Today we are announcing a lot of updates to the Bing Maps platform including the new Bing Maps REST Services , the new Bing Maps Spatial Data Services , the v6.3 Bing Maps Ajax Control , an update to the Bing Maps Silverlight Control , and the new Bing...

Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Bing demo station yesterday and for those who visited us at the Ask the Experts session yesterday at MIX10 Day 1! We enjoyed meeting with you, answering questions, and hearing your feedback! Today Bing Maps will be...

MIX10 is finally here.  Here is the schedule to come learn about Bing Maps at MIX10! Hope to see you there! Monday, March 15th 11 AM – 5 PM Bing Demo Station @ the Commons Mandalay Bay Ballroom JK 5 PM – 6:30 PM Ask the Experts Shorelines A Tuesday...

Come learn about Bing Maps and meet members from the Bing Maps team @ MIX10   March 15-17th at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas!  We will be at the Bing demo station in the Commons Exhibition Area showcasing the latest coolest Bing Maps technology...

Last week we announced the new Bing Maps Beta website which showcased the Bing Maps Silverlight Control along with the power of Silverlight with Streetside (TM) and Enhanced Birdseye. Today we are announcing the Bing Maps Silverlight Control Extended...

Thanks to everyone who attended my session CL36: Deep Dive on Bing Maps Silverlight Control at PDC09 !  Hope you had a good time.  Here is a link to the code samples from the session: Download BingMapsSilverlightSamplesPDC09.zip   To use...

Thanks to everyone yesterday for stopping by the Bing Maps booth and meeting with us at the Ask the Experts session and the PDC Underground .  We enjoyed meeting with you and hearing your feedback and talking about Bing Maps!  Today, you can...

Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Bing Maps booth yesterday at PDC09! We had a great time meeting with you. Also, thanks to those who attended the Chalk Talk on Deep Dive on Bing Maps Silverlight Control yesterday!. If you missed it, don’t worry,...

Come learn about the Bing Maps platform at PDC09 next week in LA! Here’s a schedule of events where you can meet Bing Maps team members and learn about developing with the Bing Maps platform! We have a couple of chalk talks and sessions where you can...

Today we announced some exciting updates to the Bing Maps Platform!  We are excited to announce the launch of the Bing Maps Silverlight Control along with other Bing Maps platform enhancements to improve performance and ease of use. The Bing Maps...

Meet members of the Bing Maps team and learn about the Bing Maps platform at PDC09 this year in Los Angeles from November 17-19. Visit the Bing Maps booth in the Big Room and the Bing Maps table at the Ask the Experts session. We will post more details...

Microsoft Virtual Earth is now officially known as “ Bing Maps ”. You can see the Bing logo on the Bing Maps website (formerly known as Live Search Maps) and on the Bing Maps interactive SDK . You can see the SDKs for the Bing Maps Web Services and the...

The session I gave at TechEd 2009 is now available for online viewing for TechEd attendees. Click on the link below to view the session if you missed it or if you want to watch it again: WUX402: Deep Dive on Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control The Microsoft...

Thanks to all who attended my session at TechEd 2009 today – WUX402: Deep Dive on Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control .   I had a great time and I hope you enjoyed it! I wanted to post the source code to the samples I demoed and provide some...

The Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control CTP is designed to work with Silverlight 2. However, since Silverlight 3 is reverse-compatible with Silverlight 2, you can use it with Silverlight 3 projects also. At MIX09 , Joe Stegman demonstrated a nice...

In the previous post I showed how to position Silverlight UIElements at a Location to create pushpins with the Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control CTP .  You can also position content in a scalable manner using the MapLayer.MapRectangle attached...

The Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control CTP supports several different ways to position content on the map.  Some of these ways are to: Position a fixed-size element at a Location on the Map, which will act like a pushpin.  Position an element...

In a previous post , I showed you how to get started and create the simple “Hello World” sample using the Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control CTP .  Notice in that sample, the map by default shows the “Road” map.  The navigation control at...

I wanted to start with a simple “Hello World!” sample to show you how to create your first application with the Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control CTP . With just a few easy steps, you can get started building applications with the Virtual Earth Silverlight...

Thanks everyone who came to the session and to those who stopped by and visited with us at MIX throughout the week! We enjoyed launching the Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control CTP and meeting with you.  Here are some pictures from Day 3:  ...

Chris Pendleton recorded a video with me, Train Chiou, and Max Artemov at MIX09 yesterday as we demoed the new Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control CTP at 3rd Place. Check out the video : There will be a session on the Virtual Earth Silverlight...

We had a fun time at MIX09 On Day 2! Thanks to everyone who stopped by at 3rd Place. It was fun talking with you and demoing the Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control CTP. Don’t forget to come to the Virtual Earth Session today at 12:30 PM in Lando...

We announced the Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control CTP this morning at the MIX09 keynote. We also just announced that the Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control CTP Interactive SDK is available online , and the bits will be available for download on...

The Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control CTP was announced at this morning’s keynote . You can now access the Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control CTP Interactive SDK at the Microsoft Connect site! Here is a screenshot of the Interactive SDK: ...

The content of the Virtual Earth session at MIX has now been updated with some more details since the announcement of the Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control CTP at the MIX09 keynote this morning.   Chris Pendleton will be presenting the session...