Following the recent availability of new Windows Live Local Aerial Photography for the UK, and yesterdays New release of Windows Live Local which includes real-time traffic reporting, new ways to collect and share search results, and tight integration with Microsoft Office Outlook and Windows Live Messenger.

Windows Live Local now has a Birds-Eye view available for London.

And this after yesterdays press pass which said:

Standard aerial imagery for the U.K. has been licensed from Getmapping plc. Microsoft is also working with the Blom Group to provide the unique bird’s-eye-view photos that will cover roughly 235 square miles of London in the coming weeks and will expand over time. Bird’s-eye-view imagery in the U.S. is provided by Pictometry International Corp. for 30 percent of the U.S. areas that are mapped. In Canada, bird’s-eye-view imagery will not be available in the initial release but will be introduced as the beta is built out and improved over the next several months.

So I guess it looks like we have Windows Live Local Birds-Eye view imagery for London quicker than we might have expected, great work Microsoft!

Related links: MS Discussion