Bing Maps Preview adds 15 3D cities

In December, Bing Maps introduced a new version of its on-again, off-again 3D mapping product, the “Bing Maps Preview”, this time completely rebuilt from its Silverlight predecessor to now use WebGL, a web standards graphics engine introduced in Internet Explorer 11 (Web GL has been a staple of Webkit browsers like Firefox and Chrome for quite some time, although Microsoft has argued that it was insecure):

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This week, Bing Maps introduced a number of new cities to the preview (although still with no target for a full featured product…. maybe Build?).  You can read more about the additions on the Bing Maps blog, or check out some quick links to 3D enabled cities at the Bing Maps 3D Cities website.


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