
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