Mapping and Aerial Photography
From worldwide to street-level, for breaking news and weather,
Weather Central provides mapping and aerial photography options for location-based, device independent storytelling
anywhere in the world. While Microsoft’s® Virtual Earth™ platform gives you constantly updated worldwide satellite
and bird’s-eye imagery, LandSat and aerial photography permit seamless zooms between different resolutions and the
display of all types of imagery including radar, satellite and interactive icons.
Aerial Photography
Let street-level, high resolution aerial photography virtually bring
your story (and your viewers) on location in more brilliant detail than every before possible. Mapping specialists
at Weather Central color correct, blend and optimize the imagery you choose so you can seamlessly change map
resolution while displaying all types of data including, radar, satellite and interactive icons.
LandSat
Provide a unique and highly detailed satellite view from a wide angle
all the way down to the streets in your city or town. Like the Aerial Photography option, mapping specialists at
Weather Central color correct, blend and optimize the maps you choose so you can zoom through various resolution
levels and display all types of imagery including, radar, satellite and interactive icons.
Microsoft® Virtual Earth™
Viewers like to see where the story or weather is taking place;
show them in rich detail using Microsoft Virtual Earth. The satellite mapping and aerial photography afforded by
Virtual Earth offers an innovative, cost effective worldwide to street-level mapping and imagery solution that
brings data to life at any location in the world.