Virtual Earth, An Evangelist's Blog
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SignPoster.com
SignPoster.com recently launched with their new map-based search service leveraging Virtual Earth as...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 06/01/2008
Virtual Earth Satisfaction Survey
We sent out another customer/developer satisfaction survey today. We'd love to here what you have to...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 05/30/2008
Top 100 Photo Contest - Win $10,000!
I stumbled across a Virtual Earth mashup dubbed The Top 100 Iconic Photo Locations Map Room from...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 05/21/2008
Weather Central and 3D Weather Broadcasts
I've mentioned Weather Central in the past with regards to some of their killing broadcasts which...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 05/21/2008
Getting Addresses Using Aerial Photos
I wrote a little mashup for Where 2.0 that shows some functionality I've always wanted and was just...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 05/20/2008
7-Eleven
7-Eleven went live last night with Virtual Earth. Nothing over the top special, but a nifty little...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 05/17/2008
Trips and Pics with Microsoft Virtual Earth
James Oyang, recently granted me a copy of Pharos Trips and Pics with GPS. I've been a longstanding...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 05/16/2008
China Mashups with Virtual Earth
The Live Search Maps China team has been busy. They've release a new version of Live Search Maps...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 05/16/2008
Mapping Earthquakes in China
The Live Search Maps team in China has created a collection rendering all of the earthquakes in...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 05/14/2008
Integrating Virtual Earth Maps and Excel 2007
About a month ago, Google released integration between Google Earth and Google Spreadsheets. Then,...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 05/09/2008
Zillow.com
Zillow.com has been using Virtual Earth for some time now and, in fact, was one of our first...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 05/09/2008
Version 6.0 to 6.1 Auto-Upgrade Alert & V 3-5 Deprecation Reminder
An alert for you Version 6 API customers out there. We're going to auto-upgrade all Version 6 users...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 05/08/2008
Microsoft Spatial
SQL Server 2008 Spatial...I like the sound of that. CTP (Community Technology Preview) is available...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 05/06/2008
Twisney
Here's a unique mashup - Twisney - Virtual Earth, Twitter and Flickr all based on Disney Parks in...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 05/06/2008
Virtual Earth - Now Hiring
Since I post all kinds of Virtual Earth tidbits up here, I figure I'd ensure you were all aware of...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 05/05/2008
Where 2.0
"Where Location is Relative"....alright, so we're heading to Burlingame, CA for the Where 2.0...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 05/05/2008
Route Geometry Exposed
This week at the Location Intelligence Conference, I announced that route geometry is now exposed in...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 05/01/2008
Tracking Virtual Earth Tile Usage
For those of you who are accessing the Virtual Earth tile system directly for integration into a...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 04/29/2008
New Virtual Earth 3D Techno Movie
2 Unlimited need not show for this party. Check out the latest video showcase the V2 Virtual Earth...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 04/28/2008
Where in the World is Matt Lauer?
Today, NBC launched there "Where in the world is Matt Lauer" campaign and this morning I saw that he...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 04/28/2008
Location Intelligence - VE + SQL Server 2008 Spatial
Ed Katibah (Spatial Ed) and I are doing a workshop Monday, April 28 morning at The Location...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 04/25/2008
BC Hydro
More on the utilities front - BC Hydro is using Virtual Earth to show their customers outages that...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 04/24/2008
Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The French MSN Entertainment team did a sweet mashup for the release of the new Indian Jones movie -...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 04/24/2008
New Version of Virtual Earth Intellisense Helper
Marc Schweigert has updated his Intellisense helper for developing Virtual Earth applications in...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 04/24/2008
Virtual Earth Technical Briefing
Johannes Kebeck of our EMEA Virtual Earth Team is giving a technical briefing for Virtual Earth on...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 04/11/2008
Walking Directions Sample in VE 6.1
I love the big city. I spend a fair amount of time in downtown areas like New York, Seattle and San...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 04/11/2008
My First Virtual Earth 6.1 Application
As you patiently wait on the release of the docs (sometime around noon today) I figured I'd post a...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 04/11/2008
New Virtual Earth API Release - Virtual Earth 6.1
Today we launched a new version of the Virtual Earth API. The release has a host of new features and...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 04/11/2008
Environmental Support Solutions Conference
I'll be stepping away from The National Association of Broadcaster's Conference in Las Vegas for a...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 04/10/2008
Live Search Maps API
I need to mention an API that many people don't know exist and that's the API that allows you to...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 04/10/2008
Virtual Bird's Eye
There's a new site on the web that focuses on calling out specific features of Live Search Maps -...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 04/09/2008
Geocoding with Virtual Earth
I've received a few inquiries about how to geocode with Virtual Earth. I thought this was pretty...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 04/08/2008
Virtual Earth Plug-in for Wordpress
For all you bloggers who like to use Wordpress, there's a new plug-in for dropping Virtual Earth...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 04/01/2008
Virtual Earth Site for Business Decision Makers
A few months ago we launched our new marketing site @ www.microsoft.com/virtualearth. This site is a...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 03/26/2008
Marriott "Go Board"
Virtual Earth has a multitude of uses on the web, but now you can see it moving into the hotel...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 03/25/2008
ESRI Developer Summit - SIG Presentation Tonight!
As a part of the Special Interest Group, I'm presenting Virtual Earth at the ESRI Developer Summit...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 03/19/2008
Life 2.0 & Virtual Earth
Yesterday, I did a Virtual Earth presentation in Second Life as a part of the Dr. Dobbs Life 2.0...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 03/19/2008
Destroy All Invaders
Perhaps you saw my MIX presentation of Virtual Earth in Silverlight. If not, check it out. In the...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 03/16/2008
Developing Virtual Earth with Java
Last October we released a version of Virtual Earth which included the ability to track and report...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 03/15/2008
BBC News: School Report News
The BBC is expanding their use of Virtual Earth. They released their School Report which brings in...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 03/14/2008
City of Miami
I'm going to Miami this summer. I'll be attending the TeleAtlas Conference in June; however, that's...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 03/14/2008
ESRI Developer Summit
Next stop, Palm Springs. I'll be at the ESRI Developer Summit next week. I'll be working at the ESRI...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 03/12/2008