michalisavraam.org blog » imagery http://michalisavraam.org a spatial web presence Mon, 24 May 2010 17:17:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Bing Maps launches new satellite http://michalisavraam.org/2009/10/bing-maps-launches-new-satellite/ http://michalisavraam.org/2009/10/bing-maps-launches-new-satellite/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:47:17 +0000 Michalis Avraam http://michalisavraam.org/?p=189 According to Chris Pendleton of Bing Maps, the new Digital Globe WorldView-2 satellite has been launched with probably some funding from Microsoft. The satellite will capture imagery of the Earth that will eventually end up in Bing Maps. The first image has seem to have been returned, and Chris promises data updates to Bing Maps in the near future. To view imagery from the launch, visit their public gallery on SkyDrive. Congratulations to the Bing Maps developers for this wonderful news they are giving us. Here is a quote from Chris:

[..] our Bing logo is floating in the ocean evangelizing to scuba divers [..]

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