Keith Kinnan's Blog

Many people have asked how to create numbered pushpins using the Virtual Earth API. One way to do this is to have custom pin images with numbers in the image. However, you can also do this in the v5 API using VEShape and custom HTML and CSS styles for...

If you have noticed, the script URL to use for the v5 version of the Virtual Earth API has changed from the format of previous versions. The Previous v3 and v4 versions of the API used the following format: <script src=" http://dev.virtualearth.net...

In the v3 version of the Virtual Earth API, we added support for custom Tile Layers, which allows you to add your own custom imagery and overlays on the map. One of our developers, Jaya Bhatia blogged about Tile Layers with the v3 Virtual Earth API...

Check out the Virtual Earth Screen Saver I created and uploaded on CodePlex , Microsoft's open source project website. The screen saver reads Virtual Earth permalinks from RSS feeds and uses the Virtual Earth API to show Birdseye and satellite images...

Check out Microsoft Popfly which was released Alpha today and is powered by Microsoft Silverlight ! You can easily create mashups, gadgets, and web applications using visual tools without writing any code. To generate an application you connect services...