November 2006 - Bing Maps Blog

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   More Virtual Earth Real Estate - Berkshire Home Services

   11/15/06 by Chris Pendleton | 1 Replies |

   Virtual Earth powered real estate search has been a subject of this blog many times in the past few months. And, again, a number of additional companies have gone online with a Virtual Earth powered real estate search, bringing that same great experience to their customers in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Arizona, and many more areas. Here are just a few of the sites newly powered by Virtual Earth: Jenny Pruitt & Associates REALTORS Long Realty Prudential California Realty Prudential Carolinas Realty RealtySouth Rector-Hayden REALTORS Reece & Nichols Semonin REALTORS Woods Bros. Realty The connection between all of these seemingly random agencies going online at the same time? They are...
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   Virtual Earth 3D Launches

   11/06/06 by Chris Pendleton | 1 Replies |

   The launch of Virtual Earth 3D makes the power of Microsoft’s new online mapping platform available to Web developers as well as Live Search customers. Virtual Earth 3D provides developers with an immersive 3D application environment to implement searching, browsing and organizing local information. At launch, 3D terrain models are available globally, and 15 major U.S. cities boast textured building models. Web developers can implement Virtual Earth 3D applications by using the new features available in Version 4 of the Virtual Earth API. The Virtual Earth SDK includes a “What’s New” section to get developers started with Version 4 of the API and the 3D map control. The SDK and other tools and...