Bing Maps gets another 165TB of satellite images, Google Earth seen sulking in a corner

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/25/bing-maps-gets-another-165tb-of-satellite-images-google-earth-g/

Thought that Google had cornered the market on free, overhead-view photo mapping solutions? You clearly don't reside in Redmond, because Bing Maps' aerial image library just got another 165TB worth of hi-res data that covers an additional 38 million square kilometers of the globe. To put that in perspective, Microsoft's mapping solution previously had but 129TB worth of such eye-in-the-sky imagery, so this new batch of satellite shots more than doubles your viewing pleasure. Go ahead, check out all the new visuals at the source link below, we promise not to tell the folks in Mountain View.

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