{"id":343,"date":"2010-12-03T18:20:44","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T16:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lviz.org\/?p=343"},"modified":"2010-12-03T18:20:44","modified_gmt":"2010-12-03T16:20:44","slug":"almost-unnoticed-bing-maps-3d-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lviz.org\/?p=343","title":{"rendered":"Almost unnoticed: Bing Maps 3D is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was trying to re-visit the SpeedTree trees in Bing Maps 3D, but strangely the 3D interface of Bing Maps has disappeared. Then I found \u00a0this announcement on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/community\/site_blogs\/b\/maps\/archive\/2010\/11\/01\/changes-to-bird-s-eye-and-3d-maps.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Bing Maps Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Many comments express their concerns about the discontinuation of the 3D control, SDK\u00a0licensees\u00a0seemed totally\u00a0surprised that\u00a03D control\u00a0is discontinued without a replacement or replacement announcement. 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Then I found \u00a0this announcement on Bing Maps Blog. Many comments express their concerns about the discontinuation of the 3D control, SDK\u00a0licensees\u00a0seemed totally\u00a0surprised that\u00a03D control\u00a0is discontinued without a replacement or replacement announcement. 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