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.

 Map Comparison

Update (7/31) Rick’s new review here.

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2 Comments to “MSN Virtual Earth - US only, Google flying to the Moon :-)”

  1. Webmaster-Verzeichnis Blog | July 25th, 2005 at 5:43 am

    MSN Virtual Earth Beta Version

    Heute hat MSN die Beta Version von MSN Virtual Earth, eine web-basierte Applikation kombiniert mit local search und Luftaufnahmen, released. Auf dem ersten Blick sieht MSN Virtual Earth sehr

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