Microsoft adCenter have just shared a video interview that they had with Stefan Weitz, head of the Bing team, at Search Engine Strategies. Stefan is asked a few things about what he thinks will happen in search and what he thinks the difference is between social search and real-time search, however the most interesting part of the interview is when he was asked about the new features in Bing Maps announced at SxSW. Stefan’s reply is as follows:

Its been a whirlwind…there’s some stuff coming out, as well, in the next couple of days I think that are pretty exciting in Bing Maps.

Stefan then goes on to explain what Bing Maps is and how it can “pull in all those pieces of data that came from somewhere but then have been cast out and have lost all their association with reality…that’s the power of Bing Maps”.

You can watch the video here (it’s an MSN video so I can’t embed it).

I shall be keeping a keen eye on the Bing Blogs this week and look forward to seeing what else they add to Bing Maps, they have certainly been busy with it after only recently releasing the Streetside Photos and WorldWide Telescope Map Apps. I am also expecting another Bing UK TV ad to be aired this week.

Update: adCenter believe that these updates will be arriving on Thursday, whatever they might be.