Bing Maps – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 14:36:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg Bing Maps – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Bing Maps Updates Oblique Imagery https://www.maproomblog.com/2017/12/bing-maps-updates-oblique-imagery/ Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:00:57 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=6243 More]]>
Bing Maps

Bing Maps is still trucking along, even if Apple and Google take up most of the oxygen in the online mapping space these days. Two weeks ago the Bing Maps team marked the 450th location to receive oblique “Bird’s Eye” imagery. All the cities listed as receiving new oblique imagery are in the United States.

]]> 6243 Sending Driving Directions to Your Phone https://www.maproomblog.com/2016/01/sending-driving-directions-to-your-phone/ Mon, 11 Jan 2016 20:48:13 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=199 More]]> Time’s John Patrick Pullen compares how easy or difficult it is to send driving directions to your phone using maps from Apple, Google and Microsoft before coming up with a surprise winner: “I pulled up MapQuest for a punchline on this story, but the joke’s on all of us. MapQuest is, by far, the easiest way to get maps from your desktop to your phone.” I really ought to try this out myself and see if I agree with him.

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