As Microsoft promised during its BUILD developer conference earlier this year, the company today launched a first preview of its new maps app for Windows 8.1. The highlight of this release is the ...

Microsoft just announced that the Bing Maps app for Windows 8.1 will offer 3D imagery, just like Google Maps and Apple Maps. This previously unannounced feature, Microsoft’s corporate VP Gurdeep Singh ...

Microsoft is cleaning house at Bing, dropping one feature completely, while dropping the need for the company's Silverlight browser plug-in to use the other. Josh Lowensohn Former Senior Writer Josh ...

Bing announced a large maps update today, where they have added hundreds of Streetside images, 3D city images and new high resolution aerial images. Bing Maps now has over a 100 cities that support ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Bing has just updated their Streetside and 3D city database. You'll now find over 100 new cities ...

A little geeky, but for those trying to generate a 3D model of elevation data from Bing Maps REST Elevation Service, Ricky Brundritt shows us how to create it using HTML5 and Bing Maps. He takes us ...

Bing has announced a large maps update, including so-called Streetside imagery and additional 3-D cities on the Bing Maps Preview app. Are you looking to visit a new city or maybe just take in the ...

Over the years, we’ve covered a variety of news stories about Bing Maps (formerly known as “Virtual Earth”). In particular, we were impressed with their “Version 2” cities that included thousands of ...

Bing Maps has added new 3D cities and Streetside imagery as part of an update. The Google Maps rival now allows users to embark on a virtual flight through famous locations across North America, as ...

Microsoft said Tuesday that it had increased the amount of “bird’s-eye” data inside Bing Maps by almost half, as the company tries to keep up with the 3D mapping capabilities offered by its ...

In an effort to beat Google at mapping, Microsoft Bing will use crowd-sourced photos to create a 3-D virtual worlds in its Maps application, the company has told FastCompany.com. The 3-D models will ...