Comments on: Get inside the planes that capture Microsoft Virtual Earth

Ever wondered who's taking all those photos you see on mapping services like Google Maps and Microsoft Virtual Earth? Meet the folks at Keystone Aerial Surveys.

[t8]

Who cares about Microsoft's Virtual Earth anyway?
Most people use Google Earth.

[yandoodan]

Virtual Earth flies airplanes around to take cool oblique photos of everywhere from every direction. Google Earth puts cameras on car roofs. What's /that/ about????

[Josh.Lowensohn]

I use it from time to time. Sure Google Earth and Google Maps are more popular, but I find Microsoft's imagery to be more compelling at the city level. They also had in-browser 3D maps well before Google did ;)

[thrillsnskills]

Uhhh, T8...

LOTS of people care about MVE!

I actually prefer it over Google Earth.
Before you knock it - you should try it.
It is actually REALLY good!

[jef5623]

But Google Earth and Microsoft Virtual Earth have to do a lot better to enter into the 7th age of computing, right?

[S.E.Pummershein]

I love my home planet Earth! Forever, or more 5.000.000.000. years.