Microsoft – 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 Microsoft – 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 With Here Maps About to Go Away, Microsoft Updates Its Windows 10 Maps App https://www.maproomblog.com/2016/06/with-here-maps-about-to-go-away-microsoft-updates-its-windows-10-maps-app/ Wed, 22 Jun 2016 20:11:12 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=2285 More]]> After Here Maps was sold to a consortium of German automakers, it announced that it was dropping support for Here Maps on Windows Phone and Windows 10 Mobile, with the workaround that kept those map apps going expiring at the end of this month. Yesterday Microsoft announced a major update to its native Windows 10 Maps app; among its new features is a tool to import favourites from the obsolescent Here apps. [Engadget]

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