This afternoon, Windows Live Expo was released as a public beta. It is a great classifieds site with some unique features such as scoping the posts you see to a particular area or to a group close to you like your Messenger buddy list. Check it out: http...

Today, the Virtual Earth team released a new Technology Preview of street-side imagery. Take a look: http://preview.local.live.com/ This release is not a final product, and is being released early in the development process so we can engage with the community...

A common question we get is, "What is the resolution or scale at a particular zoom level in Virtual Earth or Windows Live Local ?" Well, that is actually a little more complex of answer than you might expect. We use Mercator projection across the maps...

When instantiating the Map Control, you have the option to specify a starting coordinate set and zoom level for road or aerial view. But, you might be scratching your head on exactly what zoom level to start at if you want to get a particular level of...

As many of you have pointed out to me, the v2 control does not support firefox as well as the Windows Live Local site does. There is actually a wedge you can put in place to fix most of these issues, but it is not officially part of the SDK today. To...

Steve over on MSN Spaces, one of product PMs who blogs all things Windows Live Local and Virtual Earth, has added some developer information to his stash of normally end user oriented stuff. He wrote a great 3 part tutorial on AJAX and VE dev. Here is...