Smooth streaming on StreetSide thanks to Bing Maps Silverlight

There have been some great new features released overnight to beta for Bing Maps. Whilst, at first glance, you might say this has been done before, I’d hasten to add that its very fast, involved smooth transitioning and other meta data to maps (even PhotoSynths). My first impression had me stunned. The following pictures don’t really do it justice so please have a look yourself.

Below is an example of Twitter on StreetSide

And in more locally birds eye view with Coastalwatch surf cameras:

Try it - Goto www.bing.com (Change to United States - ‘cos its beta - by click top right hand side of screen typically set at Australia)

And click Maps beta......