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Taking a Look at the Virtual Earth UltraCamX Large Format Digital Aerial Camera

December 31st, 2007 · 10 Comments · Microsoft, Virtual Earth

I love using Virtual Earth because the imagery is so great compared to Google’s (at least in the areas I’m interested in). The reason why is the UltraCamX imagery that Microsoft uses. LiveSide.net has a small window into the UltraCam and how impressive its results are.

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Arc2Earth Releases New Beta That Supports Embedding Digital Globes in ArcGIS

November 27th, 2007 · 20 Comments · ArcGIS Desktop, ESRI, Extensions

Brian Flood has a detailed post describing some of the new features of the latest Arc2Earth beta where it can embed Virtual Earth’s 3D globe in ArcMap. Now Arc2Earth has benefits beyond just creating web mapping from ArcGIS, but creating layouts that include 3D views (check out this screen shot to see what this [...]

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