The 4th major release of Windows Live Local service has been launched with some new features:

-In this release, the Collections feature (that allows you to draw a series of pushpins on the map, save them, and easily share them with others via a simple perma-link) has been extended with the ability to add lines and closed shapes to your map. This feature works in Firefox 1.5 (Windows, Mac, Linux), IE6, and IE7.

-Send to Phone and Call for Free: The previous allowed you to dial any business phone number in the US free of charge. Now you can Send a Text message to your mobile phone with a business listing’s details

-Birds Eye Imagery for many cities

-Many new WiFI access points added to the database for increased accuracy with the ‘Locate me’ software.