November 2007 - Bing Maps Blog

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   November Worldwide Imagery Update...OMG

   11/19/07 by Chris Pendleton | 1 Replies |

   Ok imagery junkies, get ready to overdose.....33.7TB....are you kidding? 3Di/Boulder hi-res Orthos/Aerial Imagery: Saitama, Japan Ontario, CA Fullerton, CA New Haven, CT Hartford, CT Cedar Rapids, IA Lowell, MA Raleigh, NC Charlotte, NC Greensboro, NC Durham, NC Fayetteville, NC Syracuse, NY Winston-Salem, NC Hillsboro, OR Provo, UT Norfolk, VA Richmond, VA Obliques/Bird’s Eye in North America: Gadsen/Etowah Metro, AL Pulaski, AR Rehoboth, DE Indian River, FL Leon, FL Coles, IL Winnebago, IL Wyandotte, KS Shawnee, KS Detroit Metro North, MI Grand Rapids Metro, MI Oakland, MI Ingham, MI Washtenaw, MI Jackson, MI Pipestone, MN Douglas, MN Greene, MO Coahoma, MS Pearl River, MS Monroe, MS Benton...
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   Virtual Earth Business Decision Maker Webcast Posted

   11/12/07 by Chris Pendleton | 1 Replies |

   The Microsoft Webcast , "See How Virtual Earth 6.0 Provides an Immersive Web Experience (Level 100)" from last week is now posted for online viewing. If you missed it you can watch and listen here . You can also download the deck I used in the case that you want to reuse the slides. CP
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   Virtual Earth Partner Webcast Posted

   11/12/07 by Chris Pendleton | 1 Replies |

   The Microsoft Partner Program Webcast , "Virtual Earth Briefing: What’s New in the latest VE Platform release, pricing, licensing, training resources, and the upcoming VE Data Visualization Specialization exam" from last week is now posted for online viewing. If you missed it you can watch and listen here . You can also download the deck I used in the case that you want to reuse the slides. CP
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   Virtual Earth Developer Webcast Posted

   11/12/07 by Chris Pendleton | 2 Replies |

   The MSDN Webcast , "Build Rich User Experiences with Virtual Earth 6.0 (Level 100)" from last week is now posted for online viewing. If you missed it you can watch and listen here . You can also download the deck I used in the case that you want to review the slides or give the presentation yourself. CP
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   Monitor Power Outages with Virtual Earth

   11/02/07 by Chris Pendleton | 5 Replies |

   Progress Energy has the right idea. With the help of iFactor Consulting and Virtual Earth, they are able to illustrate to their customers where outages are in areas they are servicing in Florida . They're using the line drawing to show their coverage areas. They're using custom pushpins to plot out where outages are happening and the magnitude of the outage (large, medium, small, very small). They're use a clustering pushpin to show multiple outages in the same area. They use polygon shading to highlight down to the street what area the outage is happening in. The details of the outage are included in popups when you hover over a specific outage. You can see details of an outage including number...