Microsoft to add terrain data to 3D maps
BetaNews | at | by Mike
Microsoft has teamed up with Intermap to give its 3-D maps in Great Britain a more realistic look through the use of the company's elevation data. Maps are also in the works for Western Europe and the continental US.Data for the remainder of Western Europe is scheduled for completion by the end of this year, with data for the US coming by the end of 2008. It will help Microsoft to better align and place objects "without distortion or undulation," it says.
Intermap said Microsoft's addition of its product into the Live Search Maps experience is a fundamental change for the industry, the Redmond company agrees.