Looks good from what I've read so far, looking forward to it going 'live' even though it will probably not work anywhere near well enough outside of the US, should be up soon at local.live.com
Charlene Li sums it up nicely and you can check her post to see some screenshots too
How does this service compare to the Google and Yahoo! mapping and local services? Google has road and satellite imagery and Yahoo! has only road maps. Yahoo! has more user-generated content that aids decision making while Google has more robust Web spidering – Windows Live Local is still behind in those areas. But for certain circumstances, I can foresee myself switching over to this new service to utilize the bird’s eye view – it’s much more than nice-to-have eye candy. The question will be if people will stay and switch their mapping and local preferences over to Microsoft…I suspect that this new offering is a definite step in that direction.
