December 2005 - Posts
Our recent change of the consumer site to Windows Live Local broke some of the functionality of the Map Search Control, or Commercial Control. Apparently when we updated the site's URL the redirect to the new URL didn't work for the proxy we wrote, an
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In v1 of the standard control, if you needed to get the bounding lat/long of the map you could do this: var y1 = map.GetLatitude(0); var x1 = map.GetLongitude(0); var y2 = map.GetLatitude(map.height); var x2 = map.GetLongitude(map.width); There were two
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Just quick but important reminder note: Now that Windows Live Local has launched, if you are referencing the v1 of the standard control on the old URL: http://virtualearth.msn.com/js/MapControl.js You should update this to http://dev.virtualearth.net/standard/v1/MapControl.js
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We will be posting a number of resources here and on MSDN to assist with migration ot the v2 Virtual Earth controls. This post is the first of a number we have planned highlighting notable changes in the control and providing guidance on updating code.
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Update 1: The Virtual Earth Standard Control SDK is avilable on MSDN: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4304174 The news is out: the MSN Virtual Earth site is now called Windows Live Local . Check it out: http://local.live.com The reviews so far have been
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