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A Few Virtual Earth / Silverlight Demo Applications
A few months back I posted about Lots of Virtual Earth and Silverlight Development Outside of Microsoft and things haven't quite slowed down, now have they? I found a couple interesting applications with Silverlight and Microsoft Virtual Earth that I Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:00 AM by Chris Pendleton | 2 Comments
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Advertising Opportunities on Live Search Maps
If you've ever been on Live Search Maps , there's a good chance you've seen some of the advertisements we display on the site. I figured it was time to dive a little deeper into the opportunities that are available to you as a Virtual Earth platform customer Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 2:51 PM by Chris Pendleton | 2 Comments
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SQL Server 2008....Finally
I've been hanging out with Ed Katibah in San Diego at the ESRI User Conference and not in the whole two days we stood in our circular booth did he mention this was going down tonight, but whatever Ed! Actually, the booth was so busy, we spent all of about Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 8:52 PM by Chris Pendleton | 6 Comments
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Announcing the Microsoft Virtual Earth ASP .Net Server Control
Don't like JavaScript? You want your managed code with the new wave of AJAX maps? Well, the long awaited Virtual Earth ASP .Net Server Control is now available for download as a part of the Windows Live Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio . Here are some Read More...
Posted: Monday, July 28, 2008 10:02 AM by Chris Pendleton | 6 Comments
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Announcing trueSpace for Virtual Earth 3D Development
Today is a big day. BIG DAY. As you'll recall, several months ago we acquired Caligari because of their advanced 3D toolset - trueSpace (among other assets). I've always felt sketchy about other 3D freeware, so starting today trueSpace 7.6 is now available Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 3:29 PM by Chris Pendleton | 30 Comments
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SQL Server 2008 + Virtual Earth = Simple GIS
Marc Schweigert is trying to replace me as the Virtual Earth Technical Evangelist. I kid, I kid! He has bigger fish to fry, but his passion for geospatial solutions is impressive to say the least. He's just put out ANOTHER TWO how-to videos about Microsoft Read More...
Posted: Friday, July 18, 2008 4:36 PM by Chris Pendleton | 2 Comments
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Introduction to Spatial Coordinate Systems
Isaac Kunen from the SQL Server team published an outstanding MSDN article entitled, " Introduction to Spatial Coordinate Systems: Flat Maps for a Round Planet ." This is a great article for those of you who are just getting started in GIS, Read More...
Posted: Friday, July 18, 2008 1:42 PM by Chris Pendleton | 1 Comments
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WorldMaps and Microsoft Virtual Earth
Perhaps you've noticed that I've added a little (non-Virtual Earth) map to my blog. Well, as the story goes...I'm always crawling the web for maps. Obviously, I have some kind of passion (read as obsession) with online mapping. So, I come across this Read More...
Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2008 6:50 PM by Chris Pendleton | 1 Comments
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Adding Mapping Capabilities to your Applications with Microsoft Virtual Earth and ASP.NET AJAX (Video)
Marc Schweigert , is at it again. Check out his 2 latest videos showing you how to add Virtual Earth to your ASP .Net JAX applications . The video is a code walkthrough showing first, an overview of Microsoft Virtual Earth's JavaScript model, next integration Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 9:31 AM by Chris Pendleton | 1 Comments
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MapPoint 2009 / Streets & Trips 2009
It's official! We're releasing an update to the desktop products MapPoint 2009 (Desktop Business Intelligence Mapping and Analysis Tool) and Streets & Trips 2009 (Desktop Consumer Trip Planning). Contrary to the release of MapPoint 2006, there are Read More...
Posted: Monday, July 14, 2008 11:23 AM by Chris Pendleton | 9 Comments
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Live Search Maps Improves Internationally
Another big day for Virtual Earth in the portal space. Granted, it's our own search portals but it's great to see the platform getting more use and exposure worldwide. Live Search Maps China has expanded it's offering (just in time for the Olympics). Read More...
Posted: Thursday, July 03, 2008 9:14 AM by Chris Pendleton | 5 Comments
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Microsoft Environment Group
"Innovating to Improve the Planet." That's the mantra of the Microsoft Environment Group . Did you know about them? Their is sole focus is the environment and what we can do to improve it. In fact, their mission statement is posted on the main Read More...
Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2008 3:23 PM by Chris Pendleton | 1 Comments
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Virtual Earth and Live Search Maps Vintage Educational Videos
Catherine Heller and I did these videos last year for Channel 10 and for some reason I never found out they were published...until today. They're still valid (for the most part) though much has changed with the Live UI. It can provide you with some Virtual Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 9:29 PM by Chris Pendleton | 1 Comments
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Lots of Virtual Earth and Silverlight Development Outside of Microsoft
I'm seeing lots of Virtual Earth integration in Silverlight light. And, I have to say I LOVE IT. Today is no exception. IDV Solutions just launched their Silverlight Map Viewer which is their new interface for their Visual Fusion Server product. This Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 12:00 PM by Chris Pendleton | 14 Comments
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Mapping Earthquakes in China
The Live Search Maps team in China has created a collection rendering all of the earthquakes in China . We hope this collection of information will provide some additional information about events that are taking place, so those of you who are interested Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 6:57 PM by Chris Pendleton | 1 Comments
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