New York: Want to roam around major cities sitting at home? With Microsoft's latest technology, it might be only a mouse click away.
Microsoft Live Search on Tuesday began offering three-dimensional photo-realistic views of several cities, including New York. They offer unusual perspective of buildings, landscape and other iconic locations that few people, apart from superman, have seen.
Besides view of New York's iconic locations, the service provides local listings, ratings and reviews and driving directions to help people easily find, discover, plan and share relevant topographical information.
The 3-D imagery of New York City debuts along with similar aerial perspectives of several other American, British and Canadian cities with Microsoft promising to make available many more by the end of the summer.
For New York City, it provides aerial views of Times Square, Central Park, Wall Street, Rockefeller Plaza besides dozens of other famous spots as also business listings, location and contact information, consumer ratings and reviews, maps and real-time traffic incidents.
Other cities, which the software shows include Austin, Texas, Cape Coral, Florida, Cincinnati, Ohio, Northampton and Ottawa.
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