Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Bing Maps

Most of you are already familiar with Google Maps and Google Earth. But have you ever tried Bing Maps? It has some awesome views that Google doesn't.

"What stars and planets are over your head right now? Find out using Bing maps.
Bing has added Microsoft's Worldwide Telescope to its map section.
Now you can look up using street view and see what's going on in the sky above you.

In addition to seeing stars, the application pulls data in from the Worldwide Telescope Community including Constellations, Solar System, All-Sky Surveys, Spitzer Studies, Chandra Studies, Hubble Studies, Astrophotography, Radio Studies, NOAO Studies, Gemini Studies, Messier Catalog, Planets/Moons, Earth (Bing!), Panoramas, and Tours.

To add the Worldwide Telescope application to Bing maps, click on map apps and choose Microsoft Telescope. After you've added it you'll see some choices on the left panel, starting with "Do you want to see some stars?" and a list of the collections you can add such as Hubble studies, solar system, astrophotography, and other collections.

The Worldwide Telescope application requires Microsoft Silverlight to run - if you don't have it, you'll be prompted to install it. There are 25 Bing map apps in all ranging from Streetside Photos to Roadside Sculptures, as well as travel webcams, restaurant finders, local events and more."
Credits to Gizmos Freeware

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