{"id":112,"date":"2005-12-08T20:45:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-08T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam.rosi-kessel.org\/weblog\/the_web\/windows_live_maps.html"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1970-01-01T05:00:00","slug":"windows_live_maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/adam.rosi-kessel.org\/weblog\/2005\/12\/08\/windows_live_maps","title":{"rendered":"Windows Live Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> I just checked out the new <a href=\"http:\/\/local.live.com\/\">Windows Live Local<\/a>&#8212;Microsoft&#8217;s answer to <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\">Google Maps<\/a>. The interface is a little clunky, but the flyby image quality is amazing. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/local.live.com\/default.aspx?v=2&#038;cp=42.288318~-71.127736&#038;style=o&#038;lvl=2&#038;scene=1254324&#038;sp=aN.42.288318_-71.127736_Me_\">Here&#8217;s my house on Windows Live<\/a> (by the number 1): <\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.rosi-kessel.org\/windows_live_map_example.jpg\" class=\"insetcenter\" \/> <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=36+Tafthill+Terrace,+02131&#038;ll=42.287818,-71.127698&#038;spn=0.003159,0.010243&#038;t=k&#038;hl=en\">The same location, at the maximum magnification from Google Maps<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.rosi-kessel.org\/google_map_example.jpg\" class=\"insetcenter\" \/> <\/p>\n<p> Google is going to need to invest in some better images. I think what this proves is that even Google needs some competition. <\/p>\n<p> Interestingly, neither of these images shows the 9-unit condominium complex that replaced the duplex across the street from us. The duplex was demolished more than a year ago. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just checked out the new Windows Live Local&#8212;Microsoft&#8217;s answer to Google Maps. The interface is a little clunky, but the flyby image quality is amazing. Here&#8217;s my house on Windows Live (by the number 1): The same location, at the maximum magnification from Google Maps: Google is going to need to invest in some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/adam.rosi-kessel.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/adam.rosi-kessel.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/adam.rosi-kessel.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/adam.rosi-kessel.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/adam.rosi-kessel.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/adam.rosi-kessel.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/adam.rosi-kessel.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/adam.rosi-kessel.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/adam.rosi-kessel.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}