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Old Jul 25, 2005 | 10:32 am
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Originally Posted by DeafFlyer
I don't know. It zooms in closer than Google in some places. The pictures seem fairly recent, as recent as Googles. I'm referring to my area, not NYC. OTOH, Googles works better. Neither seem to work in Firefox.
Both work just fine for me in Firefox...

I couldn't find any areas that zoomed in better than Google, and the photos of my area were exactly the same as Google had.

No idea why Microsoft would waste money on this, Google (and Keyhole) have been doing this much longer and are ahead of Microsoft by years...
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