The Microsoft VE team outdid themselves again and released a ton of features in the latest Live Maps and Virtual Earth Gemini release—what the author calls the "Live Maps 2.0" release. With some reports suggesting the effort narrowed to 411 and mobile local Search, there's much more to this release than mobile. Case in point—check out the photosynth drapes atop their amazing Vexcel 3D imagery.  This stuff is in a league of its own!