Microsoft is taking up the fight with Google Earth with their new service called Microsoft Virtual Earth. This new web service will let you view cities as 3D-maps. You can virtualy walk around in the city of your choise, unfortunaltey it only works in a few US cities so far:

• Atlanta
• Baltimore
• Boston
• Dallas
• Denver
• Detroit
• Fort Worth
• Houston
• Las Vegas
• Los Angeles
• Philadelphia
• Phoenix
• San Francisco
• San Jose
• Seattle

The only downsides are that you need a special plugin installed in your web browser to use the 3D-maps and the service will only work if you have Internet Explorer

Check out Microsoft Virtual Earth and Google Earth.

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