William M. Hartnett

Paper View Monday: The Dallas Morning News

William M. Hartnett — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:00:53 +0000

This week’s newspaper building as seen in Bing Maps is The Dallas Morning News of Dallas, Texas. And is that the headquarters of Belo across the street? Mash your mouse on the picture below to map-fiddle.

And in Google Maps Street View:

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Random picture of my cat, Vol. 147

William M. Hartnett — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:00:34 +0000

Paper View Monday: Richmond Times-Dispatch and Media General

William M. Hartnett — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:48:46 +0000

This week’s newspaper building as seen in Bing Maps is the Richmond Times-Dispatch of Richmond, Virginia, and the headquarters of Media General is across the street . Mash your mouse on the picture below to map-fiddle.

If you’re one of the literally several people who have played around with the Silverlight version of Bing Maps, you’re probably pretty impressed with the image quality of its Streetside feature, the Microsoft equivalent to Google Map’s Street View. Coverage is thin so far, but it will be interesting to keep an eye on its expansion. Anyway, if you’re into this sort of thing, check out out this screen grab of the Streetside view of the Times-Dispatch building.

And the Google Maps Street View equivalent:

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