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Just a note: the coverage of street data for Japan is not "highly-detailed"...actually, it's pretty terrible.Kcumming20:40, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Just checked now and it appears to have reasonably detailed alley-level information one would expect from an ordinary map. It also shows silhouettes of subway stations. —Tokek12:08, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Also Directions is showing something strange over whole Japan, so you can say there is no Directions in Japan until your car cant fly over rivers, building and railways to fallow. —Rambalac (talk)07:42, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm moving this here:
On December 11, 2006, Microsoft added the ability to view the maps in3D using anActiveX control andDirectX.
I think the date is incorrect. Could someone who knows fix this and put this back into the article? Thanks~ Feureau11:10, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I am of the opinion that there is enough information on this page, such that there is no need to call it a stub anymore. Anyone has any comments regarding this? --0612(talk)04:20, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
In my opinion there is still not enough history information? Eg. relation of Virtual Earth to Windows Live Local, features of first program versions in comparition to now...
The result of the proposal wasPAGE MOVED per discussion below. -GTBacchus(talk)00:30, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Windows Live Local →Windows Live Maps – I have noticed that Microsoft does NOT refer it to Windows Live Local anymore. Instead, in many official locations, it is now named Windows Live Maps. One example would be the official blog athttp://virtualearth.spaces.live.com, where the title is now Windows Live Maps / Virtual Earth, and all recent blog entries are now referring it as Live Maps. Another location is on Windows Live Help, located athttp://help.live.com/help.aspx?mkt=en-us&project=wl_local&querytype=keyword&query=qaf, it refers to it as Windows Live Search Maps. Evenhttps://account.live.com/services.aspx?amnv=0 refers to it as Search Maps.
I'd recommend renaming the article to Windows Live Maps and insert a note referencing that it was once called Windows Live Local. Any suggestions?Pikablu053010:23, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Some portions of the article are written like an advertisement.Dy yol23:00, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This section reads as incredibly biased against Microsoft and needs amending.SaintedLegion15:50, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I removed the rest of the criticism section. The remainder seemed to say, "browsing maps on Live Local is not anonymous" because Microsoft captures IP addresses and requests of visitors. Every web server does this and every reputable site includes a privacy policy stating so.Here's Microsoft's. I don't work for Microsoft nor am I paid to remove this crap from Wikipedia on their behalf. Let's be reasonable.White 72017:15, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The site seems a bit more reasonable compatibility-wise now. Could people using the following browsers check whether following links (e.g.[1]) works?
EdC16:08, 28 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Allhttp://local.live.com/ links (References 1-8) appear to be dead. A great pity, as a lot of the satellite images were better than Google (in the UK anyway) and it was so easy to use. I can't work out how to get satellite images withhttp://intl.local.live.com. Any ideas?MansLaughter (talk)19:44, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Since today anyone logging in from the UK is directed to multimap.com and has no option to keep on using the Live Maps. I have added a short mention of this as many UK users seem to be puzzled why they no longer can use Live Search.Bigar (talk)10:02, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Up until a moment ago, the infobox listed three URLs:http://maps.live.com,http://local.live.com, andhttp://virtualearth.com. I just removed the local.live.com one, since Microsoft is no longer using the Windows Live Local branding. But because Virtual Earth remains a big part of the brand, I left that. Just something to think about.Tophtucker (talk)02:19, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Does anyone have any information on how long this project has been in the works? In Texas, the pictures are about 5 yrs out of date when i look through the 'bird's eye view'—Precedingunsigned comment added by76.79.9.129 (talk)19:45, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
About 18 years- the product evolved from MapPoint. Bird's eye imagery has been active for about five years or so and aerial imagery has been live since 1998 on terra server. I think the refresh rate for imagery is 5 years for most of the not major metros.
Bing Maps now supports OpenStreetMap. They added a layer to their serviceSource:http://www.bing.com/toolbox/blogs/maps/archive/2010/08/02/bing-maps-adds-open-street-maps-layer.aspx—Precedingunsigned comment added by91.63.123.240 (talk)09:38, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I would like someone to look into why Microsoft tried, unsuccessfully, to remove via pixelation a Birds Eye view of an old GE transformer plant on the edge of Silver Lake in Pittsfield Massachusetts. The image of the facility itself has been obviously removed from 3 out of the 4 views. It is a site of one of the worst PCB pollution events in US history.
Has Microsoft removed other corporate buildings like this and for what reason?—Precedingunsigned comment added by24.180.15.82 (talk)20:27, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Just as inApple maps andGoogle Earth the 3D buildings sections should be added, source for cities :http://www.bing.com/dev/en-us/maps-preview-app–Georgij Michaliutin (talk)04:53, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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