MSN offers bird's eye view of Katrina damage | News.blog | CNET News.com

MSN offers bird's eye view of Katrina damage | News.blog | CNET News.com: "MSN has launched a Web site that allows people to see bird's eye images of the devastation that Hurricane Katrina wreaked on the city of New Orleans. The Web site, at maps.msnbc.com allows users to click on camera icons or type in specific addresses to see overhead views of shots taken before the hurricane and after. Users can also zoom in and out and pan around.
The images, provided by Pictometry, are the first public application from MSN taking advantage of the overhead image technology. This early Virtual Earth technology was released ahead of the fall launch date for MSN's Virtual Earth application in order to help government and aid agencies see the damage and assess priorities, an MSN spokesman said. "