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Streetview-style Streetside feature to Bing Maps

Juha-Matti Laurio [PersonRank 10]

Thursday, December 3, 2009
14 years ago2,597 views

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/091202-142130

Juha-Matti Laurio [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

From the blog post:

"Today, Satya Nadella Senior Vice President, Online Services at Microsoft unveiled new Bing features at an event in San Francisco. The updates involve Bing Maps, the Bing Mobile App and a new Bing Toolbar. There was also

Maps
   * Streetside imaging – yes, that's Microsoft's version of Google's Street View. It's smart for Bing to compete with the Google monster on this one.
   * Twitter integration – see real-time updates based on location
   * Local Lens – indexes local blogs and tries to associate them with a physical location
   * What's Nearby – find what's near a location. Staying at a hotel? Find the nearest pizza.
   * Photosynths – integrating the photo technology into maps. Try "metropolitan museum of art in New York City" for an example.
...."

Additionally there are
Mobile, Toolbar, and Social Network Visual Search Experience improvements.

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