We are happy to announce the availability of version 3 of the Virtual Earth Map Control. This exciting new control comes with dozens of enhancements, including new features not available in any of the previous versions, simpler integration, better compatibility...

Microsoft Research has been working with Virtual Earth to develop a cool new application for overlaying information in the Map Control. Chris explains it better than I can: "The basic idea is that you can take any map in PDF format and overlay onto a...

Microsoft and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency recently announced a partnership to build better disaster response systems, powered by Virtual Earth. From the presspass article: "The NGA will use the Microsoft® Virtual Earth™ platform to provide...

To clarify on my previous post , we are adding some additional data in Eastern Europe (vintage Q305) to the MapPoint.EU dataset. In addition to improved overall coverage of our existing European map, Finland and Greece are now much more complete sets...

As Chris points out, we are coming up on our next Customer Service Release for MapPoint Web Service . There are some great updates you have been asking for included in this CSR2 release, including: Improvements to geocoding in the US - With a new geocoding...

John L. Scott , one of the premier residential real estate companies in the US, has updated their website to include a great new search serice powered by Virtual Earth. Their implementation really makes great use of VE to provide better search through...

YELLOWPAGES.COM recently announced the launch of its Virtual Earth powered, next-generation mapping service. Thanks to the many options for visualization, routing, and other location services in VE, YellowPages.com is able to deliver consumers more options...

FOX Interactive Media's new MyFox service recently lit up some new functionality powered by Virtual Earth. Their new service, currently in Beta (aren't we all these days), includes local traffic flow and incident reports layered on an easy to use and...