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For the past years, I’ve worked closely with Yellow Pages (owned by AT&T Interactive) getting Bing Maps onto their Yellow Pages.com web site; however, they’ve also been working on some mobile applications that use Bing Maps. You can see the applications from your mobile browser at http://m.yp.com . I was able to commandeer a video from them that illustrates all of the offerings from the mobile side of the house. Sorry, it’s a You Tube video . :-/ The Yellow Pages mobile site includes several features from Bing Maps – road maps, layering pushpins on the maps, aerial photos, traffic information and driving directions. Now, I just traded in my T-Mobile Dash for something...
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Up for a challenge? Got a killer idea for the next great mobile or web, location-based application? Wanna win some killer prizes to propel your application into the spotlight? For the first time, Microsoft’s Bing Maps is sponsoring the developer-focused NAVTEQ LBS Challenge a location-based contest for developers to strut their stuff and vie for the opportunity to go big on their ideas with funding from some of the biggest names in the industry. Take your application to primetime and become the next LiveCast , Skyhook Wireless or Navman – all previous winners of the LBS Challenge. What is the NAVTEQ LBS Challenge ? Scraping from their web site, the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge focused...
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MSN is getting an overhaul. We just launched a new version of the portal site and I must say it looks much cleaner. See for yourself: http://preview.msn.com/ . And, if you’re looking for Bing Maps , you’ll have to either search for something location related in the Bing Search box or go to the “More” tab. I guess we’re just a bit of a red-headed step-child for now…no offense to red-headed step-children. For full details on all of the features, check out the MSN Blog . CP - Follow me on Twitter @ChrisPendleton
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We just shipped another 9,460 square kilometers of imagery onto Bing Maps . This month’s release showcases high precision imagery for the USA, Canada and the United Kingdom. The biggest drop by far was Greater Vancouver Metro…I wonder why. Hmm? Anyone up for a little curling in Canada? O Canada! In any case, it’s all 15-30 centimeter resolution imagery, so it’s pretty stunning. We also released a refresh of the mobile tile set for vector (road) maps....more on that in another post. You can check out the full details of the release on the Bing Maps World Tour application which allows you to sit back and let the application give you a guided tour of the new imagery; or...
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Now, I’ve seen some cool newscasts with Bing Maps (formerly Virtual Earth), but I’ve got some new eye candy to help boost your weatherman’s ratings. The Weather Network in Canada has integrated Bing Maps into their weathercasts and it is, simply put – sick. Watch this weather broadcast video (in Silverlight) and check out the Virtual Earth / Bing Maps 3D integration with animated weather right in the 3D control and temperatures layered over the map itself ( click map to view video ). I love the animated rain and lighting. We should do that! Hmm. Well, did you know you could build robust eye candy with the Bing Maps 3D Managed Control without using the AJAX APIs? Oh yeah...
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The MapPoint Team will be available for you bending their ears at the SQL Server Pass Summit this year in Seattle, WA from November 2-5. If you’re a SQL Server expert and want to extend your use of the spatial indexing capabilities by adding visualization outside of the Dundas maps provided with Visual Studio, you may want to stop by the MapPoint kiosk at this show and talk with the experts who provide geospatial data visualization in MapPoint 2010 . Specifically, you should read my blog entry “ SQL Server and MapPoint 2009, Together At Last .” At this conference, the MapPoint team will have (1) a kiosk in the Microsoft booth, (2) Eric Weitzman (creator of the SQL Server Add...
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Weather.com added Bing Maps as its default mapping platform back when it was Microsoft Virtual Earth (and back when I was writing the Virtual Earth and MapPoint B2B blog! ); however, they’ve continued to innovate and just recently added the ability to view “Futures” on the map. Futures are essentially a predictive model overlain and animated over the top of the Bing Map embedded into the web site. I added a screen shot; however, for best viewing you’ll want to go to the Weather.com web site and check it out . The way this is done, since they are using a Flash interface, is to create a transparent tile overlay with the predictive weather data models drawn as ~20 different...
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National Geographic is publishing 120 years worth of their magazines onto a 6 DVD set (or external hard drive) for amazing discoveries, fascinating [Bing] Maps, and the world's best photography with The Complete National Geographic. This definitive collection of every issue of National Geographic magazine, digitally reproduced in stunning high resolution, brings you the world and all that is in it. Use the advanced interface to explore a topic, search for photographs, browse the globe, or wander on your own expedition. Check out the video on their web site . Bing Maps is featured at ~1:20. NatGeo uses Bing Maps in their Geobrowse functionality which allows you to browse a map anywhere in the...
