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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><EM>"And by the way, what good is
imagery when you need driving directions or need to find something particular?
<STRONG>Who cares about seeing your house</STRONG>? (I hope you already know
what it looks like and where it is)"</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the Google earth application, what is really
interesting for most of the people IS to see their house from the sky. I'm a
mapserver developper, but i sometimes use google earth not to work, but just to
have fun and watch the Great wall from the sky, the pyramids from the sky, new
york from the sky... and with the good precision we can have in google earth
that's really cool.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I see google earth as a viewer just for fun more
than a way to work.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you want some driving directions, no need of
rasters, application like Mappy are good enought, i think.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sylvain B.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mn@BLOMINFO.DK href="mailto:mn@BLOMINFO.DK">Morten Nielsen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU
href="mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU">MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 27, 2005 10:05
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> SPAM!!!: Re:
[UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Microsoft's Virtual Earth - Googlemaps Clone?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">></SPAN></FONT>I saw this, but was
thoroughly disappointed in it. No detailed images of <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>
appeared. What good is a virtual earth if all that is displayed is the
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>?<BR><BR><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Well
Google have been running their app for quite some time now. VE has just been
launched two days ago. They are still in the process of getting more and more
data online, and more up-to-date imagery, as well-as eagle-eye imagery.
Microsoft has decided to launch with only <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region> data, and
then more data later. I can’t see the big problem in that, and seems quite
reasonable when you think about it. They are under pressure from Google, and
shouldn’t wait too long. I guess you always will be able to find spots where
one is better than the other. Examples below:</SPAN></FONT><FONT
color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dodgers
stadium:<BR><A
href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.073759,-118.239949&spn=0.005859,0.009917&t=k&hl=en">http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.073759,-118.239949&spn=0.005859,0.009917&t=k&hl=en</A><BR><A
href="http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=34.073559|-118.240567&style=h&lvl=19&v=1">http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=34.073559|-118.240567&style=h&lvl=19&v=1</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hollywood</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:City><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">:<BR><A
href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.134057,-118.321670&spn=0.005855,0.009917&t=k&hl=en">http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.134057,-118.321670&spn=0.005855,0.009917&t=k&hl=en</A><BR><A
href="http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=34.134057|-118.321673&style=h&lvl=19&v=1">http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=34.134057|-118.321673&style=h&lvl=19&v=1</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Pentagon:<BR><A
href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.870871,-77.056400&spn=0.005507,0.009917&t=k&hl=en">http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.870871,-77.056400&spn=0.005507,0.009917&t=k&hl=en</A><BR><A
href="http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=38.871234|-77.057875&style=h&lvl=19&v=1">http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=38.871234|-77.057875&style=h&lvl=19&v=1</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">And
Google’s own headquarters isn’t visible in Google’s map :-)<BR><A
href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=google+mountain+view&ll=37.423406,-122.082659&spn=0.011090,0.016919&t=k&num=10&start=0&hl=en">http://maps.google.com/maps?q=google+mountain+view&ll=37.423406,-122.082659&spn=0.011090,0.016919&t=k&num=10&start=0&hl=en</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR>And
by the way, what good is imagery when you need driving directions or need to
find something particular? Who cares about seeing your house? (I hope you
already know what it looks like and where it is)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">></SPAN></FONT>I still love
google.<FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Yeah its
_<I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">still</SPAN></I>_ the coolest, but VE
also has some nice features, and when it all gets brushed of, I think it can
be just as cool. Check it out in a few months. Btw. The scratchpad and
automatic updated search-result is pretty cool. I like the idea that queries
corresponds to the area you are viewing. Oh yeah and the scroll-wheel can be
used for zooming!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There
are plenty of kick-ass javascripts to steal from both apps
:-)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=gmailquote><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">/Morten<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>