Virtual Earth & MapPoint B2B
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I should've wrote this a year ago, but I was too lazy to find my credentials, login and actually do...
Date: 03/11/2008
Come see me @ MIX
I'll be @ MIX working the midnight mashup camp. If you're going to be around and plan on hitting the...
Date: 04/27/2007
Rooftop Geocoding Now Available!
The era of rooftop geocoding is upon us. Rooftop geocoding is now available in MapPoint Web Service....
Date: 04/17/2007
Illustrating Signal Strength on Virtual Earth
Ironically, I was sent 2 applications using Microsoft mapping today both of which are illustrating...
Date: 04/13/2007
Virtual Earth Version 3 & 4 Map Controls Compressed
Versions 3 & 4 of our API were compressed yesterday - they went out with the release of the new...
Date: 04/04/2007
Evidence of Virtual Earth's Power in the Enterprise
We've recently published a case study and video highlighting British Petroleum's use of Virtual...
Date: 04/03/2007
MWS 5.2 is now Live!
I mentioned this a few weeks ago, but for those customer who use Microsoft's MapPoint Web Service,...
Date: 03/29/2007
InfoNow parts ways with MapQuest for Microsoft
It's official - InfoNow is now a Microsoft partner and will be pushing the Virtual Earth and...
Date: 03/28/2007
Farallon Geographics Builds Web Based GIS Redevelopment Project Tracking Portal for Boston Redevelopment Authority
Check the press release here: https://www.fargeo.com/company/press/2007/03/farallon_geogra_2.html....
Date: 03/26/2007
Plan out your Trips with TripHub.com and Virtual Earth
https://www.prnewswire.com/news/index_mail.shtml?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-26-2007/0004552820&...
Date: 03/26/2007
Going to ETech 2007?
ETech (Emerging Technology Conference) is in San Diego which is reason enough, but now you have...
Date: 03/17/2007
SuperPages.com - Maps Powered by Virtual Earth
Superpages.com recently launched their new "map-based searching" using Virtual Earth. The site...
Date: 03/13/2007
SMS and WAP to Find Nearest Starbucks
This week Starbucks rolled out a new SMS service which has gotten quite a bit of press. The process...
Date: 03/02/2007
Virtual Earth - A Great Waste of Time...
Or, so says PC Magazine. Apparently, our browser-based 3D environement is so addicting (and...
Date: 02/28/2007
Hotels.com International Launches on Virtual Earth
If you're traveling to Ireland or Germany, you can now use Hotels.com's localized sites with Virtual...
Date: 02/27/2007
InfoSpace.com Launches on MapPoint Web Service
Infospace.com and local.infospace.com is now live on MapPoint Web Service. This has been a long...
Date: 02/27/2007
Virtual Earth in the Public Sector
Check out the RecruitMAP video used for recruiting people into military branches. The video shows...
Date: 02/27/2007
Inside Virtual Earth 3D
Duncan Lawler, Principle Development Lead for Virtual Earth 3D, (also has the glorious esteem of...
Date: 02/23/2007
SAP and Virtual Earth
How about some SAP and Virtual Earth integration? Check out this video explaining how mapping...
Date: 02/23/2007
Harley-Davidson Great Roads Now Live with Virtual Earth
https://www.harley-davidson.com/wcm/Content/Pages/Great_Roads/hdEarth.jsp?locale=en_US Harley-Davison...
Date: 02/23/2007
Weather.com now using Virtual Earth
The biggest weather site on the web just lauched with Virtual Earth as their mapping platform of...
Date: 02/22/2007
Upgrade from MWS to VE
Did you know upgrading from MWS to VE from a contract perspective is SOOOOO easy? It has recently...
Date: 02/21/2007
eCityGov.net Maps our Parks and Recreation
The cCityGov.net alliance is a group of cities with in Washington State that have committed to...
Date: 02/08/2007
New Case Study Featuring BridgeStreet & Virtual Earth
Bridgestreet.com recently integrated Virtual Earth into their site for locating corporate housing....
Date: 02/08/2007
Target Corp. Live on MWS & Virtual Earth
Target Corporation launched their new store locator with MapPoint Web Service and Virtual Earth....
Date: 02/08/2007
Avis and MapPoint Web Service
Avis Europe just rolled out their new site using MapPoint Web Service. You can read the Microsoft...
Date: 02/07/2007
CSR 5.1 is Now Live
The official version of MWS is now 4.5.1, for the record. We upgraded many of the backend...
Date: 02/07/2007
Where to eat with Molly Sims . . .
The branded entertainment team has lined up custom live.com pages featuring Molly Sims, Hilary Duff...
Date: 02/07/2007
Financial Services Integration with Virtual Earth
Jackson Hewitt got the memo and during tax season, no less - https://www.jacksonhewitt.com/Locator/ -...
Date: 02/01/2007
Japan Mashup
Check out this mashup using our Japan Maps (Thanks Y)!...
Date: 01/30/2007
New Bird's Eye Imagery - 1/24/2007
I'm a bit slow to post this, but the following imagery is now available in Bird's Eye view:...
Date: 01/24/2007
Miami in 3D
We just published Miami and Miami Beach in 3D. You can check out the building models along the coast...
Date: 01/24/2007
Look Local by Idelix
Someone forwarded me a great site comparing Virtual Earth, Google Maps and Yahoo Maps. You can see...
Date: 01/24/2007
Come see us at Inman - NYC
I'll be working the Microsoft Virtual Earth booth at the Inman Real Estate Connect Conference next...
Date: 01/04/2007
Want The New Bird's Eye Navigation?
A release to the consumer site has exposed some new capabilities to the maps.live.com site which...
Date: 01/03/2007
Animated Icons on SportsDo
Check out this app which shows how SportsDo is working with the BBC for their cult Ski Sunday show...
Date: 01/02/2007
Fixing Black Shadows on Transparent Tile Overlays
Lewis Harvey posted a great fix for the "black shadow" issue in transparent tile overlays on Virtual...
Date: 12/20/2006
Local Search Japan Promotion
So weird: https://promotion.live.jp/searchmap/.
Date: 12/18/2006
Starwood Hotels Uses Virtual Earth
Check out this beautiful design and integration of Virtual Earth to highlight some of Starwood's...
Date: 12/01/2006
Map Cruncher 3.0 Released
Need to crunch more tiles? Need to crunch them faster? Now you can! Download the latest version of...
Date: 11/20/2006
Spaceland Launch Video
We had a huge shindig in San Francisco last Monday when we launched Spaceland (aka Virtual Earth...
Date: 11/17/2006
Home Builders Take Note!
Virtual Earth and Map Cruncher prove useful for home builders by allowing you to overlay planned...
Date: 11/16/2006
Home Services Adopts Virtual Earth
Many, many real estate companies are seeing the power and flexibility of the Virtual Earth platform....
Date: 11/15/2006