http://blogs.msdn.com/markbrown/archive/tags/TV/default.aspxTags: TVen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/markbrown/archive/2008/05/15/virtual-earth-solves-crimes-on-csi-ny.aspxFri, 16 May 2008 01:18:04 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8509702mjbrown1http://blogs.msdn.com/markbrown/comments/8509702.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/markbrown/commentrss.aspx?PostID=8509702http://blogs.msdn.com/markbrown/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=8509702<p>Wow, Virtual Earth sure is getting a lot of exposure on TV lately. There are a number of news stations that use it for their news stories and for their weather reports. Now CBS is on the map with their latest episode of CSI: NY. In this latest episode they actually use Virtual Earth to locate a killer. Great work detectives.</p> <p>Here's a few screen captures.</p> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/markbrown/WindowsLiveWriter/VirtualEarthSolvesCrimesonCSINY_A819/clip_image002_2.jpg"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="366" alt="clip_image002" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/markbrown/WindowsLiveWriter/VirtualEarthSolvesCrimesonCSINY_A819/clip_image002_thumb.jpg" width="644" border="0"></a> <p>3D Tour from space down to a custom 3D model <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/markbrown/WindowsLiveWriter/VirtualEarthSolvesCrimesonCSINY_A819/clip_image004_2.jpg"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="374" alt="clip_image004" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/markbrown/WindowsLiveWriter/VirtualEarthSolvesCrimesonCSINY_A819/clip_image004_thumb.jpg" width="644" border="0"></a> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/markbrown/WindowsLiveWriter/VirtualEarthSolvesCrimesonCSINY_A819/clip_image006_2.jpg"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="349" alt="clip_image006" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/markbrown/WindowsLiveWriter/VirtualEarthSolvesCrimesonCSINY_A819/clip_image006_thumb.jpg" width="644" border="0"></a> <p>You can find the episode here, Virtual Earth’s big scene is from 36:40-37:00 (single-click the slider bar under the screen to jump ahead – you’ll need to watch a commercial or two first. <a href="http://www.cbs.com/primetime/csi_ny/video/video.php?cid=446409462&amp;play=true&amp;cc=0">http://www.cbs.com/primetime/csi_ny/video/video.php?cid=446409462&amp;play=true&amp;cc=0</a> <p>&nbsp; <p>BTW, has anyone noticed that Gary Sinese looks like Doctor McCoy from Star Trek? <p><img height="120" src="http://wwwimage.cbs.com/cms/files/images/primetime/csi_ny/bio/cast_thumb120_gary_sinise_240.jpg" width="120">&nbsp; <img height="120" src="http://blogs.decadesoftware.com/hlarledge/WindowsLiveWriter/mccoy2.jpg" width="157"> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:B3E14793-948F-49af-A347-D19C374A7C4F:a1b9641d-f3d9-48e5-9e10-d761b8407e49" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- digg_bodytext = 'Wow, Virtual Earth sure is getting a lot of exposure on TV lately. There are a number of news stations that use it for their news stories and for their weather reports. Now CBS is now on the map here with their latest episode of CSI: NY. In this latest episode they actually use Virtual Earth to locate a killer. Great work detectives.'; digg_topic = 'microsoft'; //--></script> <script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </div> <div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:e02d7bb4-41a8-41fa-a25f-513820a99aa2" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Microsoft" rel="tag">Microsoft</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Virtual%20Earth" rel="tag">Virtual Earth</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/CSI:%20NY" rel="tag">CSI: NY</a></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8509702" width="1" height="1">Virtual EarthCool StuffTV