Steve Milroy will be presenting on how to integrate data into a Virtual Earth application. Live Webcast, Thu, 01 Jun 2006 19:00:00 GMT Many applications can benefit from location capabilities, such as store locators, data analysis/business intelligence...

Bollocks you Brits! You can finally stop asking when we'll have oblique imagery for UK. And hey, what better way to show you the new UK bird's eye than with a new WLL feature? Here's a collection from Steve Lombardi illustrating where we have BE coverage...

The following is a list of our Bird's Eye imagery coverage which is inclusive of the Windows Live Local / Virtual Earth V3 release: County, State - Square Miles Imaged Elmore, AL - 124.58 Etowah, AL - 235.18 Benton, AR - 277.26 Washington, AR - 149...

http://outlook.local.live.com/minisites/local/outlook/default.aspx Map and get driving directions to and from appointments, get timing information, find places near where you are or where you're going - all within the Outlook client.

Here's the low down from Alex Daley (VE Product Manager): Tonight, we launched the new version of Windows Live Local, introducing features like user collections and integration with Windows Live Favorites, real-time traffic in 35 US metros, expansion...

Forget the text based SDKs, this SDK is interactive. Whatever it is you're looking at you can quickly switch over to see the source code, copy it to your notepad and paste it into your application. Sick: http://dev.live.com/virtualearth/sdk/ .

I’ve discovered a way to easily (and cheaply) improve store locator relevancy by using a driving distance calculation to determine the closest locations to a user instead of as the crow flies. “As the crow flies?” you ask. The FindNearby() method in MapPoint...

Map Cruncher is a secret little project that Microsoft Research has been working with the Virtual Earth team. The basic idea is that you can take any map in PDF format and overlay onto a Virtual Earth map. The benefit being that you can have your own...

We're rolling out some updates for MapPoint Web Service on May 15 that you'll need to be aware of. The next CSR will consist of the following features: New geocoding engine for the Find() API, specifically FindAddress(). Our geocoding has been spotty...

We put together a new mashup feautring some hot celebreties and Virtual Earth. You can see the site @ http:// www.celebfavorites.com (or http://celeb.local.live.com for those of you who like to type). If you've ever flown on American Airlines it's very...