GeoSynth for Microsoft to compete with Google Street View

Microsoft has announced plans to launch a mapping service, GeoSynth, which has the function of mapping from Google Street View.
The new service will use the Photosynth technology to fuse high definition photos taken and supplied by the general public to relate the course content according to geographic data. The program can also be connected to Virtual Earth, potentially allowing users to navigate through the street-level views from almost anywhere in the world.
According to Johannes Kebeck specialist Virtual Earth technology, the system will take the best images from one location to create a single image of a specific landmark. All images geo-tagged by users will be loaded into a central database that will combine into one image with greater detail in the area.
Microsoft also announced that Virtual Earth will offer Silverlight support for a beta version to be launched this summer. The company claims that users can access the map up about nine times faster on your Internet Explorer 8, or five times faster through the Chrome browser from Google.
Geosynth expected to be launched in march sometime later this year.