Over the last few years, there has been increasing interest in 3D online games and virtual worlds. In fact, fully 3D social spaces have been around at least since the mid-1980s, and some would argue ...

When Google first announced in 2006 that it had purchased @Last Software, and its Sketchup 3D modeling tool, there were few people more excited than Jerry Paffendorf. Paffendorf was at that time the ...

Last month, Microsoft added 55TB of imagery to Virtual Earth, but this month's number isn't so high. Virtual Earth's latest imagery release is 21TB worth of data, according to Virtual Earth, An ...

As mentioned yesterday, I wanted to create a video demonstrating why I think Globe Glider is a super mapping mashup. Globe Glider in its basic form lets you get a strong sense of geospatial context by ...

In a move to catch up with search rival Google, Microsoft on Monday added an online mapping interface to its Live Search offering. Allowing users a more realistic Earth to explore online, Virtual ...

Since this blog is obviously focused on Google Earth, I have not devoted a great deal of attention to Microsoft’s new competing product: Virtual Earth and, specifically, Virtual Earth 3D (VE3D).