Online Maps - going off road
On the occasion of the Winter Olympics Google Maps “Street View” went off-road and introduced “Ski Slope View” (at least for the ski resorts in Vancouver). Shooting these images must have been a bit more exciting than driving up and down every single road on this planet.
Microsoft, on the other hand, just recently revealed a new iteration of Bing Maps. And surprised many by not just catching up with Google, but actually surpassing it with many new never-seen-before features. It seems they managed to get back on their long-last path of innovation (at least regarding the Bing services). Watch this amazing TED talk (via the knallgang):
Not sure when it was the last time that Microsoft got standing ovations. Well, not sure when it happend for Nokia either :-)
