Microsoft has released an impressive, computer-generated 3-D mapping site known as Spaceland. How can you use Spaceland? Let us count the ways. You can use Spaceland for driving directions, use it for searching desintations, and even find the best commute route with real-time traffic monitoring (you can even use an XBox controller to navigate inside your new 3-D world.
Microsoft is also experimenting with the use of ads in its new 3-D GIS universe. These are supplied by Massive, the company Microsoft acquired in May of 2006, and that originally served ads in games and from Microsoft’s homegrown ad platform. While the ads are relatively large, they don’t detract from Spaceland.
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