Amazing technology -> Must see

I was surfing around the Internet and found Photosynth. It is a collaboration between Microsoft and the University of Washington. The description on the project site is "The Photosynth Technology Preview is a taste of the newest - and, we hope, most exciting - way to view photos on a computer. Our software takes a large collection of photos of a place or an object, analyzes them for similarities, and then displays the photos in a reconstructed three-dimensional space, showing you how each one relates to the next. "

When I saw Google Earth I was stunned... when I saw this the reaction was the same. You must see the webcast by Robert Schoble when Gary Flake demo this. When you seen the demo... download the software and try it for your self in your own browser. It's amazing!!

Cool Maps

I'm a sucker for maps. I've spent maaany hours in front of google earth. I've placemarks on all places I've visited the last couple of years. I studied googlesightseeing. Played with the 3d views. I've explored the world, inch by inch. The maps are really detailed even outside north america, except for Africa. Africa are like one country.

For a couple of weeks I found Live Maps from Microsoft. It was really cool. Zoom in Manhattan and try out birds view and the 3d view. Unfortanly the maps are not so detailed as google outside US.

Yesterday Microsoft released a new version of Live Maps. This version has really cool features, like real time traffic information (US only), ratings and reviews of business listings, area calculations and "a plugin for Microsoft Outlook that brings maps, travel planning meeting enhancements and a bunch more location based features to Outlook". Check this out.