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Australia on Fire
For those of you in the know about Australia’s out of control fires burning through the bush, you may be interested in a few resources available to you to track the situation through some of the news outlets. Authorities fear more than 200 have died in Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 8:55 PM by Chris Pendleton | 0 Comments
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Photosynth Featured on CSI: Miami
Photosynth was featured on the season 12, episode 7 of CSI: Miami titled, “ Head Case ” on CBS. As described on the web site, “ The CSIs use radical technology to unlock the secrets of a man's mind when he shows up covered in blood with no memory of where Read More...
Posted: Sunday, January 18, 2009 9:55 PM by Chris Pendleton | 0 Comments
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Inaugurating President Barack Obama in Photosynth
In partnership with Microsoft, CNN has published “ The Moment ” a Photosynth experience that allows users to upload photos during the inauguration of President Barack Obama which will then automagically be stitched into the potentially largest and “most Read More...
Posted: Friday, January 16, 2009 12:48 PM by Chris Pendleton | 0 Comments
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
Whoa. I have an idea for a new use of Microsoft Virtual Earth . Let’s say a mysterious orb is screaming through space on its way to crash land somewhere on Earth. You could actually determine where the orb was going to land given the speed of the orb Read More...
Posted: Friday, December 12, 2008 2:48 PM by Chris Pendleton | 1 Comments
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Hurricane Gustav Coverage with Virtual Earth
I found a couple good sites using Virtual Earth to visualize information about Hurricane Gustav (in addition to the Texas Natural Resources Information System Launches Emergency Resource Site ). See below. MSNBC - Shows the path, points along the path Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 2:19 PM by Chris Pendleton | 1 Comments
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Microsoft Virtual Earth Featured on CCTV Broadcast
What's the Hollywood of China? Anyone? Well, CCTV is taking full advantage of their use of Microsoft Virtual Earth across their broadcast network. Here's some video footage of a CCTV news broadcast showing Virtual Earth aerial photos and road maps during Read More...
Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2008 3:36 PM by Chris Pendleton | 1 Comments
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MSNBC Maps Midwest Floods with Virtual Earth
MSNBC published a Virtual Earth map highlighting points along the Mississippi River (and one in Michigan) where towns are getting flooded in the Midwest United States. Each point represents a city with flood issues such as Rock Island, Il and hovering Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:50 AM by Chris Pendleton | 2 Comments
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Virtual Earth Featured on CNN
A couple days ago, CNN was broadcasting news about the horrific weather in the Midwest. Well, it turns out they have a new option for illustrating their news stories with maps and imagery - Microsoft Virtual Earth . Check out the video below where CNN's Read More...
Posted: Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:39 AM by Chris Pendleton | 2 Comments
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Weather Central and 3D Weather Broadcasts
I've mentioned Weather Central in the past with regards to some of their killing broadcasts which use Virtual Earth as a backdrop. Well, I caught up with them at NAB and thought I'd post an update on some of their innovation. Here are some samples of Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 4:11 PM by Chris Pendleton | 1 Comments
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New Virtual Earth 3D Techno Movie
2 Unlimited need not show for this party. Check out the latest video showcase the V2 Virtual Earth 3D building models. V2 of our building models are available in Las Vegas , Dallas , Denver and Phoenix . There are still another 250+ cities with photo-textured, Read More...
Posted: Monday, April 28, 2008 5:45 PM by Chris Pendleton | 1 Comments
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Where in the World is Matt Lauer?
Today, NBC launched there "Where in the world is Matt Lauer" campaign and this morning I saw that he was in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Wow - the ultimate boondoggle. What a stud. Anyway, as a part of this campaign, Live Search Club (free online games) has Read More...
Posted: Monday, April 28, 2008 3:56 PM by Chris Pendleton | 6 Comments
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Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The French MSN Entertainment team did a sweet mashup for the release of the new Indian Jones movie - Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull . The application highlights different scenes in the movie, specifically where they take place across Read More...
Posted: Thursday, April 24, 2008 1:13 PM by Chris Pendleton | 1 Comments
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BBC News: School Report News
The BBC is expanding their use of Virtual Earth . They released their School Report which brings in the news from all of the local schools from the UK and puts them on a map for easy navigation and exploration. I love this. When I was a kid reporting Read More...
Posted: Saturday, March 15, 2008 2:05 AM by Chris Pendleton | 1 Comments
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NBC Weather Plus
NBC Weather Plus has integrated some seriously slick weather tracking data with Microsoft Virtual Earth . The site uses Adobe Flash to render Virtual Earth tiles, then overlays rasterized, opaque weather tiles to visualize weather around the US. In fact, Read More...
Posted: Monday, February 11, 2008 11:06 PM by Chris Pendleton | 1 Comments
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KSPR - Springfield, MO
The list of broadcasters using Virtual Earth continues to grow. KSPR in Springfield, MO is now leveraging Virtual Earth to illustrate their weather news cast. Throughout this broadcast they actually use our aerial imagery (ortho) and 3D (seen below). Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 5:54 PM by Chris Pendleton | 1 Comments
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