Virtual Earth Mobile 1.67

Recently there was a change to the Virtual Earth server that required a change to Virtual Earth Mobile in order for "Find Business" to work.  Attached to this blog entry is the updated version that fixes this.

In this version, I've also added support for colored traffic overlays.  If you choose "Map Type/ Traffic" you'll see major roads highlighted in red, yellow, or green, indicating how fast the traffic is moving.  (Red = 0-25 mph; Yellow = 25-45mph; Green = 45 mph or faster)  For now, I expire the traffic data when you exit the app.  Eventually I plan to have a smarter, timed expiration.  Traffic data is provided by Traffic.com and is available in selected major metropolitan areas in the United States.

Make sure you have exited the app before trying to install the new version.

- Jason Fuller

VirtualEarthMobile.CAB

Comments

• Anonymous
  September 16, 2006
  PingBack from http://www.mobileviews.com/blog/2006/09/16/virtual-earth-mobile-updated-to-work-with-revised-virtual-earth/

• Anonymous
  September 17, 2006
  Thanks for keeping this app up-to-date.  I use GPS navigation software but still find this indispensible.

• Anonymous
  September 18, 2006
  I just tried installing the update on my WM5 device but it simply says it won't install either to the device or storage card.  Any ideas how to resolve this?  The previous version was working fine (except the GPS).
  
  Thanks,
  Edmund

• Anonymous
  September 18, 2006
  PingBack from http://a-bishop.com/2006/09/18/virtual-earth-mobile-167-released/

• Anonymous
  September 18, 2006
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• Anonymous
  September 18, 2006
  How about implimenting a cut and paste ContextMenu attached to the text boxes in Menu -> Find -> *  which uses the system clipboard?
  
  Also I'd like to be able to set my default startup location to something other than Redmond.
  
  The traffic feature is nice, but some basic things like cut and paste would probably get more mileage (pun intended).
  
  Cheers,
  Chris

• Anonymous
  September 18, 2006
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• Anonymous
  September 18, 2006
  PingBack from http://solsie.com/?p=872

• Anonymous
  September 18, 2006
                 Fixed the app to support the "Find Business" feature...

• Anonymous
  September 18, 2006
  PingBack from http://www.pocketpcaddict.com/forums/front-page-content/16661-virtual-earth-mobile-1-67-a.html#post42574

• Anonymous
  September 18, 2006
  Very cool, but it crashes 100% of the time when I try to switch to the Traffic map on my TyTN

• Anonymous
  September 18, 2006
  When I run it, it says that it requires .net compact framework 2.0.

• Anonymous
  September 19, 2006
  Thanks for the great software. And the updates! Unfortunately, the Add to Contacts functionality no longer works for me. It gives an error. I'm running the software on an MDA with the latest firmware.

• Anonymous
  September 21, 2006
  Any way to use the included GPS on our phones in the "Find Me" section?  I have an XV6700 on verizon.  BTW, this is a fantastic app and I thank you for updating it.

• Anonymous
  September 24, 2006
  In response to the comment by ppc6700...
  
  I think you should post more information about your phone as it works perfectly on my T-Mobile MDA (HTC Wizard) running WM 5 via GPRS/EDGE...

• Anonymous
  September 25, 2006
  PingBack from http://newyear2006.wordpress.com/2006/09/25/virtualearth-und-googlemaps-auf-windows-mobile-5/

• Anonymous
  September 26, 2006
  I've added a "Paste" command to the menus of the Find Address and Find Business dialogs.  (Obviously, they will be disabled on Smartphone, since there's no way to put anything on the clipboard in Smartphone.)
  
  I also fixed the bug that caused .NetCF version 2 to be required.
  
  Thank you,
  Jason Fuller

• Anonymous
  September 29, 2006
  Thanks for keeping these updates going. I got lost one day going to an important meeting and VEM saved my neck! However, I still get an IndexOutOfRangeException error on my MDA when I try to "Add to Contacts". This did not happen with the version prior to the last.  

• Anonymous
  September 29, 2006
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• Anonymous
  October 04, 2006
  The comment has been removed

• Anonymous
  October 09, 2006
  Yet it still can't access the GPS on my WM5 device and there doesn't seems to be any help, docs or FAQ around.

