Masternaut deploys MS Virtual Earth

LEEDS, ENGLAND: Masternaut Three X, provider of web-based vehicle tracking and mobile workforce solutions n the UK, has signed a new three-year contract with Microsoft EMEA.

The contract covers the use of Microsoft's online mapping platform, Virtual Earth, within Masternaut Three X's Internet-based telematics service and is an extension to an ongoing relationship between the two organisations.

Martin Port, managing director of Leeds-based Masternaut Three X, said, "Virtual Earth provides a new dimension to our mapping and provides access to a wide spectrum of location information. With this our users will benefit from the latest innovations in the market."

The latest release of the Microsoft Virtual Earth platform incorporates up-to-date traditional street mapping with aerial photography enhanced with bird's-eye view images and three-dimensional, photo-realistic views of buildings and landscapes.