Everything can be output in an XML format called KML, that will allow the vast popularity of Google Maps to continue in Earth. Searches and placemarks can be saved as bookmarks in ?My Places?. You can leave notes, called ?placemarks? all over the map, so you can remember where all sorts of places are. There are overlays that put additional information on the map, like roads, international boundaries, terrain, 3D buildings, crime statistics, schools, stadiums, any number of interesting stuff.You can do Local searches in the program, with icons on the map and a display on the side showing your results. You can easily fly to any spot on the globe, by entering any associated data, like street addresses, place names or lat/long coordinates. Head over to Neowin for more screenshots we'll keep you posted on more information about the upcoming update to Hotmail.The program lets you do smooth sailing flybyes of the entire Earth. Although display pictures are not visible above, they will be an option once the final version is updated in Hotmail. What you can do in the window is limited, but emoticons, nudges, and blocking of contacts are present. When contacts sign in, you will get the usual Messenger notification in the bottom right, and it will match the theme that you have chosen for Hotmail.Īs you can see in the screenshot above, sending instant messages to a contact requires a new browser window, which also matches your Hotmail theme. Once you are signed in, you can use the dropdown menu to change your status, sign out of Messenger in Hotmail, sign out of all Messenger locations, or view your Messenger contact list. This will be considered yet another location for signing in the latest version of Messenger allows you to sign in from multiple locations and receive the same messages at each location. The Messenger that is coming to Hotmail will allow you to sign in whenever you choose, or automatically whenever you sign into Hotmail. The team has promised that this would happen in the beginning of 2009, and now we've got screenshots to back that claim up. Hotmail has been poised to get a web version of Messenger integrated (much like Windows Live Calendar is) into to its interface ever since the first news of the Wave 3 revisions broke. But first, the Windows Live Hotmail team is making sure that POP3 isn't the only feature it will roll out to its users this year. With the latest version of Windows Live Messenger finally out this month, the team has already started to focus on the next version (one which will hopefully have tabs).

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