High-res imagery and a slick user interface make the Bing Maps Beta one of the best new Bing features, but it still has a long way to go to match Google's breadth.

Earlier this morning Microsoft outlined some of the major new changes coming to Bing, including the introduction of the new Bing Maps (you can see our full coverage here). A few minutes ago, the ...

The Bing Maps Blog announced several enhancements to Bing Maps. In summary, the changes include: The most visible change is the first, the pushbuttons and popup menu changes. The blue pushpins are ...

If Bing Maps is going to dethrone Google Maps -- and it can -- it will need to convince users that creating a Photosynth is the most valuable thing they can do with their vacation photos.

Bing Maps moves beyond Silverlight and AJAX with the new native WPF Control, which enables you to build interactive tools for visualizing geographical data on the desktop.

Here at Where 2.0, Blaise Aguera y Arcas of Microsoft (at right) – and the lead developer on Bing Maps – showed off Bing Maps’ Foursquare integration. While still in the a limited release ...

Today Bing added 400 shopping mall maps as part of a larger “venue maps” (indoor mapping) effort. A minor but useful addition to Bing Maps (especially if the initiative expands), users can now ...

Bing Maps is launching features that give users a new view of the planet, including a Streetside and enhanced aerial view. The new features incorporate key Microsoft research and technology such as ...

It’s tempting to compare Bing Maps Beta, Microsoft’s revamped mapping service, to Google Maps. And the two services do have plenty of common features. But once you start exploring Bing Maps ...

Whereas Google Maps seems more interested in getting you to a destination, Bing, by contrast, has seemed more focused on helping you see whether or not you want to be there.

Using the Bing Maps Distance Matrix API is easy enough, with GET or POST RESTful requests. More complex queries use asynchronous requests, though they only support driving with a start time.

If there is something to like about the Bing Maps beta introduced this week, it remained hidden during my visit. The user interface is a mess, but some consumers will doubtless like it.