Have you checked out the new photography and new maps we’ve used on Windows Live Local? But, even better are the turn-by-turn directions. Huh? Here, check out how to get from the Google Offices in Kirkland to Microsoft’s Headquarters in Redmond. Click on each direction (the ones that say “Turn RIGHT…”). It’ll take you to that turn on the photo so you can get a sense of which way the directions take you and what it looks like. I’ve used that several times already and it’s cool and helps you to see that the system actually picked the best route for you.
New Local.Live Maps and Directions Rock
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… from the interview.
… from the interview.
Heheh!
Heheh!
Doesn’t seem to work in Safari…
Doesn’t seem to work in Safari…
It’s good. But I wish it allowed us Aussies to zoom in a bit more for our maps.
It’s good. But I wish it allowed us Aussies to zoom in a bit more for our maps.
Since everybody is leaving Microsoft to go to google, shouldn’t those directions be in the other direction?
Since everybody is leaving Microsoft to go to google, shouldn’t those directions be in the other direction?
Cool, stuff, but it all falls down as soon as you move outside the big US cities — even for established mapping systems. I recently compared trip planners in my home town. The results were just stupid.
Cool, stuff, but it all falls down as soon as you move outside the big US cities — even for established mapping systems. I recently compared trip planners in my home town. The results were just stupid.
Have to agree. In Philadelphia, it’s great. Move to a burb on the outskirts, I can’t see anything close us.
Have to agree. In Philadelphia, it’s great. Move to a burb on the outskirts, I can’t see anything close us.
I’ve been trying to see a bird’s eye view of 87th & Narrows in Brooklyn, NY and it seems to be locked up over some other places
I’ve been trying to see a bird’s eye view of 87th & Narrows in Brooklyn, NY and it seems to be locked up over some other places