The Novelty of Google Earth hasn’t worn off yet,  and now we have a contender: MSN Virtual Earth... well, sort of … as long as the Earth is limited to the US – while Google’s world includes the Moon

If you clicked on the Virtual Earth link above, and got to nowhere, that’s quite understandable, according to Steve Rubel and confirmed by “The” Scoble, MS made the site available pre-launch, for testing purposes.

Apparently the few hours it was up were enough for Rick to test-ride and compare it to Google Earth.  What really blew me away though was Patrick’s visual comparison of four products, including one from the NASA.

Update (7/31) Rick’s new review here.

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