Bing Maps + Worldwide Telescope

Bing Maps releases a new feature which integrates Worldwide Telescope (WWT) into Bing Maps application. Worldwide Telescope was first announced by Bing parent (Microsoft) on February 2008. A small part of the Bing Maps and WWT integration was presented during TED in February this year. The WWT website has been very popular among students. By utilizing very powerful software, Silverlight, users can easily explore any objects on the sky thru the sophisticated of WWT. As Bing Maps team blog wrote, “The application is pulling tons of collections from the Worldwide Telescope Community including Constellations, Solar System, All-Sky Surveys, Spitzer Studies,... http://tinyurl.com/yhjfcdu