Forum Moderators: anallawalla & bakedjake
... Windows Live Local. Erik Jorgensen, general manager for MSN search, gave a keynote speech yesterday in which he demo’d “Windows Live Local” (different from “Fremont”—the classifieds site). Windows Live Local, which hasn’t otherwise been announced (and goes live next week), is a mixing of local data, community features and Virtual Earth. But now they’re launching the Pictometry aerial oblique imagery as a part of that. Erik referred to it generally as “immersive imagery” and discussed how Microsoft is putting it at the center of their local strategy.
There’s lots more to talk about regarding Erik’s presentation, but what it showed (together with Fremont) is that Microsoft has arrived as a player in local search in a potentially big way.
[thehotfix.net...]
I assume clicking one of the numbered icons in the photo will take you to a more detailed listing? And the little thumbnails let you move out from the center, that's cool.
Any idea how widespread the coverage is going to be initially?
