New York City in 3D, in Microsoft VE

We're going to hear about this... sigh.

http://virtualearth4gov.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!369B39F890CE30C1!341.entry

TIGER to open source format and shapefiles

http://freegeotools.blogspot.com/2007/02/tiger-is-moving-to-shapefile-and-web.html

Tiger may become a more viable alternative, especially for web apps. It won't have the quality needed for geocoding or routing, but shouldn't be too bad for visualization of non-aerial maps.