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Microsoft Challenges Google Earth With 3D City Maps
This archived 2006 entry examines Microsoft’s early 3D city-mapping effort and its competition with Google Earth. Product names, interfaces, coverage, and capabilities have since changed; the article remains as digital-mapping history.
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