bingmapspreview
Latest
Bing Maps spices up more than 100 cities with 3D and Streetside views
Bing Maps just got much, much better if you're tired of looking at plain old satellite pictures. Microsoft has just added either 3D maps, Streetside views or both to more than 100 cities, many of which you'll definitely recognize. You can now see what it's like on the ground near the Chicago Theater or San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge; if you have the Bing Maps Preview app for Windows, you can go on a 3D flight through famous places like Disney World or the Las Vegas Strip. You'll want to hit the source link for the full upgrade list, but most of the additions are in the US. If you've wanted to tour America from the comfort of your couch, you're going to have a field day.
Bing Maps Preview now lets you explore more cities in 3D
Microsoft's been hard at work on enhancing the Bing Maps experience within Windows 8.1, and it all started with the release of a preview application last year. With one of the focus areas being 3D exploring, Bing has announced that Maps Preview can now provide a 360-degree view of 15 more cities, both from the US and abroad. Here in the States, this includes Montgomery, Alabama; San Francisco, California; Tallahassee, Florida; and Seattle, Washington, to mention a few. Meanwhile, in Europe, Bing has added 3D mapping access to Duisburg and Dresden in Germany, as well as Marbella and Murcia in Spain. The Redmond-based outfit says we can expect the list to keep growing, too, as it is always working to support additional places.
Bing Maps Preview showcases new mapping experience 'built from the ground up' for Windows 8.1
Microsoft's been busy overhauling its Bing Maps experience for Windows 8.1 and, today, the Redmond giant's posted an app preview to its Windows Store. Users running that latest OS build can download the Bing Maps Preview to check out the sweeping, hi-res imagery, from satellite to street view, of our world. It's the Bing version of Google Earth, and it's just a taste of "what's to come" as Microsoft is only making 70 cities available for view in the preview. But all those petabytes of data aren't just for show, the new Bing Maps is designed to dynamically adapt to your orientation, with overlays for information on landmarks, businesses and other places of interest. Microsoft's even built in what it's calling "bubble view," which allows users to get a street view preview while remaining zoomed out on the map. This being Bing, search and Skype (enabled via Snapview) are both integrated into the app, so you can look up and make calls to highlighted addresses, as well as map out directions to destinations. The preview's live now, so you can hit up the source to get a first look at this new Bingified world.
