Do you ever find yourself gazing up at the sky on a night filled will stars and wondering what’s with all the sparkling lights, or where the heck are the Big and Little Dippers, anyways? I know I have a time or two. Luckily for us the Bing Maps team has been busy integrating their work with the Worldwide Telescope (WWT) into Bing Maps so that we can actually make sense of what is happening up there.
With the new Bing Maps WWT App you can explore the constellations and other known space objects just like you would navigate through a regular Bing Map. Chris Pendleton from the Bing Maps team goes into the details on this and how to work the application in his blog post New Bing Maps Application: Worldwide Telescope.
We hope the next time you are looking up at sky at night you can name what you see.
Kristin Meldahl - Bing
What a fantastic tool. Particularly useful is the ability to adjust the time/date to see what would be above at a given moment. If I could make a small suggestion it is to make the time/date adjustment a bit more intuitive. It wasn't readily apparent to me that those were adjustable. Great job though.
One thing all Bing Map Apps really could benefit from is an option to toggle between a fullscreen view mode. Similiar to what you find with Silverlight/Flash video players. The extra screen real estate would make for a more immersive experience. You already have a minimap arrow on the top right. Maybe have another icon next to it.
The thing I think is exciting about Bing is that it’s becoming more than just a place to find information
This is awesome..i'm expecting more such things from Bing team..
Soon we shall dethrone Google Empire..
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Brilliant addition to Bing maps, for centuries humans have taken an interest in mapping the stars, this just makes it easier for our generation!
Do you ever find yourself gazing up at the sky on a night filled will stars and wondering what’s with all the sparkling lights, or where the heck are the Big and Little Dippers, anyways? I know I have a time or two. Luckily for us the Bing Maps
Thanks for the info!!!!!!
I use to gaze the star in August.
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