Bing Maps gets deserved attention

Forbes covers Bing Maps and compares it with Google Maps.

Bing Maps Aerial Victory

Massive points to Microsoft on this one.

Over the past three years, Microsoft has created a uniform, detailed map of the Continental United States and 17 countries in Western and Central Europe. The results are spectacular – a single view of about 7 million square miles, with relatively even lighting and height, at a granularity of about 30 centimeters of land per pixel of image.