Many Government customers are looking for the kind of powerful mapping features and functionality found with Bing Maps but have a classified network and need a premise-based server solution disconnected from the Internet.
No problem. Microsoft's geospatial subsidiary, Vexcel Corporation, offers the Bing Maps Server (formerly the Virtual Earth Server) for just such scenarios. I've seen the Bing Maps Server in action and it is ripping fast. Meanwhile, it is scalable, from a laptop version to a rack mounted system, depending on how much data you need: city, county, state, even worldwide.
The Vexcel team is hosting a webcast that provides details on the Bing Maps Server. Don't miss it! Details below.
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Deep Dive for Developers, Partners, and Customers on Bing Maps Server
Join Vexcel, Microsoft´s geospatial subsidiary, in a 3-part webcast on leveraging Microsoft's on-premise Bing Maps Server, when internet is not an option.
Wednesday, 24 February 2010, 08:00 AM Pacific time:Microsoft Bing Maps Server (Part 1 of 3): When the Internet Isn't an Option
Wednesday, 3 March 2010, 08:00 AM Pacific time:Microsoft Bing Maps Server (Part 2 of 3): Configuration and Management
Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 08:00 AM Pacific time:Microsoft Bing Maps Server (Part 3 of 3): Developing Geospatial Applications
What is Bing Maps Server?Bing Maps Server is the on-premise, off-line version of Microsoft's Bing Maps for Enterprise web mapping platform. Bing Maps Server brings capabilities from Bing Maps for Enterprise behind a customer's firewall, onto private or classified networks, and onto portable platforms. It's an integrated set of visualization and search capabilities that delivers maps, imagery and geospatial analysis through a web browser.
Many customers who are interested in using Bing Maps, for example defense/intelligence customers or first responders (police, fire, etc), have concerns about a dependency upon, or connection to, the internet in order to access this service. Either their application is too critical to rely on internet connectivity, they don´t have an internet connection, their internet connection isn't sufficiently reliable or fast, or they have other security concerns. The Bing Maps Server product allow these customers to take advantage of the Bing Maps platform without the need to have an internet connection.
But Bing Maps Server also provides additional capabilities to support the needs of these enterprise customers. It is configured to work with SQL Server 2008 for customer data storage, allowing users to import their own imagery and KML files, store them in the database, query for specific results, and visualize the results — all on a Microsoft platform.
As Microsoft's geospatial subsidiary, Vexcel provides Bing Maps Server development, support, updates, and other geospatial services.
The Bing Map Server team at Vexcel is happy to assist you with any questions you may have. Please feel free to contact either of us.
