October 19, 2009 at 19:21Bing rocket launched into space
DigitalGlobe, a rocket with Bing logos and a new generation of WorldView-2 satellite, was launched into space to begin filming the Earth’s surface for the Bing Maps service. Previously, a satellite of the previous generation of the same company was launched to fill the Google map service. The new satellite for Bing Maps has a much better resolution of 1.8 meters, which will allow you to "see the stones on Red Square" in Moscow, as one of the blogs on Runet wrote.
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