Bing Upgrades Maps

Microsoft’s Bing has launched a major upgrade to Bing Maps.

The new version is quicker to load and has a simple toolbar on the bottom of the welcome page. It also has a number of more significant new features including:

• Draggable routes
• Command parsing (eg “Seattle trafic”)
• Map Embedding

Of these the draggable routes is by far the most important. At the moment it’s a bit tricky to use but a definite step in the – wait for it – right directon

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