I never checked out MSN Virtual Earth (released Jul 26th 2005) until today. Being a huge Google fan, I always use their map service. After checking out MSN Virtual Earth I can safely say it doesn't hold a candle to Google Maps. Google Maps is hands down, far superior, period. For one, Google Maps has MUCH more recent satellite imagery, plus how come MSN's isn't in color?

See for yourself... here is MSN's aerial photo of my neighborhood... as you can see, it's not there! It is on Google Maps, in virbrant color, ahhh!

• MSN Virtual Earth of My Neighborhood
• Google Maps of My Neighborhood