Ortho Tile Sets and MapCruncher One of the new features that we shipped in the v3.1 release of the Virtual Earth Map Control is the support for adding ortho tile sets produced using tools like MapCruncher from MSResearch. Jaya, one of the developers who works on the API, has detailed this integration with an article and example . Other Features There is also a new article on Dev.live.com highlighting some of the other new features.
It has been a pretty slow tropical storm season in the gulf this year, but that doesn't make any of the few storms we have seen less newsworthy. The MyFox site we highlighted before has added a new tropical storm tracker to its list of Virtual Earth powered applications. Give it a try.
Last night, the most recent version of Live Local launched. Improvements include the ability to draw on top of the maps, highlighting favorite dog parks, cool bike trails, neighborhoods, etc.; white pages/people search, a great compliment to the business search functionality; some UI enhancements, like the ability to widen the search results pane, showing off-map results by default, and much more. You can find more details on the team's Live Space . In addition to the consumer site launch, we have added some additional functionality to the map control. You can now add new ortho tile sets, like those you can generate using Microsoft Research's Map Cruncher, as an overlay on the map. This can be...
