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Re:Live Blog: Google's 'next dimension' of Maps event by vladd on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @11:49AM (#4074489)
Compare http://binged.it/KOXqqh with http://goo.gl/maps/fC4r , they're identical but Google still has 2 zoom levels to go into details, while Bing is maxed out.
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Re:Live Blog: Google's 'next dimension' of Maps event by mikeevans on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @11:53AM (#4074519)
A formal announcement shouldn't be necessary for 2 zoom levels difference.
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Re:Live Blog: Google's 'next dimension' of Maps event by BHSPitMonkey on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @04:00PM (#4075871)
Today's announcement wasn't about that at all. It was about their use of new imagery gathered from planes (paid for and coordinated by Google) to generate detailed, textured, 3D models of cities.

See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMBJ2Hu0NLw#t=4296s

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Re:Live Blog: Google's 'next dimension' of Maps event by mikeevans on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @04:20PM (#4075979)
I know, that's what I was saying. They weren't going to have a whole announcement for something that is so trivial. (This was also posted before the announcement).
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Re:Live Blog: Google's 'next dimension' of Maps event by koeselitz on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @12:57PM (#4074837)
Well, I'm not sure what the threshold is for formal announcements - I too would like it if they mention the API opening up. But street view also looks significantly overhauled there.
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Re:Live Blog: Google's 'next dimension' of Maps event by sp332 on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @12:53PM (#4074819)
The point is, they're not going to "announce" bird's-eye, they already have it. The announcement will be something else.
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