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October 2007 - Posts

Starbucks.com Powered by Virtual Earth...v6 no less!
The folks at Starbucks just made it a whole lot easier to find their stores. They've added some new ways to find their stores as well as filters to find different types of stores and ammenities at those stores using Virtual Earth version 6 no less than Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 7:30 PM by Chris Pendleton | 0 Comments
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New Virtual Earth Case Study - Coldwell Banker
We recently launched a new case study (and yes, I'm a little slow getting this out) describing how Coldwell Banker was struggling with the lack of technological innovation around mapping and found Virtual Earth as an answer to their problems. I've plagiarized Read More...
Posted: Monday, October 29, 2007 10:16 PM by Chris Pendleton | 1 Comments
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Virtual Earth - Authenticate and Track Usage
So, you want to know what kind of traffic your Virtual Earth application is getting? You want to start licensing Virtual Earth per user? Well, from a technical perspective we've got you covered. Virtual Earth now supports token-based authentication and Read More...
Posted: Monday, October 29, 2007 7:22 PM by Chris Pendleton | 1 Comments
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Virtual Earth Web Casts
I have a few web casts that may be of interest if you want to get more information about Virtual Earth. You should register for the web cast that lines up with your respective role - partner, business decision maker or developer. I'll have just come back Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 11:11 PM by Chris Pendleton | 6 Comments
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OGC - We're Back!
Microsoft has rejoined the Open Geospatial Consortium as a Principal Member! And, we're pretty excited about it too. Wayland, MA and San Antonio, TX, October 23, 2007 - Today, at the annual Geoint 2007 Symposium, the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 11:07 PM by Chris Pendleton | 1 Comments
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Virtual Earth for SharePoint
Rachna posted a great blog entry for his web part using Virtual Earth. I get this request all the time, so I'm glad the MOSS team stepped up. Check out his blog entry here . CP Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 11:05 PM by Chris Pendleton | 1 Comments
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Virtual Earth Certification
Trika was nice enough to point out that the beta for the Virtual Earth Certification Exam is now available. I like how I helped author the exam, but I had to find out through her blog that it is available - love it. Anyway, here are some details about Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:58 PM by Chris Pendleton | 3 Comments
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Virtual Earth Version 6 - Now Available
The Virtual Earth version 6 API is now available. The launch included several new exciting features documented in the online SDK .Moving from Version 5 to Version 6 is easy! You simply need to change one character in your .ashx link - change http://dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/mapcontrol.ashx?v=5 Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 2:48 PM by Chris Pendleton | 7 Comments
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MapCruncher Beta for Virtual Earth
It's official - MapCruncher is now a supported beta product by the Virtual Earth team! This is big. This means that MapCruncher has graduated out of Microsoft Research as a pet project with really cool implications to a fully supported application by Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 1:38 AM by Chris Pendleton | 4 Comments
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October Data and Imagery Drop
Another huge drop of data for your liking (38.1 TB). Here are the details: Vector North America and Europe Refresh of all North American and European road information Oblique Imagery (Bird's Eye) United States Worcester, MD Orange, CT Select areas of Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 1:09 AM by Chris Pendleton | 3 Comments
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MSN Mexico, Motorola & Virtual Earth
MSN Mexico (aka Prodigy MSN ) launched an application with Motorola using Virtual Earth as a backdrop for community data. The concept is an exclusive site for Motorola and MSN which focuses on entertainment. The site consists of podcasts, editorial music Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 6:30 PM by Chris Pendleton | 1 Comments
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