Bing To Use Flickr Photos and Live Video In The Future, But Google’s Got Goods Too

Without wishing to compare Microsoft’sBing Skyto Google Sky , and itsBing Mapswith picture andlive videoto Street View , they do sound pretty bandwagon - jumping - similar , especially withGoogle Mapstoday adding some Modern Labs features .

Microsoft ’s said to “ remain tuned ” for release particular , but has demoed the unrecorded video , which could bear witness really worthful when going on holiday for representative — you may hold places out before you bother live . The Streetside Photos feature is n’t exactly rotatory now that every man and his frank has used Street View , but by using people ’s uploaded Flickr photo ( geo - track , naturally ) they ’ll be in a mellow - Re and offer more color and life than Google ’s own Street View car can snap .

The new features were shown off at the TED conference , and thenlater blogged on Bing ’s land site :

“ This tech preview mines geo - tagged photos from Flickr , and relates them to our Streetside imaging to show images matched to its original spatial context . Why is this cool ? You ’re now capable to see what that club take care like at Nox ( is it really THAT shuddery ? ) , see if you ’re really cash in one’s chips to get a good sunset at that B&B you ’re looking to book , or see out the crowd on a Saturday morning at Pike Place Market in Seattle or get a thought of the same grocery from decennium prior . As more people deal imagination , our challenge is to reunify those photos with where they were taken – again , put up context to the datum in the diethyl ether . ”

Bing Sky meanwhile has been created using WolrdWide Telescope from the Microsoft Research division , and will let you :

“ be able-bodied to walk outside in Streetside musical mode , calculate up , and see what ’s above – way above – right now where you ’re standing . configuration come to life sentence as you pan off – you’re able to even set the time of day so you’re able to see what you ’ll see at 9 postmortem – big for exploring with your daughter to get her ready for what she ’ll see when the sun goes down . ”

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It does seem like inauspicious timing for them , when Google ’s put its Maps servicing into the Labs box , tally some new other features like the ability to see gamey - res airy pictures of select locations ; rotate a map the agency you want it to come along , and a ‘ where in the world ’ biz for quiz yourself on countries ( amongstothers ) .

I still think Microsoft ’s got a hard game to play if it wants to properly catch up to Google , and while live video is impressive , there ’s just too many people out there doing Google Maps mash - ups and developing alfresco of the Microsoft box . [ BingviaSearch Engine LandviaBlogoscoped ]

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