Microsoft Bing Maps now has high resolution imagery for USA through Global Ortho Project


Microsoft Bing now has high resolution imagery for USA through Global Ortho Project

Microsoft has announced the completion of their Global Ortho Project aimed at collecting very high resolution imagery for the United States.

The company said:

With the Global Ortho project, the Bing Maps Imagery team set a new standard in aerial map imagery by collecting every square inch of the Continental United States and Western Europe at 30cm resolution (1 foot = 1 pixel) in just two years – something that had never before been accomplished. This project has given us imagery that is brilliant, accurate and fresh, and the completion of the U.S. is a huge achievement!