Home Research site Zillow.com partners with Microsoft
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Zillow.com, a real estate research site, said Friday it now provides 45-degree, low-altitude aerial views of property through integration with Microsoft's Virtual Earth service.
The "bird's eye views" let home shoppers look at property from four directions. As a result, they can get a reasonable idea of the surrounding area.
"For the first time on the site, people can see what the home looks like on all sides," Amy Bohutinsky, spokeswoman for Zillow.com, said. "(The views) really allow you to see it up close. It's really the difference between black and white TV and switching to high-definition TV."