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We are happy to announce the availability of version 3 of the Virtual Earth Map Control. This exciting new control comes with dozens of enhancements, including new features not available in any of the previous versions, simpler integration, better compatibility, and much much more. New Features Like using maps, aerial imagery, and bird’s eye? Then you’ll love doing it with support for : Place/Address lookups (Geocoding) – With a simple new Find() method, you can easily add a Where box to your application to allow users to input addresses, cities/towns, zip codes, landmarks or other locations and quickly and easily pinpoint them on the map. Support for handling ambiguous addresses is included...
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Microsoft Research has been working with Virtual Earth to develop a cool new application for overlaying information in the Map Control. Chris explains it better than I can: "The basic idea is that you can take any map in PDF format and overlay onto a Virtual Earth map. The benefit being that you can have your own specific map with the cool Virtual Earth draggable functionality, double click to zoom in, pan, etc. As an example, I can take a PDF map of Disneyland and overlay it onto a Virtual Earth map. So, while I'm flying around Virtual Earth I can also explore the Disneyland park map." For instance, this same technology could be used to overlay information specific to your organization on the...
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Microsoft and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency recently announced a partnership to build better disaster response systems, powered by Virtual Earth. From the presspass article: "The NGA will use the Microsoft® Virtual Earth™ platform to provide geospatial support for humanitarian, peacekeeping and national-security efforts... Currently, the two organizations believe they will both benefit from collaboratively implementing the latest technology and software applications and identifying best practices for the Virtual Earth and NGA global knowledge base... The NGA recently used the Microsoft Virtual Earth platform to develop a mapping site for relief efforts surrounding Hurricane Katrina...
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To clarify on my previous post , we are adding some additional data in Eastern Europe (vintage Q305) to the MapPoint.EU dataset. In addition to improved overall coverage of our existing European map, Finland and Greece are now much more complete sets of street level data. We are adding 9 new countries: Bulgaria, Estonia, Croatia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovenia. Coverage in these new countries is for routing only, not yet include find address . Most of the newly added countries have 2 or 3 major metros with street level coverage and long major connector highways between them. While the data is not as complete as other areas of Europe yet, these new countries will improve...
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As Chris points out, we are coming up on our next Customer Service Release for MapPoint Web Service . There are some great updates you have been asking for included in this CSR2 release, including: Improvements to geocoding in the US - With a new geocoding engine for the US, we are seeing substantially better performance for address find requests in the US in our testing. Improvements in stability, speed and flexibility with batch geocoding for large datasets. The Customer Data Service, which allows you to host and perform spatial queries on your data all on the service infrastructure, has been made more usable with the ability to move sets from staging to production and delete unused datasets...
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John L. Scott , one of the premier residential real estate companies in the US, has updated their website to include a great new search serice powered by Virtual Earth. Their implementation really makes great use of VE to provide better search through the use of the interactive map and road, aerial and bird's eye views and more useful details with the inclusion of routing/directions on each property details page. Last year John L. Scott grossed more than $17 billion in sales from their 132 offices and over 4,500 sales associates throughout Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. And now their already award winning website is even better, thanks to Virtual Earth. Looking for a home? Or just want to see...
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YELLOWPAGES.COM recently announced the launch of its Virtual Earth powered, next-generation mapping service. Thanks to the many options for visualization, routing, and other location services in VE, YellowPages.com is able to deliver consumers more options for mapping, viewing and connecting with local businesses. In March 2006, the YellowPages.com network reached more than 27 million unique users. So, check out their new, VE powered, site .
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FOX Interactive Media's new MyFox service recently lit up some new functionality powered by Virtual Earth. Their new service, currently in Beta (aren't we all these days), includes local traffic flow and incident reports layered on an easy to use and navigate Virtual Earth Map Control. They are rolling out a bunch of cities as I write this--including New York, Birmingham, LA, DC, Dallas, Boston, and more. When your area is online, it should be a great tool for that morning commute. Here is an example from New York .
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