Microsoft announced in June that it had added 165 terabytes of new satellite and Global Ortho images to its Bing Maps database. Today, the software giant revealed that it has added even more images to its database.Microsoft said in a blog post: "The latest publication of Bird's Eye includes 215 TB of new data that spans across the United States and features certain areas in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Tokyo. The total coverage of this publication is 230,004 square kilometers and consists of over 1.1 million files!"
Bird's Eye images show locations on the planet at a 45 degree angle and offer much more detail than regular images. 84,451 square kilometers of this new update contain all new images that cover areas of the planet that were previously not added. The remaining 145,553 square kilometers used new images to replace older ones. The Bird's Eye images for Bing Maps now cover a total of 1,388,593 square kilometers with 302 terabytes of data.
Bing starting to up its game against google. Google still has better maps though.
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