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Very last minute, I know but it seriously just crept up on me! Register for the free web cast about the Virtual Earth Web Server and how Microsoft Partners like IDV Solutions are creating offline solutions for secure networks that need geographic data visualization using a plethora of content available from the Bing Maps platform . The web cast is tomorrow (!!!) Thursday, October 29, 2009 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT. So, if you’ve had some meetings clear from your afternoon tomorrow here’s something to occupy your time. Here’s the session brief: Learn how secure networks and mission critical apps can operate as on-premise solutions when the Internet is not an option. Join Microsoft...
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Picture the Impossible is a community-based game developed jointly by the Lab for Social Computing at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. The game engages members of the community in exploration of the City of Rochester, and encourages both creativity and charitable giving in the community. Players participate in a range of activities, including casual web-based games, games that bring players out to events and locations throughout the city, and games that involve the tangible aspects of the Democrat & Chronicle newspaper itself. How do you play? You’ll need to locate notable places in Rochester, then click on the map to identify where...
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I just booked my ticket for Berlin, Germany to attend Tech Ed Europe, 2009 . We have a packed agenda for Tech Ed Europe this year, so you better get your passports out; and, I’m going to be making my first visit to Germany just for you! If you can make it to Berlin November 10 - 12, you should. We have some really great Bing Maps sessions, a demonstration booth and a contest! The sessions include : Bing Maps Silverlight Control, Location Intelligence and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (WIA02-IS) Tuesday, 10th November @ 13.30 – 14.45 Interactive Theatre 2 - Orange Enhancing the Mapping Experience with Microsoft Bing Maps (WIA306) Thursday, 12th November @ 17.00 – 18.15 New York 3...
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Today’s a big day for us Microsofties – the launch of our latest operating system, Windows 7 marks a new era in desktop computing and some exciting times for Bing Maps. As mentioned in my Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 Features Virtual Earth blog post, Virtual Earth (now named Bing Maps) is onboard the multi-touch PCs natively as the Microsoft Surface Globe application. The Multi-touch pack comes with a whole suite of applications which you can check out here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/whats-the-microsoft-touch-pack-for-windows-7 . if you want a Windows 7 Multi-touch PC with Bing Maps, here’s a list of PC manufacturers for you to choose from. OEM Model...
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ElPasoBurgers.com? LaJollaShoresFishTacos.com? MiddlesexPizza.com? Go to any of these domains and they won’t exist. Well, they might after the web crawlers get a hold of my blog post; but, at the time of authoring this blog they don’t. How did I find them? No, not senseless hacking away at the GoDaddy’s web site. I used their new GeoDomainMap . The GeoDomainMap provides a map-based interface for exploring available domain names with location information included in the name. First, you enter a location. I put in “Seattle,” for obvious reasons. Second, you put in keywords. I’m a huge Pearl Jam fan and have been since Ten was released (I have 25 PJ albums –...
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I just booked my tickets to Las Vegas for the Microsoft SharePoint Conference . My session is on Tuesday, October 20 from 4:30 to 5:45 - “SPC271 Visualizing SharePoint Data with Bing Maps .” Come see how Bing Maps is changing the way people analyze business data. This session will provide an overview of Bing Maps, integration scenarios with SharePoint and current business intelligence engines that have already been built using Bing Maps and SharePoint. Also, for those of you who missed my web cast last week about Bing Maps and SharePoint , the replay is available on demand . I hope to see you at the conference…or, in Vegas baby Vegas! CP
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I had a bit of a crazy week last week mostly because my week revolved around being at the launch of the Digital Globe WorldView-2 satellite only to find out it had slipped two days and since I had committed to other meetings: no Vandenberg Air Force Base for me. However, my cohort who has more flexible schedules was able to attend and posted a share full of pictures from the launch. Check them out on SkyDrive . So, what’s with the rocket? Well, as reported on the Bing Blog, “ It Really Is Rocket Science .” Well, sort of. The rocket was just a propulsion engine to begin the orbit of Digital Globe’s new WorldView-2 satellite which will capture imagery of the Earth and eventually...
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