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"This week, General Motors announced that its OnStar service, which provides subscription-based communications, in-vehicle security, turn-by-turn navigation, and remote diagnostics systems in United States and Canada, would be integrating Virtual Earth into its emergency response system as a data visualization function. Microsoft's 3D maps will be combined with location data from the subscriber's OnStar system. This means that in the case of an emergency, the customer service representative will be able to see a high resolution photo (or a 3D view) of where the subscriber is, and use local search listings to find the nearest tow trucks, auto mechanics, hotels, and so on. They can also give users slowest, fastest, multi-point, or traffic-based directions using Microsoft's routing algorithms." – Alan Cheslow |
