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By - Darren Straight

Virtual Earth updated Imagery for May 2007

This months installment of the monthly imagery publish into Windows Live Maps / Virtual Earth includes an amazing 11.5 terabytes of new data making it the largest update ever to Virtual Earth. Birds Eye imagery in Europe got a major boost including the completion of London.  High resolution aerial imagery from many of the Virtual Earth’s partners worldwide rounds out the update. Here is

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New York, New York, in 3D – Seeing Is Believing!

Have you always wanted to visit New York City, but never had the chance to make it happen? Have you lived in the city for years, but still struggle to find your way around? Microsoft Live Search Maps will today begin offering three-dimensional, photo-realistic views of New York City buildings and landscapes, with perspectives that few people apart from Superman

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Google Maps Street View Launched!

Well it looks like the previous rumours of Google Maps Street View are coming true, Google today announced at the Where 2.0 conference, that they have added a new feature called “Street View” in certain locations on Google Maps. As well as this, starting today, Google is also adding developer-created gadgets called Mapplets to Google Maps. You can check out

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Live Earth Japan Revealed

Live Earth Founder and Producer Kevin Wall joined with Tatsu Kitagawa, the principal of Live Earth Japan office, at a press conference today to announce the artist lineup and ticketing information for Live Earth Japan. Wall announced that Japan is the only country hosting two events as part of the 24-hour, 7-continent Live Earth concert series to combat global warming.