Microsofts’s new additions to Live Search Maps
Observing the streets and city areas from many storied building is always been a fun for everyone. We follow number of options to experience being at the top of the world. We might travel through an airplane. We might also hire anything that will take us in air. However, with latest technologies many companies have come forward to roam you around the world through air and to take glimpse of how our earth will look like from sky. These are not any machines not even balloons, these are just bunch of softwares that gets installed on your PC and will help you to roam across many beautiful places of world, that too in a single click.
If you want to view the three 3D maps, you just need to install a plug-in called the 3DVIA. This feature will enable the 3D option on Virtual Earth. You can control this 3D imagery with your mouse and keyboard.
Besides these you can also use Xbox 360 Controller or other game controllers in Windows Vista, and Windows XP. From April 2007, users can also use 3D connexion's “Space Navigator” input device.
Currently rough 68 cities around the world can be viewed 3D. This includes most cities in United States, a few cities in Canada, the United Kingdom, and France. In addition to this, some important landmarks like Coliseum in Rome, are modeled in 3D.
The terrain data is available for all over the world. You can also use a simpler 3D modeling program named Virtual Earth -3DVIA if you wan to add your own models in the 3D map.
Some of the cities covered in the 3D imagery is as given.
United States: Augusta, Aurora-Naperville, Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Boston, Birmingham, Buffalo, Cape Coral, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, Coral Springs, Dallas-Fort Worth, Detroit, Denver, Huntsville, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Jackson, Joliet, Knoxville, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Louisville, Los Angles, Miami, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Montgomery, Mobile, Nashville, New York, New Orleans, Orlando, Philadelphia, Portland (OR), Phoenix, Rockford, Redmond, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Diego, Savannah, Shreveport, Seattle, St. Petersburg, St. Louis, Tacoma, Tampa, Tallahassee, Tucson, West Palm Beach.
Canada: Calgary, Edmonton, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec, Toronto
United Kingdom: Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Eastbourne, Gloucester, Liverpool, Northampton, Norwich, Plymouth, Swindon, Wolverhampton
France: Toulouse, Vannes
Japan: Tokyo
Clear Flow: This is the latest software technology which Microsoft is about to release. It has announced it in March 2008. It is a service, which would, provides driving directions on Live.com. It would cover 72 cities in United States. Microsoft's Artificial Intelligence team required five years to develop it and now it will be launched shortly.
With the help of ClearFlow you would be able to get real time traffic data and thus keep yourself away from traffic and traffic jams. Microsoft also claims that in the near future ClearFlow could also be integrated in Search Mobile, and other similar Microsoft mobile applications. These also include in-car navigation and personal navigation devices. The most important thing is that clearflow is going other be available free of cost.
Other features
Terrain, details which you can view in 3D mode.
Ability to find, view, and print driving directions.
Ability to know about the traffic data for different major cities.
Points of interest stored and shared by other users.
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