Bing adds 100,000 DVD’s worth of bird’s eye imagery

Though personal data has been a big news item recently, mapping is still a business and getting a satellite view of locations is, after all, rather a cool thing. With that in mind, Bing continues to go head-to-head against Google in this market, and today announces a new round of updates.

"We are excited to announce a number of updates to Bing Maps, including the largest shipment of Bird’s Eye imagery yet, nearly 270 terabytes of data or the equivalent of 100,000 DVD’s, along with expanded venue maps and our new 'Report a problem' feature", Bing announces.

So far, Bing claims it has published a total of 1,452,958 square kilometers of data -- around a half petabyte. Perhaps the scary part of those numbers is that this is barely scratching the surface of the earth.

The search company also boasts of its more than 4,700 Venue Maps in over 59 countries, including many shopping malls -- for all of you lost husbands (like me). But beyond malls, this also includes airports, amusement parks and more.

Naturally Microsoft would love for you to use all of this on Windows Phone, but Bing is available on other mobile platforms as well. And don't worry, the NSA will in no way use this data -- it already has it.