Loading ...Google Maps is currently popular all over the world and many businesses are aware of the advantages of having their business listings in Google Maps. Bing Maps is introducing some impressive mapping features and the service it is offering is being viewed as strong competition for Google Maps.
Bing Maps has implemented ‘Street Side’ into its mapping service which is similar in nature to ‘Google Street View’. ‘Street Side’ will enable Bing Maps users to explore towns, cities and neighbourhoods through a selection of photographs that have been taken of these areas. These photographs will provide users with a tour of the locations they have expressed an interest in and can provide them with a great deal of useful information. Internet users now expect to receive and view a lot more information when using a map service and ‘Street Side’ is well prepared for these demands.
The technology behind the ‘Street Side’ feature is complex and it has enabled Bing Maps to offer its users a more realistic and detailed mapping experience. 3D images are possible and this type of image can greatly increase the quality of the experience for the map user.
In order to use Bing Maps effectively, Microsoft Silverlight must first be downloaded by the user, but once this has been done, the user will be able to utilise a number of impressive search and mapping features that have not previously been possible using other mapping services.
Bing Maps has also introduced an ‘Apps Gallery’ that enables different information of different types to be presented on the same map. This feature will be extended in the future to include more types of information and will likely be extremely useful for many map users.
Users of Bing Maps have been reviewing the service positively and claiming that it is superior to the service offered by Google Maps. It may have taken Bing Maps a little while longer than Google to introduce their new mapping features, but now that they have this mapping service will be a popular and regular choice for many internet users.
Bing is also hoping to offer this service on mobile devices in the near future which will mean the usefulness of this tool will be even greater.
Due to the high quality technology, thought and planning that has gone into Bing Maps, an impressive mapping service has been created that can offer users an abundant amount of useful and helpful information clearly and easily. This service is set to be extremely popular and this means that online businesses will have an opportunity to target a huge audience and inform them about their business if their business listing is included in Bing Maps.
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Microsoft has a LONG way (literally) to go before their Streetside imagery even compares to Google’s Street View. Wonder how long it will take them to catch up. The tool itself is useful, but navigating the imagery is slower than Google’s. And Microsoft’s product is far less useful because it only covers a tiny, tiny fraction of the road coverage offered by Google.