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TechEd Sessions on Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control Available Online

keithkin — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:07:00 GMT

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 Virtual Earth Platform has grown immensely over the past year from our Virtual Earth AJAX Map Control to our new Virtual Earth Web Services and now our Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control which is now available as a public beta to developers. Come and join us as we take you on a tour of all the features and dig deep into the code to show you how to build your own Virtual Earth applications in Silverlight.

Download source code for this session.

Also, I did a 20 minute interview with Mark Dunn for TechEd Online to discuss some of the features of the Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control. This video is available to everyone. You can see the video here:

TTK20: Microsoft Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control

The Microsoft Virtual Earth Platform has grown immensely over the past year from our Virtual Earth AJAX Map Control to our new Virtual Earth Web Services and now our Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control which is now available as a public beta to developers. Watch as Keith Kinnan and Mark Dunn talk about some of the features of the Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control.

Thanks to everyone who attended TechEd. I enjoyed meeting with you at the sessions and at the Silverlight booth. Don’t forget to download the Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control CTP, try it out, and give us feedback!

(Note: This post is also available on the Virtual Earth Platform Team Blog)

TechEd 2009 – Deep Dive on Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control Session – Links and Demo Source Code

keithkin — Thu, 14 May 2009 12:20:00 GMT

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 relevant links.

You can download the Microsoft Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control CTP at the Connect Portal.

Here are links to some of the demos using the Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control that I showed at the beginning of the session:

Here are links to the source code for all the code samples I showed:

Here are some notes about the code samples:

The solution files are for Silverlight 3 Beta, however the code for everything except the Map Rotation sample should work within a Silverlight 2 solution.
You will need to download and install the Silverlight Map Control CTP and make sure the MapControl project references are pointing to Microsoft.VirtualEarth.MapControl.dll on your machine to build these samples
The samples using the Virtual Earth Web Services require Virtual Earth credentials. You will need to edit the Credentials.cs file in those projects to provide credentials. You can sign up for an evaluation account to try out the web services. See the following articles for more details. I have also added comments in the Credentials.cs files with links to these articles.
- Developing a Silverlight Application Using Virtual Earth Web Services
- Requesting a Virtual Earth Token
The samples using Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control without Virtual Earth Web Services do not require credentials.

Have fun!

(Note: This post is also available on the Virtual Earth Platform Team Blog)

Learn about Virtual Earth at TechEd this Week!

keithkin — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:45:00 GMT

Just a reminder that I’ll be out at TechEd this week in LA. Come see the Virtual Earth session on Wednesday at 4:30 PM to learn how to build applications with the Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control:

WUX402 Deep Dive on Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control

Wed 5/13 | 4:30 PM-5:45 PM | Room 408B

The Microsoft Virtual Earth Platform has grown immensely over the past year from our Virtual Earth AJAX Map Control to our new Virtual Earth Web Services and now our Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control which is now available as a public beta to developers. Come and join us as we take you on a tour of all the features and dig deep into the code to show you how to build your own Virtual Earth applications in Silverlight.

Also, I’ll be hanging out at the Silverlight booth Tuesday and Thursday morning this week. So stop by if you want to talk more about Virtual Earth. Hope to see you there!

Virtual Earth at Tech-Ed North America 2009

keithkin — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:00:31 GMT

Come learn about Virtual Earth and the Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control at Microsoft Tech-Ed North America 2009, May 11-15 in Los Angeles. I will be presenting a session on Virtual Earth and and the details are below. I hope to see you there!

WUX402 Deep Dive on Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control

The Microsoft Virtual Earth Platform has grown immensely over the past year from our Virtual Earth AJAX Map Control to our new Virtual Earth Web Services and now our Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control which is now available as a public beta to developers. Come and join us as we take you on a tour of all the features and dig deep into the code to show you how to build your own Virtual Earth applications in Silverlight.