Lots Of New Features For Live Search Maps
April 4th, 2007
The Live Team has announced some cool new enhancements for the Live Search Maps service:
Firefox support for 3D mapping
Zooming around the virtual landscape is not just for Internet Explorer Users any more; users of Firefox 1.5 or later can click on the 3D button at http://maps.live.com and will be prompted to download and install the plug-in.
Ratings and Reviews of Business Listings and Details page enhancements
You can now read reviews of businesses entered by other users, as well as adding your own ratings and reviews for any business in Live Maps. Some businesses may have additional reviews from Judysbook.com and citysearch.com.
Address-Only Geocoding
This is a useful feature if you are looking up a lot of addresses in the same city, or your map view is already around the city you are searching. In the past you always had to enter a full street address with city, state or postcode information like this - 1200 madison ave, new york, NY. Now, if your map view is already in NY, you can just enter the street address as 1200 Madison Ave, and Live maps will default to finding it in NY. Â
There are some more new features, you can find detailed info on the Live Maps Blog.
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