July 2007 - Bing Maps Blog

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   Live Search Mobile - Shipped

   07/15/07 by Chris Pendleton | 4 Replies |

   Live Search for Mobile Browse (point your mobile browser http://m.live.com ) If you’ve used this product before, then you’ll definitely notice the improvements. If not, we think it’ll earn a spot on your bookmark list.  A Single Search Box: Tell us what and where, if applicable and you’ll get the most relevant results from Instant Answers, Local, Web, Images to News and Spaces … all perfectly formatted for your mobile phone.  Image Search: We’ve unleashed our image search capability on the mobile and you don’t even have to ask for it. Click on a result to see a copy of the image optimized for your mobile (when necessary).  Instant Answers: We’ve reserved some premium real estate for Instant...
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   Virtual Earth @ WPC

   07/12/07 by Chris Pendleton | 0 Replies |

   Virtual Earth was featured in Steve Ballmer's keynote speech at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference. Brian Hall (General Manager, Windows Live Business Group) demonstrated the infamous Contoso company's partner finding application. It's a fairly simple app which loads point data layers on a Virtual Earth map (in Australia) and continues to load the data as the map is navigated. The Virtual Earth segment runs about 8 minutes as it's integrated into Windows Live Messenger, as well. You can access the video here: https://partner.microsoft.com/global/40044112 . You'll want to fast forward to 38:30 to see VE. CP
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   Virtual Earth Survey

   07/05/07 by Chris Pendleton | 3 Replies |

   Got an opinion about Virtual Earth? Yeah, I know you do...I read the comments you guys post! :) Anyway, well, now there's a good way to report your thoughts, feelings, kudos and aggravations about Virtual Earth. Filling out this form will help us gather information for the product and marketing teams to make Virtual Earth even better than it already is. So, give us a shout by filling out the survey . CP
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   New Partnership with Maporama

   07/05/07 by Chris Pendleton | 1 Replies |

   We've partnered with Maporama out of France to expand our services through a joint offering to the European market. Maporama brings a wealth of knowledge and deep local customer understanding to enable their customer applications. Now, their customers win because they have the power to leverage the Virtual Earth platform for their geographically enabled web applications. Read more about the partnership . CP
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   You want MORE, BETTER, NEWER imagery?

   07/03/07 by Chris Pendleton | 3 Replies |

   How's this for a Virtual Earth imagery, cartographic map and 3D model update? Yes, the API is updated too. :D 1.) Updated road/hybrid map styling for the entire world . o Includes… § New road map data for North America. § New Japanese road data tiles for Japan. § New European map style 2.) Hillshaded roads for the entire world o Provides shading for elevated areas our on road map styles. 3.) 3Di/Boulder hi-res orthos (Microsoft UltraCam Digital Camera derived!) … o Alabama: § Birmingham_AL (includes Hoover) § Huntsville_AL § Montgomery_AL § Mobile_AL (+ 3D buildings) o Georgia: § Columbus_GA o Mississippi: § Jackson_MS (includes PearlFlowood) o Wisconsin: § Milwaukee_WI (+ 3D buildings) § WestAllis_WI...
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   Find Money with Virtual Earth

   07/02/07 by Chris Pendleton | 3 Replies |

   Bank of America is the latest customer to adopt Virtual Earth for their retail locator application . Enter your street, city and state for the most accurate results or just put in a postal code. You can preselect the type of outlet you want - banking centers, ATMs or talking ATMs; as wel, you can specify if you want just results or a map with results. Results will be produced in distance order along with the address, distance to the branch (as the crow flies) and links to driving directions and hours and phone numbers, respectively. Hovering over an icon will give you detailed information including lobby and drive up hours. Thanks to our partners InfoNow for helping integrate Virtual Earth in...