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Monday, March 4
Bing Maps
If you like Google Maps, try Bing Maps. Wow, the satellite images are so much clearer, and I believe that the detail is more enhanced. Check them out if you have the opportunity.
The "bird's eye view" in Bing looks good and loads faster than the Google Earth plug in for Google Maps.
Online map and remote sensing products vary, depending on the producer. Zooming in to look at more detailed aerial photos can change the season. In Delaware images that I viewed, trees were fully leafed out but zooming in for a closer look showed images taken in winter.
With free online products, checking multiple sources is be a good idea. In 2010, a Nicaraguan military commander led men into Costa Rica and took various actions in the belief that Costa Rica had violated Nicaraguan territory. He later blamed Google Maps for his actions. The commander's apparent reliance on the free commercial mapping service instead of official maps caused an international incident. At the time, Bing Maps showed the countries' borders correctly but Google Maps did not.
The "bird's eye view" in Bing looks good and loads faster than the Google Earth plug in for Google Maps.
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With free online products, checking multiple sources is be a good idea. In 2010, a Nicaraguan military commander led men into Costa Rica and took various actions in the belief that Costa Rica had violated Nicaraguan territory. He later blamed Google Maps for his actions. The commander's apparent reliance on the free commercial mapping service instead of official maps caused an international incident. At the time, Bing Maps showed the countries' borders correctly but Google Maps did not.