Virtual Earth & MapPoint B2B

Weatherbug and Virtual Earth

https://maps.weatherbug.com/ Maps are sweet and overlaying weather is a great idea for an...

Author: cpendle Date: 02/09/2006

Virtual Earth India

The Microsoft Research team has a sweet implementation of Road and Aerial data for India. It's not...

Author: cpendle Date: 02/08/2006

Bird's Eye on Boston

Is Virtual Earth better than Google Earth? Apples to oranges if you ask a developer, but still a...

Author: cpendle Date: 02/07/2006

Windows Live Local Easter Egg

This was posted on the VE blog a couple days ago, but I just found out about it:...

Author: cpendle Date: 02/07/2006

PC Mag Reviews Streets & Trips 2006 w/ GPS

https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1917292,00.asp

Author: cpendle Date: 02/06/2006

Two Golf Sites Now Using Virtual Earth

www.cybergolfsearch.com www.cybergolfcities.com You too can use this mapping platform for your...

Author: cpendle Date: 02/04/2006

Loopnet Now Using Virtual Earth

LoopNet, a leader in the commercial real estate business is now powering their maps with Virtual...

Author: cpendle Date: 02/04/2006

Windows Live Local - "One of the most addictive Web search tools out there."

https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1918348,00.asp

Author: cpendle Date: 02/03/2006

Sony PSP Map Software Announced

MapPoint 2004 baby: https://www.i4u.com/article5028.html

Author: cpendle Date: 02/01/2006

MapPoint Gets a New Name

The Microsoft MapPoint business unit has officially changed it's name to the Microsoft Virtual Earth...

Author: cpendle Date: 01/31/2006

Unpublished Bird's Eye Imagery

I received some great feedback from some blogreaders and thought I'd open a post on unpublished...

Author: cpendle Date: 01/31/2006

Q&A - Problems with Importing From Excel

User: We are using MapPoint to show servcie provider territories. In some states, we have more than...

Author: cpendle Date: 01/30/2006

New Bird's Eye Imagery

Virtual Earth has some new bird's eye imagery . . . Detroit, Michigan. Specifically, around Ford...

Author: cpendle Date: 01/29/2006

MWS 4.1 SDK Release

The new SDK for MapPoint Web Service 4.1 is available for download and online browsing. Bonus - it...

Author: cpendle Date: 01/24/2006

MWS 4.1 is now Live!

If you're running MWS at all, you've been automatically updated. You've gotta love a non-breaking...

Author: cpendle Date: 01/23/2006

MapPoint B2G

For those of you MapPoint users who work in or with government agencies, Microsoft now has a page...

Author: cpendle Date: 01/18/2006

L'information des Technologies de MapPoint dans Europe

Finally some MapPoint representation for MapPoint in EMEA. What the heck is EMEA? Europe, Middle...

Author: cpendle Date: 01/17/2006

Where 2.0 2006

Conference details have been announced for the Where 2.0 conference which will be in San Jose this...

Author: cpendle Date: 01/17/2006

Killing MSN Maps and Directions

The time has come to say good-bye to MSN Maps and Directions and say hello to Windows Live Local....

Author: cpendle Date: 01/17/2006

Get Your Apps off of VE Beta 1!

The Windows Live Local product team is planning on retiring the Virtual Earth Beta 1 release on...

Author: cpendle Date: 01/13/2006

MapPoint 2004 API Documentation

I'm so sick of scouring through MSDN to find this and I just can't seem to bookmark it:...

Author: cpendle Date: 01/11/2006

Windows Live Local Blows Google Out of the Water

https://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,124096,00.asp

Author: cpendle Date: 01/11/2006

Virtual Earth - With a new ui?

This site is pretty sick. They took the VE map control and search results and have created their own...

Author: cpendle Date: 01/10/2006

Accessing Your MWS Custom Icons

I've fielded a few concerns around how to access your custom icons in MWS. The documentation around...

Author: cpendle Date: 01/09/2006

Virtual Earth SDKs Available Online

For those of you who want to view the VE SDKs online (without having to download them), you can do...

Author: cpendle Date: 12/20/2005

Windows Live Local Tips, Tricks and Hacks

Alex Daley, Virtual Earth Technical Evangalist, gave a great presentation on integrating Virtual...

Author: cpendle Date: 12/15/2005

MWS FindResults.FindResult Distance Issue

There's a problem with MWS's documentation and naming convention for identifying how far results are...

Author: cpendle Date: 12/12/2005

Windows Live Local Bird's Eye Imagery Cities Counties

When we talk about maps, most people will refer to which city or state they want to see. In fact,...

Author: cpendle Date: 12/09/2005