Airport reading: First look at SkylineGlobe; Microsoft defection

June 29, 2006 Stefan Geens

Directions magazine has a first look at the upcoming SkylineGlobe, an in-browser 3D virtual globe.
Microsoft platform evangelist Vic Gundotra jumps ship to Google, reports Business 2.0. Of interest:

Gundotra had been leading an effort to persuade developers to build software on top of Microsoft’s MSN and Windows Live online services instead of Google’s platform.

Notes on the political, social and scientific impact of networked digital maps and geospatial imagery, with a special focus on Google Earth.