Comments on: Scoble: Unsubscribed http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/07/24/scoble-unsubscribed/ apparently much happier in person Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:39:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Robert Scoble http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/07/24/scoble-unsubscribed/#comment-80018 Robert Scoble Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1593579280#comment-80018 D'Arcy: that's not true. Look at the images of Google's campus. Ours gets a LOT closer. http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2005/07/25.html#a10753 D’Arcy: that’s not true. Look at the images of Google’s campus. Ours gets a LOT closer. http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2005/07/25.html#a10753

]]> By: D'Arcy http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/07/24/scoble-unsubscribed/#comment-80019 D'Arcy Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1593579280#comment-80019 It's sure true of the location I finally was able to zoom in on... It was just a blown up version of the second-to-highest zoom. Might have been a processing artifact, I don't know, but it definitely wasn't a higher resolution image. It’s sure true of the location I finally was able to zoom in on… It was just a blown up version of the second-to-highest zoom. Might have been a processing artifact, I don’t know, but it definitely wasn’t a higher resolution image.

]]> By: Pierre http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/07/24/scoble-unsubscribed/#comment-80020 Pierre Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1593579280#comment-80020 See them side-by-side here: http://www.gorissen.info/Pierre/presentaties/MSNVirtualEarthvsGoogleMaps/MSN%20Virtual%20Earth%20vs%20Google%20Maps.htm (large 22MB Flash-alert!) See them side-by-side here: http://www.gorissen.info/Pierre/presentaties/MSNVirtualEarthvsGoogleMaps/MSN%20Virtual%20Earth%20vs%20Google%20Maps.htm
(large 22MB Flash-alert!)

]]> By: D'Arcy http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/07/24/scoble-unsubscribed/#comment-80021 D'Arcy Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1593579280#comment-80021 Pierre, thanks for the link. There's a lighter-weight comparison on Flickr, with snaps from maps.google.com, MSN Virtual Earth, Google Earth, and the NASA product. Looks like MSN is using the NASA satellite imagery (at least for downtown San Francisco, which was used for the comparison). http://www.flickr.com/photos/strangnet/28182773/ Pierre, thanks for the link. There’s a lighter-weight comparison on Flickr, with snaps from maps.google.com, MSN Virtual Earth, Google Earth, and the NASA product. Looks like MSN is using the NASA satellite imagery (at least for downtown San Francisco, which was used for the comparison).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/strangnet/28182773/

]]> By: Pierre http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/07/24/scoble-unsubscribed/#comment-80022 Pierre Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1593579280#comment-80022 Hi D'Arcy, After I noticed that people tried to read my Dutch post using Bablefish and after seeing how that was translated, I decided to just translate the post myself: http://www.gorissen.info/Pierre/item/2005/7/24/msn-virtual-earth-vs-google-maps I think the Flickr comparison doesn't show the weak points of MSN Virtual Earth. It was when I tried finding the White House that I noticed that zooming in on something is much more difficult than it is in Google Maps. But I think the lack of an API is what is going to make things tough for MSN. For me that was the thing that sold Google Maps to me, even though I don't live in the UK or the US. Hi D’Arcy,
After I noticed that people tried to read my Dutch post using Bablefish and after seeing how that was translated, I decided to just translate the post myself: http://www.gorissen.info/Pierre/item/2005/7/24/msn-virtual-earth-vs-google-maps

I think the Flickr comparison doesn’t show the weak points of MSN Virtual Earth. It was when I tried finding the White House that I noticed that zooming in on something is much more difficult than it is in Google Maps.
But I think the lack of an API is what is going to make things tough for MSN. For me that was the thing that sold Google Maps to me, even though I don’t live in the UK or the US.

]]> By: D'Arcy http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/07/24/scoble-unsubscribed/#comment-80023 D'Arcy Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1593579280#comment-80023 Pierre - thanks for the translation. Babel was readable, but quirky :-) Also, it looks like MSN Virtual Earth doesn't actually have an extra level of zoom for the satellite images - they just blow up the image that's about the same as Google's highest res, so you are just looking at a smoothed out pixel-doubled version on MSNVE. Not really "higher zoom" - just bigger. Pierre – thanks for the translation. Babel was readable, but quirky :-)

Also, it looks like MSN Virtual Earth doesn’t actually have an extra level of zoom for the satellite images – they just blow up the image that’s about the same as Google’s highest res, so you are just looking at a smoothed out pixel-doubled version on MSNVE. Not really “higher zoom” – just bigger.

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