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Maps Blog — Jan 2011

  • Jan
    27
    20 11

    Partner Webcast on Feb 17 – Hosting Geospatial...

    Good afternoon! In a few weeks, Kevin Adler, one of our Bing Maps Solution Specialists, will be hosting a webcast about geospatial imagery in the cloud and its positive impact on IT costs. If you’re interested, details are below: Today’s economy is forcing government agencies to review every aspect of the business to find new ways of reducing expenses while maintaining service. Geospatial services and specifically imagery---which is the largest amount of data and often the most expensive ---is no different. Hosting geospatial imagery in the cloud reduces the total IT cost of infrastructure as it alleviates the need of owning and maintain servers, software, and staff time to deploy solutions that include geospatial imagery. For government agencies this can serve as a single source hosted in the cloud reducing the need to maintain local server farms. You’re invited to attend this free webcast presented by Terra Pixel, a Microsoft partner, to learn how managing your agency’s imagery services in the cloud can save taxpayer spend. Using Image Patch Cloud Service from Terra Pixel allows users to securely manage geospatial imagery in the cloud and provide uninterrupted access to your imagery... Read More Good afternoon! In a few weeks, Kevin Adler, one of our Bing Maps Solution Specialists, will be hosting a webcast about geospatial imagery in the cloud and its positive impact on IT costs. If you’re interested, details are below: Today’s economy is forcing government agencies to review every aspect of the business to find new ways of reducing expenses while maintaining service. Geospatial services and specifically imagery---which is the largest amount of data and often the most expensive ---is no different. Hosting geospatial imagery in the cloud reduces the total IT cost of infrastructure as it... Read More
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  • Jan
    11
    20 11

    NineMSN & Bing Maps User Collections...

    As many Australians and others around the world have their eye on the catastrophic floods in Queensland, Australia’s ninemsn used Bing Maps’ user collections to map out where the floods have occurred. The collection is a great example of how online maps can be dynamic sources of visual information and context. Simply a list of cities affected by the floods cannot show just how dense of an area or how wide these floods affected. Our thoughts are with those in the Queenland’s area. Brian Hendricks Product Manager Bing Maps Bing Maps on: Blog , Twitter , Facebook Learn more about Bing Maps on Wikipedia Read More As many Australians and others around the world have their eye on the catastrophic floods in Queensland, Australia’s ninemsn used Bing Maps’ user collections to map out where the floods have occurred. The collection is a great example of how online maps can be dynamic sources of visual information and context. Simply a list of cities affected by the floods cannot show just how dense of an area or how wide these floods affected. Our thoughts are with those in the Queenland’s area. Brian Hendricks Product Manager Bing Maps Bing Maps on: Blog , Twitter , Facebook... Read More
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  • Jan
    06
    20 11

    The turbo-charged, fuel-injected decision...

    This week is CES week, the annual Consumer Electronics jamboree in Vegas. This year, Hyundai and ATX are bringing a little motor show glamour to the proceedings.  You may know ATX from its vehicle response services, helping drivers out with emergency assistance and more.  ATX have relied on Bing Maps in their vehicle response centers for a while now. Now ATX and Hyundai have partnered to get drivers connected, with off-board, voice-activated services that deliver real-time, relevant content supplied by Bing, including points of interest, addresses, restaurant ratings, gas prices, weather and more. Drivers can also use a customized Hyundai website, powered by Bing Maps, to personalize content to send across to the vehicle. ATX’s press release is here for more details. And to kick off the festivities, Toyota announced Entune, their new in-vehicle multimedia system featuring Bing, read more here . All proof that mobile’s a state of mind, not a form factor, and even your car can have a decision engine under the hood Matthew Quinlan Group Product Manager Bing Maps Read More This week is CES week, the annual Consumer Electronics jamboree in Vegas. This year, Hyundai and ATX are bringing a little motor show glamour to the proceedings.  You may know ATX from its vehicle response services, helping drivers out with emergency assistance and more.  ATX have relied on Bing Maps in their vehicle response centers for a while now. Now ATX and Hyundai have partnered to get drivers connected, with off-board, voice-activated services that deliver real-time, relevant content supplied by Bing, including points of interest, addresses, restaurant ratings, gas prices, weather... Read More
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  • Jan
    01
    20 11

    Step inside with Bing

    Consumers Explore restaurants with full 360-degree, HD panaromic images. Move inside-to-outside and room-to-room to see everything the restaurant has to offer. Decide for yourself if a restaurant has the right atmosphere for a night out, a romantic dinner, or an upcoming event. Head to Bing.com/Local to search for restaurants or try a few examples: Gennaro's (Boston) , Angelo's & Maxies (NY), Boulevard Restaurant (SF) Businesses Allow potential customers to step inside your business and explore. Get professional panoramic photographers to take 360-degree panoramas of your establishment. Help searchers decide for themselves and rely less on third-party testimonials for how your restaurant or business looks. If you're interested in adding a "step inside" experience to your business, learn more here . Not in Bing.com's local listing database? Sign up via the Local Listings Center Disclaimer: Bing's "Interior Views" feature requires Microsoft Silverlight to be installed. For more information and to download Silverlight, please visit Silverlight.net Read More Consumers Explore restaurants with full 360-degree, HD panaromic images. Move inside-to-outside and room-to-room to see everything the restaurant has to offer. Decide for yourself if a restaurant has the right atmosphere for a night out, a romantic dinner, or an upcoming event. Head to Bing.com/Local to search for restaurants or try a few examples: Gennaro's (Boston) , Angelo's & Maxies (NY), Boulevard Restaurant (SF) Businesses Allow potential customers to step inside your business and explore. Get professional panoramic photographers to take 360-degree panoramas... Read More