Microsoft’s Photosynth is a still largely unappreciated thing. I’ve offered it my highest praise (“totally cool”) in the past. And this, from my SEL discussion, when it launched to the public: “Photosynth is one of the most compelling and genuinely unique products to come out of Redmond (other than Surface) in a long time.”
Now Microsoft has integrated it into Live Maps (you must have the Photosynth plug-in installed to view the images [PC only]):
This is perhaps Microsoft’s answer to Google StreetView. It’s a different and less straightforwardly “utilitarian” product and the “coverage” is likely to take longer becaue it’s user-generated. One thing I don’t like: it opens another window to view the images, so you’re taken away from the map. Otherwise, as I previously said, it’s “totally cool.”
November 7, 2008 at 7:20 am
yeah its amazing. It says that , it can overcome with google in any matter in the future.
March 24, 2009 at 5:32 pm
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May 7, 2009 at 2:45 pm
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