Google Earth or Microsoft Virtual Earth?

[Delicieuxz]

Which and why? Which one is more useful for travel planning, and which has the better 3d view?

Edit: I guess it isn't called Microsoft Virtual Earth no more. It seems there's also no download for Bing Maps, it's in-browser only. That's one point against Bing right there.

[ZuljinRaynor]

Well, let’s hit up Yahoo Maps to find the dopest route.
I prefer Map Quest.
That’s a good one, too.
Google Maps is the best.
True that.
DOUBLE TRUE.

I mainly use Google Maps over Google Earth to plan routes.

[Delicieuxz]

I'm not looking for driving routes, but locations to visit in Japan.

[Black Yeti]

Travel guide?

[Mr.Fibbles]

Google Earth is more feature full, as far as I know. You may even be able to get the 3D buildings of places in Japan (landmarks mostly).

[Nessus]

Supposedly with a hack you can offline save chunks of Google earth on a laptop for when you don't have a connection. One of these day's I'm going to try that, it would be hugely useful They should support it as a feature.

Myself I always use Google Earth or maps except for when I want a higher resolution closeup of something, often Microsoft has a better closeup image.

[Waiter]

If you're looking for specific info, what's keeping you from checking out both and comparing them?