Apple Campus Missing From MSN Earth

[Homerboy]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/25/msn_earth_deletes_aple/

 

[HamburgerBoy]

😕

Terrible error? MSN's photos are just outdated and show it before the Apple campus was built.

 

[akubi]

damn didn't even know msft had a google maps clone.

 

[Maverick]

I've heard its because the photos they are using are pre 1991.

 

[SVT Cobra]

yeah I saw that.....google campus is not there either

 

[Cashmoney995]

yeah but hasnt the apple campus been there since the 80's? I can understand the google campus not being there. otherwise the sat photos mmsft is using are olllllld. regardless apple isnt competition to microsoft. nobody with a brain should buy their expensive ass computers.

 

[keeleysam]

Originally posted by: Cashmoney995
yeah but hasnt the apple campus been there since the 80's? I can understand the google campus not being there. otherwise the sat photos mmsft is using are olllllld. regardless apple isnt competition to microsoft. nobody with a brain should buy their expensive ass computers.

No, apple moved there in 1991.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Theyre also going to anger the easily offended since their 15-year-old data shows the twin towers still standing.

 

[quikah]

All those buildings to the west of the main campus along De Anza are Apple also, guess microsoft missed those? This is a non-story, they are using outdated photos.

 

[episodic]

The photos are pre1991

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: episodic
The photos are pre1991

which is [technologically] outdated! i wonder if this is a bad omen for microsoft 😛

btw, the street name "infinite loop" is awesome :thumbsup:

 

[Amused]

Oh how fscking stupid. ALL of MSN's sat photos are old. The Los Angeles area photos are over 15 years old.

Good GAWD some people are fscking dumb.

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: Amused
Oh how fscking stupid. ALL of MSN's sat photos are old. The Los Angeles area photos are over 15 years old.

Good GAWD some people are fscking dumb.

perhaps. but what does that say about MSN/microsoft, a company that always likes to be ahead of the game? who is the obvious authority on satellite imagery now?

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: tami

Originally posted by: Amused
Oh how fscking stupid. ALL of MSN's sat photos are old. The Los Angeles area photos are over 15 years old.

Good GAWD some people are fscking dumb.

perhaps. but what does that say about MSN/microsoft, a company that always likes to be ahead of the game? who is the obvious authority on satellite imagery now?

Neither produces the images. They rent/buy them from the companies that produce them. MS took their's from an older terraserver who has been publishing them online far longer than Google. That's all.

MS, I'm sure, will update in due time.

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: tami

Originally posted by: Amused
Oh how fscking stupid. ALL of MSN's sat photos are old. The Los Angeles area photos are over 15 years old.

Good GAWD some people are fscking dumb.

perhaps. but what does that say about MSN/microsoft, a company that always likes to be ahead of the game? who is the obvious authority on satellite imagery now?

Neither OWNS the images. They rent them from the companies that produce them. MS took their's from an older terraserver who has been publishing them online far longer than Google. That's all.

MS, I'm sure, will update in due time.

i'd imagine they'll update their images soon as well. still, this can't possibly be a positive thing for microsoft, knowing that they are using incredibly old images while their rival is more current and up to date.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: tami

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: tami

Originally posted by: Amused
Oh how fscking stupid. ALL of MSN's sat photos are old. The Los Angeles area photos are over 15 years old.

Good GAWD some people are fscking dumb.

perhaps. but what does that say about MSN/microsoft, a company that always likes to be ahead of the game? who is the obvious authority on satellite imagery now?

Neither OWNS the images. They rent them from the companies that produce them. MS took their's from an older terraserver who has been publishing them online far longer than Google. That's all.

MS, I'm sure, will update in due time.

i'd imagine they'll update their images soon as well. still, this can't possibly be a positive thing for microsoft, knowing that they are using incredibly old images while their rival is more current and up to date.

MS is working with what was left them when they took over the previous website.

Give them time.

 

[thirdlegstump]

The plan worked.

 

[Mayfriday0529]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Theyre also going to anger the easily offended since their 15-year-old data shows the twin towers still standing.

I just checked that out...
in general the MSN virtual earth is terrible compared to Google.

 

[Juice Box]

R

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: Juice Box
R

i don't think so. it was bumped up.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Jnetty99
in general the MSN virtual earth is terrible compared to Google.

psh! MSN Virtual Earth is both a mapping program AND a time machine! Beat that google!

😛

Actually, moving through a map on MSN is much faster and smoother than google maps.