On
top of support for traditional map views in road, aerial, or hybrid, VE also includes 3D
maps and bird??™s eye views. 3D maps often contain textured 3D models of key buildings or
landmarks, whereas bird??™s eye view images were harvested by flying an actual plane over
the area. This is why at the time of this writing, bird??™s eye view is only available in major
cities, but coverage for more cities seems to be constantly growing.
You can use VE to look at what businesses and services are available at a particular
location and have them all mapped out for you in addition to the classical location and
direction search typically done when using an online mapping application. You can
access this online application by visiting http://local.live.com.
Figure 9-1 shows an example of this; you can search for a company name such as
Barnes and Noble in the context of a city such as Chicago, Illinois, and you get all the
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Barnes and Noble locations in the Chicago area along with their addresses, phone numbers,
and other information.
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