• Anonymous
  October 11, 2006
  How can I remove it?  My phone has interent connection through CMDA and I thought it would work?

• Anonymous
  October 16, 2006
  Is there a static link to download this?

• Anonymous
  October 20, 2006
  Google maps are sharper for Netherlands. So I wont use Live maps.

• Anonymous
  October 20, 2006
  Wonderful app. Those little devices are finally becoming useful. I'm just as interested in using this as an example to learn from as use it -- is there updated an update source example? Too bad it seems the platform people haven't heard about this .Net thing and the managed APIs are an after thought. I'm using my HP6945 which has all sorts of goodies including a built-in GPS but it doesn't seem to be available via the old serial APIs and thus doesn't work with the app -- is it supposed to be transparent or does it need a change to the source code? (I'll omit my rant about Bluetooth and modem emulation). Thanks. Oh, yeah, one more thing, is there an API for the Bird's Eye view -- seem as if live is requires it for a good view whereas Google has higher resolution color maps instead.

• Anonymous
  October 20, 2006
  Just noticed an old post saying that the builtin iPaq GPS is supposed to be supported -- wonder why it is complaining.

• Anonymous
  October 21, 2006
  Had to get all the settings just right to make the serial port emulation interface work. Layers and layers of work-arounds until your bluetooth in the face.

• Anonymous
  October 27, 2006
  The latest version seems to be 1.68 not sure how I got this on my PPC but seems everyone here is talking about 1.67.

• Anonymous
  November 02, 2006
  Bug: IndexOutOfRangeException when I tried to save a business search result as a contact. Feature Request: I think I'd like to be able to save locations independent of the Contact database.

• Anonymous
  November 07, 2006
  Its working very well on my SX66 Windows Mobile 2003 SE.

• Anonymous
  November 11, 2006
  Version 1.64 works great with my Garmin GPS 10. Version 1.67 now locks up whenever it is trying to access the GPS. I actually need to power off the device to get it reset. The device is a Motorola Q. I went back to 1.64 and it works again, so I just can't do the business listings.

• Anonymous
  November 13, 2006
  Excellent app! Is there any chance that a future release could include the option to go full screen? Would make it so much more useful on small screens - expecially when reading street names in cities :)

• Anonymous
  November 16, 2006
  It actually turns out to be 1.68 that installed on my smartphone. I keep getting the error message "unable to obtain location from GPS device" but I know it's connected to my BT receiver because I get the connected message. I am using Cingular/HTC 3125. Any ideas?

• Anonymous
  November 18, 2006
  I have Verizon XV6700.  Installed, but I can't see the map.  I only see the green flag in the middle of the screen.

• Anonymous
  November 27, 2006
  I just loaded 1.67 on my Palm Verizon 700w with a USGlobalSat SD-502 WAAS enabled SDIO GPS w/ Built-in Memory device which uses GPSInfo to accumulate the GPS data. I'm getting this error when trying to talk to the device through COM0 port: "Could not open GPS port COM0:. GetCommState() returned error 21" I tried it with VEM installed on the device and then I tried installing it on the storage card of the GPS device and I get this error both ways. Any ideas what might be going wrong here?

• Anonymous
  November 27, 2006
  Scratch that. I reinstalled it to my Treo, changed the COM Port to COM4 and did a soft reset and everything works dandy. Nice job by the way. This is great.

• Anonymous
  December 12, 2006
  The Windows Live Search team has released a beta of "Windows Live Search for Mobile", an app for Windows

• Anonymous
  January 24, 2007
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• Anonymous
  February 12, 2007
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• Anonymous
  April 05, 2007
  It's constantly crashing on my Sprint Treo 700wx whenever I attempt to locate an address, business, etc. - any fixes for this?

• Anonymous
  May 13, 2007
  Virtual Earth Mobile appears to be dead.  Probably because Microsoft has now released a competing application. See: http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2006/12/12/windows-live-search-for-mobile.aspx

• Anonymous
  August 26, 2007
  I have installed VEM on my pda phone and thinks it's pretty cool. The question I have is that I have my own VB.NET app which stores lat/long - is there any way I can take one of my lat/long data and pass it to your app so it will display a map for me??