MSN Virtual Earth – US only, Google flying to the Moon :-)

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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