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Features The new features in Window Live Local's initial release included a Pictometry "Birds Eye" view of several major US and UK cities and integrated route calculation. The new features in its May 2006 release include a revised UI, user points of interest that can be stored and shared, and tracking of traffic in several major cities. Coverage Windows Live Local contains highly detailed street-level data for all cities, towns, and villages in the United States, Canada (with the exception of the rural northeastern provinces), Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Taiwan. There is also basic aerial photography coverage for all those areas. For much of the world, Live Local contains rudimentary highway-level data and the locations of most settlements, but no street-level data. For some countries, like Japan, South Africa, and South Korea, Live Local has data on highways and some arterial roads, but lacks local streets or alleys. There is also detailed map data available for several global cities in developing countries like Rio de Janeiro, Istanbul, and Mexico City. However, for such cities, the detail of the map decreases significantly as one moves outward from the city center. History Windows Live Local is based on existing Microsoft technologies such as Microsoft MapPoint and TerraServer. Upon its release in December 2005, Live Local assumed the client side functionality of the former MSN Virtual Earth platform. Compatibility Windows Live Local has been tested on Internet Explorer 5, 6 & 7, Mozilla Firefox 1.5x for Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows. It has also been unofficially tested on Netscape and Konqueror, but does not run on Safari or Opera. See also | ||||||||||
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