Comments on: Microsoft Live Maps Drinks Google Maps’ Milkshake

By: Google, Yahoo and Live Expanding Their Maps

Google, Yahoo and Live Expanding Their Maps — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:59:08 +0000

[...] most important in this update, as pointed out by TechCrunch, is the integration of Keyhole Markup Language, or KML. KML is the language used to mark up [...]

By: sipudiera

sipudiera — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:20:52 +0000

MilkShake LA PIJA!!!!!!
Pelotudo!!!
Metete en el culo el micro software ese
putin

By: Daniel Plainview

Daniel Plainview — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:12:14 +0000

So apparently NONE of you have seen ‘There Will Be Blood’, for if you had, I can assure you — you would recognize this reference.

I…drink…YOUR….milkshake. *slurrrrrrrrrp* I DRINK IT UP!!

And you’d get the bowling pin reference at the end as well. Do yourself a favor and rent that brilliant film tonight.

By: Johan Fourie

Johan Fourie — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:19:31 +0000

I feel sorry for the campers on foot because gmaps and live maps do not show the camping sites in exactly the same spot. Which one is wrong? My guess is live maps is wrong. Why? because I can see a camping site on the water (well close enough anyway). lol

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:19:55 +0000

That’s called “interoperability”. Knowing Microsoft, I would have expected them to invent yet another format. It’s a good idea they used an existing standard format instead.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:52:20 +0000

Kudos to MS for biting the bullet and playing nicely with others.
This will make a superior service – Live Maps – even better.Perhaps if the other MS teams can learn from the Maps team they might suceed in ovetaking Google as the Maps team has done.

By: lonifasiko

lonifasiko — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:10:06 +0000

Really good idea to let users import and create KML files.

By: urbane.tiger

urbane.tiger — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:58:32 +0000

Cool,

Perhaps Unclue Bill is at last getting the message that standards and conventions are good for consumers and what’s good for them is good for Unclue Bill.

By: Thomas P

Thomas P — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:15:49 +0000

Cut to Daniel Day Gates, in 2 years time, commenting on the demise of Vista:

http://www.yout...h?v=OQA5WkorAsc

“I have abandoned my child!”

By: Kyle Brown

Kyle Brown — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:56:15 +0000

In typical Microsoft fashion, I attempted to give Live Maps a try … but it doesn’t support Firefox or Safari on Mac. If Microsoft wants to embrace the internet, they are going to need to let go of IE specific functionality.

By: Nick Marsh

Nick Marsh — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:50:01 +0000

Please join the Facebook group campaigning against the change to Multimap in the UK:

http://www.face...6409&ref=mf

By: Milkshake to Milkyway

Milkshake to Milkyway — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:09:25 +0000

Microsoft’s Live Maps will Drink Google Maps’ Milkshake and eat their (Google Sky) Milkyway with WorldWide Telescope… “Coming this Spring”:

http://www.worl...etelescope.org/

By: minibase

minibase — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:19:01 +0000

My map IS better than your map. Yes, it is cos yours is crap and mine is the best.

By: watch tv

watch tv — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:38:50 +0000

Google earth need more fast

By: photoframes

photoframes — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:37:27 +0000

Microsoft Live map is n’t good with Google earth

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:41:42 +0000

Live map still sucks. It should improve its basic “search” otherwise I still don’t want to use it. Google map is far better.

By: Smiler

Smiler — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:53:15 +0000

In the UK we have now just lost virtual earth at local.live.com.

Without warning Microsoft have unceremoniously just killed all my routes, all my saved locations, all my work and now redirect UK users to the trashy multimap. It is a definite retrograde step. Apart from the poor mapping the multimap site is completely polluted with advertising.

This is a shameful act by Microsoft UK. I relied on Live Maps and they have killed all my work on there. I am disgusted.

Microsoft, what the hell are you doing? Is this a plan to get me to use Google Maps?

By: Brent

Brent — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:31:08 +0000

Yeah well this is great and all except i can’t get the damn 3d to load on my macbook. Looks like it’s not available in anything except for IE at the moment. You see? Another reason to hate MicroShit.

By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Microsofto Live MapsはGoogle Mapsの美味しいところどり！？

TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Microsofto Live MapsはGoogle Mapsの美味しいところどり！？ — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:03:39 +0000

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By: Gregor J. Rothfuss

Gregor J. Rothfuss — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:29:23 +0000

This is old news. Milkshake drinking has been going on for a year now:

http://lists.eo...ril/001342.html

By: Shady

Shady — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:00:51 +0000

Apparently Microsoft have shafted all UK visitors by redirecting them to the much worse multimap service:

http://rotacoo....cks-uk-visitors

By: Andrew Jones

Andrew Jones — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:34:42 +0000

Virtual Earth/Live Maps rock! The new 3D is amazing!!

3D works in Firefox and IE.
2D maps (what Google Maps web site compares to) works in a bunch of browsers and on Macs too.

By: chris

chris — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:08:39 +0000

The one sucks the others milkshake — everyone’s dong it on the internet.

By: foo

foo — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:41:57 +0000

worked for me in Firefox on Windows

By: mathew

mathew — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:38:27 +0000

Yeah, thanks for wasting my time, TechCrunch.

Next time, warn us when something that’s supposed to be a web site actually only works in IE on Windows.