April 2007 - Bing Maps Blog

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   April 2007 Virtual Earth Imagery Release

   04/28/07 by Chris Pendleton | 3 Replies |

   We just released tons of new imagery and 3D models. The list is below... New UltraCam Orthos (2D Aerial/Hybrid) USA La Jolla, CA La Mesa, CA Malibu, CA Miramar, CA San Francisco, CA Aurora, IL Indianapolis, IN Joiliet, IL Naperville, IL Speedway, IN Newark, NJ Brooklyn, NY Niagara Falls, NY Roseville, MN Beaverton, OR Portland, OR Canada Levis-StRomuald (Quebec City) Toronto Bird's Eye Imagery (Oblique) Riverside County, CA Douglas County, CO Hamilton County, IN Bernalillo County, NM Minneapolis, MN Franklin County, NY Suffolk County, NY Yates County, NY Wood County, OH Canadian County, OK Cleveland County, OK Oklahoma County, OK Chesapeake County, VA Chittenden County, VT New GlobeXplorer Orthos...
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   Move.com Now Using Virtual Earth

   04/27/07 by Chris Pendleton | 3 Replies |

   Move.com (aka Realtor.com) launched tonight using Virtual Earth for their home property search. Move had previously been using Virtual Earth for their rental property search and now has expanded to include their houses for sale search. It's a pretty slick implementation with a property search, custom icons, and popup divs for Bird's Eye view. I do like how the Bird's Eye is popped into these divs instead of changing their entire map and potentially screwing up your search. Nice touch.
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   Virtual Earth Version 5 is Now Live!

   04/27/07 by Chris Pendleton | 3 Replies |

   Here's the official release doc for Virtual Earth V5: The new Virtual Earth platform The Virtual Earth platform is an integrated set of services that combines unique bird’s eye, aerial, and 3D imagery with best-of-breed mapping, location and search functionality. With ongoing investments in innovation that are driven by customer feedback, the Virtual Earth platform 5.0 continues to offer new tools, advanced feature enhancements, and robust platform capabilities. In this latest release, the new Virtual Earth platform is even more flexible, providing a wider range of supported capabilities that allow businesses to strengthen customer relationships with innovative solutions and breakthrough experiences...
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   CP Taking Over...

   04/27/07 by Chris Pendleton | 1 Replies |

   This blog is getting stale and needs a new owner, so I'm taking over. I've been running the Virtual Earth & MapPoint B2B Blog for a couple years and with my new gig as the Virtual Earth Technical Evangelist it's probably good to focus on the developer community a bit more. I'll just combine the two so you can see what Enterprise Customers and Mashup Developers are doing, plus provide updates and insight into the VE Product Group @ Microsoft - as much as they'll let me. :) What's going to happen with the other blog? I'll keep it up because it has some good content, but will be authoring solely on this blog. What's the first order of business? Version 5. Actually, this post is first. Are you...