A few minutes ago, the Bing Maps Beta went live for everyone, bringing with it a number of innovative new features sure to keep the Google Maps team on their toes. You can try out the new beta here.

Bing Maps Beta had plenty of suggestions for things to do around CNET's downtown San Francisco offices, but I had to zoom in very far to find my favorite bar. Maybe that's a good thing.

Bing now has 11.3% of the U.S. search market, thanks in no small part, I'm sure, to the fabulous, mind-bending progress of Bing Maps. To see what Bing is up to, check out this TED Talk by ...

Bing has added so much stuff to their beta map service that it’s like they forgot about the map. Sure, the map is there, looks pretty, and does take up most of the page.

Bing Maps adds a distance calculator and more new features. Starting with the distance calculator, this feature does the job pretty efficiently.

Here at Where 2.0, Blaise Aguera y Arcas of Microsoft (at right) – and the lead developer on Bing Maps – showed off Bing Maps’ Foursquare integration. While still in the a limited release ...

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It’s tempting to compare Bing Maps Beta, Microsoft’s revamped mapping service, to Google Maps. And the two services do have plenty of common features. But once you start exploring Bing Maps ...

In its latest update to Bing Maps, Microsoft just published a very large amount (270TB) of Bird’s Eye imagery — 100,000 DVD’s worth — and beefed up its Venue Maps ...

Using the Bing Maps Distance Matrix API is easy enough, with GET or POST RESTful requests. More complex queries use asynchronous requests, though they only support driving with a start time.

Bing Maps now has new experience for distance calculation, locating gas prices, and finding parking spots along a planned journey. Similar features have been available on other platforms, ...

Bing Maps moves beyond Silverlight and AJAX with the new native WPF Control, which enables you to build interactive tools for visualizing geographical data on the desktop. Released in January, version ...