# What the hell is BING up to?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bing-up-to/688956>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 21, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bing-up-to/688956 "2014-05-21T20:00:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![DataX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DataX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataX)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bing-up-to/688956/21 "2014-05-27T13:12:24Z")

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> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#):
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> Bing’s aerial/bird’s-eye views are vastly superior to Google Maps/Earth. Maybe it’s just that my computer’s too old, but with Google Earth I get warped lines that should be straight, buildings that usually look like sand castles, and trees that look like lollpops. By contrast, Bing always provides a remarkably clear view even if it doesn’t always let me zoom in that close.
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> Also, while Google’s Street View coverage is much more extensive than Bing Streetside, I’ve noticed that the latter covers some small and out-of-the way streets that Google tends to pass by, like Doyers Street in NYC and small ‘court’ streets elsewhere. At the same time, though, Streetside seems to have quite a few bugs and glitches; for example there are times when the aerial view will paint the blue lines indicating that it’s available, but when you try to use Streetside, it errors out.

Love birds eye - one other tip:

There is an icon you can click on to view the north/south/east and west views of the same location. This isn’t the same as rotating it in google maps for example - they are actually four different pictures - and more than once - WAY more than once - I have found the pictures aren’t taken at the same time. My house doesn’t even exist (too new) in one of the views, but is in the others. My friend’s house isn’t visible due to tree cover in one, but is in the others due to it being winter/fall in some and spring/summer in the others.

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