Bing Maps: New Spatial Streetside Photos w/ Flickr

[FOX11GUY]

I just tried Bing after watching this video. 2 stars, Two thumbs down and a D-. Google maps was made for the people. These guys are the people who cut you of on the freeway.

[nriab23]

Why isn't any of this working when I try it on bing, streetside is nothing like google streetview for me, rather 5 pics side by side

[netlorens]

@nriab23 Hi, nriab23,

Try visiting bit dot ly slash streetsidephotos to experience this.

You can also just visit bing dot com slash maps slash explore.

[YoutanPoluo]

I feel like this technology should be a lot bigger than it is - more appreciated and utilized, u know? I remember seeing his TED presentation back in 2007 and couldn't wait to see this stuff in action.

[FOX11GUY]

@YoutanPoluo What! The map functions, meaning navigation, are useful. Everything else is just a gimmick. "Yes they have a road map, but ours has glitter!"

[Ian7570]

wow, very impressive. I'm still using google out of habit as well but may switch.

[MrHabbman]

I LOVE Streedside from Microsoft (Bing)

[flanker22]

i like bing streetside more than google streetview, only problem is that the google map database/image quality runs circles around bings.

bing streetside runs alot smoother and you can even rotate while moving and the transitions are alot more viewable and smoother.

[rahulerai]

i am not a microsoft fan,and i hate to say they are doing a good job..But this cant go unsaid..They did a wonderful job!

[ExploringBeyond]

bing is microsoft and microsoft has been doing an exceptional job for years now. i still use google out of habit but bing is more accurate, learns as you use it, and the image search is wonderful. bing maps easily surpasses google maps but I can't get the sky view to work. is that still in beta? also i've been looking for the beta link and can't find it. Does anyone know where to get it?

[stidu]

Wow, amazing!

[libtechsk8er]

Before I watched this video, I did not like Bing, simply because I don't like the name or logo. That's just the way I am, but I think if I use Bing more often, I will start to like it more.

[midowmv]

Bing Map超順的!!!不像Google Map那樣頓到死～

[oiktirmos]

beautiful & terrible

[assaflavie]

nice MS maps is catching up..

[ZachariahLogan]

hm, google should do this 5 years ago..

[ZachariahLogan]

YAS!

[GreatBritishGamers]

sure, i guess people can say it's like google streetview but honestly i prefer what bing are doing by elaberating on it. It seems a bit smoother

[ewestent]

nice

[Superharas]

Copied from Google™

[nickelgrey]

Maybe, but it looks incredibly better and incredibly LESS crap than Google's, objectively.

[BibliotecCate]

Absolutely amazing. Way to go Bing!

[nickelgrey]

This experience on Bing is... FANTASTIC. You are doing a remarkable job. Far more better than Google street view.

[gvted]

tele atlas

[MaruyamaTakahiro]

すごいですね。

昔の写真や絵画も貼り込める（という表現でいいのかな？）。デジ­タルアーカイブが今の記憶とむすびつく瞬間を見せていただきまし­た。

[coici]

マイクロソフトがジオタグ付のFlickrの写真をストリートビ­ューに表示。どこの写真かが自動認識され、ストリートビューには­め込まれる。

[nickelgrey]

As this feature has to work on all browser I think it's normal they have other browsers pinned there. :-)

[Jonathanyt]

this dude looks like Paul Gilbert

[timons106]

Nice! 5*

[AdrianWerner]

Great stuff. It's good Google is finally getting some competition, will keep them from stagnating

[DStaniforth]

Amazing work on the augmented reality and merging the geotagged photos. Would love to see how this works outside of cities, where the spatial information may not be as acurate.

[EndeavourAccuracy]

pretty nice

[nothingelseis]

Brilliant. Have been looking forward to this since the first previews of Photosynth.

Agree with everyone else about the naming and branding though. Bing's just so damn nasty. ;-)

[zdux0013]

Wow, What an amazing idea. No wonder Microsoft is so big! All this time I was thinking that I had a less mal-ware ridden and more stable OS by using Linux.

[itsme4880plus]

They're not big because of their ideas, They're big because of their market strategies since they were the first ones to sell Software separated from hardwares so people are able to build their own computers, its very cheap that way and MS Dos/Windows became famous. Now about Linux its something like: If people are able to build their own PCs why not a Software Open Source that anyone can modify and transform etc. In other words: Linux is perfect for developpers.

[thakook]

I have feets. It's perfect for peoples. Did you know that? Good Googin. That's why!

[gangstatuts7]

lol i have the same vid, not the same but about streetside. I love bing. Its great search engine and a great map. I have tried it alot, the map and now i am a bing user. love it.

[k1111117]

Safari isn't supported in Augmented reality--ie. 3D either?

[k1111117]

Question? What is the difference between this and Google maps? Why isn't Firefox or Chrome supported for the 3D option? Why do I care about the stars in the sky in a map?

[Napalmdest54]

You are using the Classic Bing Maps and not the silverlight powered version... Works great for me in FF3.6 and Chrome.

[sotisdiv]

Fantastic!

[duguder]

Definately staycation is on my list. Anyway about uncheck read-only from explorer, if it can't be done why let me go through the motion?

[quikboy2]

Who says Microsoft doesn't ever innovate? :)

[zdux0013]

Exactly Microsoft once again leads the way

[CliftonRX7]

I like the competition, wow google gave yall the bing name, oh money counts

[hitachiota]

Bing is so awesome!

[higgsbosonqbit]

Very cool! Will inspire more Flickr users opening their imagery to the Creative Commons, a good thing.

[wickedceltics]

whoa

[diggingforgold]

Ever since Birds Eye View, I stopped using Google Maps in favor of Bing Maps. This is just another innovation over Google. Keep up the good work.

[Wormtail81]

Freaking fantastic.

[puceLanoCyL]

excellent! love Bing!

[soulsolutions]

Simply awesome Blaise, you're really leaving Google Maps behind with this innovation. Look forward to seeing how we can create our own applications using this new feature in silverlight.

[MyAccCheckmeOut]

Hey i hope you see this. I use google chrome and i noticed a few bugs with bing. #1 when in visual search if you double click the who screen gets highlighted, and when trying to change the relevance of items the dropdown menu doesn't really work. #2 when using google maps if you double click it highlights the whole thing again. thanks and its my pleasure to google stuff on Bing.

[LordAlda]

Can't wait till Google Maps gets this feature. Flickr + Picasa. That'd be great!

[fczuardi]

@LordAlda Can't wait to see this done without requiring a Silverlight plugin :)

[windowspczone]

Who said they would be?

[GeorgePresents]

Need a new title to the video. ;)