Chris Pendleton (who authors the "Virtual Earth and Evangelists Blog") posted information regarding the new Virtual Earth Map Control 6.2 last week. There is a lot of information in his post about enhanced international support, richer data and enhanced functionality, the item of most interest for us at WMOz is the new Mobile Support.

To quote from Chris's entry: "Users can now build mobile applications with Virtual Earth, which offers more features and enhancements to support mobile platforms such as, Windows Mobile.... Rich imagery creates immersive mobile end-user experiences that bring location-based information to life.

• Rich Imagery for Mobile. Mobile applications feature geocoding and new maps rendered specifically for mobile devices.
• More flexibility to develop mobile features. The new Virtual Earth Web Services will support features (mapping, geocoding, and routing) that can be implemented for use on mobile devices."

If you're a developer who is looking at how to leverage the Virtual Earth platform head to Chris's blog, or the MSDN Virtual Earth Map Control 6.2 entry http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb429619.aspx

DonK