Virtual Earth, An Evangelist's Blog

Virtual Earth & DigitalGlobe - Worldwide Imagery Improvement

Well, well, well what have we here? We now have access to one of the highest resolution global satellite imagery and aerial photography collections (460 million sq. km. + 1 million sq. km. per day moving forward) through a deal we've just struck with Read More...

Posted: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 12:32 PM by Chris Pendleton | 6 Comments

Filed under: Communications, Content Updates

WorldWide Telescope Stars in Virtual Earth

I haven't talked about WorldWide Telescope since it launched; but, since Microsoft Virtual Earth is a part of that Microsoft Research project I thought it would interest some of you that we decided to include some of the WorldWide Telescope into Virtual Read More...

Posted: Monday, October 06, 2008 4:26 PM by Chris Pendleton | 1 Comments

Filed under: VE @ Microsoft, 3D

U-Haul

U-Haul just made the move from MapQuest to Virtual Earth. Actually, U-Haul has been a long-standing MapPoint Web Service customer for several applications and they've decided to move over their Location Finder over to Virtual Earth - sweet. Hey, where Read More...

Posted: Friday, October 03, 2008 11:58 PM by Chris Pendleton | 0 Comments

Filed under: Enterprise/Govt Solutions

Virtual Earth 6.2 and Web Service Webcast Recording

Thanks to everyone who attended my "Momentum Webcast: See More and Do More with Microsoft Virtual Earth (Level 100)" this morning. If you missed the webcast (shame on you), you can view the recording online at the Live Meeting Website . For additional Read More...

Posted: Thursday, October 02, 2008 10:34 PM by Chris Pendleton | 0 Comments

Filed under: Learning, Release Information

Imagery Metadata and Reverse Geocoding with the Virtual Earth AJAX Control

I couldn't think of a good way to break these apart, so I developed both imagery metadata (date of photography / imagery acquisition) and reverse geocoding (converting coordinates to the nearest address) together. Actually, I can think of many ways to Read More...

Posted: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 7:38 PM by Chris Pendleton | 0 Comments

Filed under: Code Samples

Geocoding with the Virtual Earth Web Service

For those of you who may want to get access to the 85 million unique rooftop or parcel centroid accurate points we've aggregated in the Virtual Earth Web Service (VEWS), I figured it was only fair that I post a little something to help move you along. Read More...

Posted: Monday, September 29, 2008 11:34 PM by Chris Pendleton | 2 Comments

Filed under: Code Samples, VEWS

Virtual Earth Gallery in trueSpace; Plus a Contest

We're looking for a few good 3D designers to submit their best 3D work in Microsoft Virtual Earth (or Live Search Maps ). A new addition to the Caligari (trueSpace) 3D Authoring and Collaboration site is a Virtual Earth Gallery specifically dedicated Read More...

Posted: Monday, September 29, 2008 4:14 PM by Chris Pendleton | 0 Comments

Filed under: 3D

Getting a Map with the Virtual Earth Web Service

The most basic element of Virtual Earth - maps. The Virtual Earth AJAX control is pretty simple because you could just copy and paste code into notepad, save it and run it in a browser. Well, the Virtual Earth Web Service (VEWS) is a bit of a different Read More...

Posted: Friday, September 26, 2008 3:12 PM by Chris Pendleton | 8 Comments

Filed under: Code Samples, VEWS

Building Virtual Earth Applications for iPhone

Ok, so let's just jump in with both feet here. I have a post for "Getting a Map with the Virtual Earth Web Service" to tip your toe in the water, but with all of the emails I'm getting about this I better go ahead and just write it up and get Read More...

Posted: Thursday, September 25, 2008 12:17 PM by Chris Pendleton | 3 Comments

Filed under: Mobile, VEWS

Announcing The Virtual Earth Web Service and Virtual Earth Map Control 6.2

If you follow Microsoft Virtual Earth I'm sure you've picked up some blog posts that posted some of the features for this release, but those posts mysteriously disappeared. Information leaked out and you wondered, "Was that real?" Well, finally the definitive Read More...

Posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 8:11 PM by Chris Pendleton | 10 Comments

Filed under: Communications, Release Information, VEWS

New Feature Release of Live Search Maps!

We've just made updates to our consumer site, Live Search Maps which are tied back to some of the updates in the Virtual Earth platform - there's a slough of posts coming from me today! For the release we've included some AWESOME new features for users Read More...

Posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 8:09 PM by Chris Pendleton | 4 Comments

Filed under: Communications, Release Information, VE @ Microsoft, Live Search Maps

New Version of Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D and 3DVia

We've released a new version of Virtual Earth 3D today. When you get to Live Search Maps and click 3D you'll be prompted to update your 3D control. As a part of this, you can also download the latest and greatest bits of 3DVia from Dassault Systèmes Read More...

Posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 8:07 PM by Chris Pendleton | 2 Comments

Filed under: Release Information, 3D

Authentication and Tokens with Virtual Earth

So, there's an MSDN technical article posted online showing users how to authenticate and grab tokens for their Virtual Earth application - Implementing Customer Identification . Microsoft Virtual Earth authentication is required for (1) Enterprise Customers Read More...

Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 1:39 PM by Chris Pendleton | 3 Comments

Filed under: Code Samples, Fixing Problems

Disabling the Bird's Eye View Indicator

Microsoft Virtual Earth has a very helpful indicator window that lets you know when Bird's Eye View is available in a particular spot on the map; however, you may find the indicator annoying or a nuisance for smaller maps, so here's how you disable it. Read More...

Posted: Monday, September 22, 2008 8:34 AM by Chris Pendleton | 0 Comments

Filed under: Code Samples, Fixing Problems

Texas Loves Virtual Earth

And, Virtual Earth loves Texas! Check out the Texas Department of Transportation web sites that are leveraging Microsoft Virtual Earth to better visualize their traffic flow and incident information. Check out these cities with their respective information Read More...

Posted: Sunday, September 21, 2008 10:47 PM by Chris Pendleton | 0 Comments