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IS Consulting Releases MapDotNet UX Beta
IS Consulting just released the Beta of their MapDotNet UX product and the folks in the GIS world...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 09/10/2008
Philadelphia Open Studio Tours
If you're an art lover, a technology junkie, Virtual Earth fan and you'll be in Philly this October...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 09/09/2008
Measuring Households Affected By Flooding Rivers
Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink - Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 09/09/2008
Virtual Earth Presence at Shop.org Retail Conference
Microsoft will have a booth at the National Retail Federation's Shop.org Annual Summit at the...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 09/08/2008
Nordstrom
Nordstrom just rolled out their new retail store locator using Microsoft Virtual Earth. You can...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 09/07/2008
First 11 Chapters of "Precious Cargo" Featuring Virtual Earth
This may seem kind of random, but Vanguard Press (the publishers of Clyde Ford's new novel Precious...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 09/07/2008
Virtual Earth 6.0 Auto-Upgrade Date Now Locked - September 10, 2008
Per my previous posts on the topic of the Virtual Earth auto-grade from v 6.0 to 6.1 and the...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 09/05/2008
Studying Climate Change in Alaska
The Microsoft Environment Team published a case study called "Studying Climate Change With a...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 09/04/2008
Hurricane Gustav Coverage with Virtual Earth
I found a couple good sites using Virtual Earth to visualize information about Hurricane Gustav (in...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 09/02/2008
Texas Natural Resources Information System Launches Emergency Resource Site
TNRIS just launched their new Emergency Resources web site just in time for Gustav to touchdown over...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/29/2008
Live Search Maps Goes Live in Taiwan
Live Search Maps Taiwan just made it's debut (as Live Pages). This service is a joint effort between...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/29/2008
New GPS Provider for MapPoint 2009
For those of you looking to continue using the Pharos GPS puck(s) that shipped with S&T the last...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/29/2008
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Includes Virtual Earth
Yesterday we (Microsoft) launched the second beta for Internet Explorer - you can download the new...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/28/2008
Virtual Earth 6.0 Auto-Upgrade Postponed
Winner, winner, chicken dinner.... Dear Virtual Earth Customer, As has been communicated...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/28/2008
Virtual Earth Applications on Facebook
I just joined Facebook. This is after a long, nightmarish experience of "friends" on...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/26/2008
I Want My MapPoint Icons Back!
Yeah, in MapPoint 2009 (and Streets & Trips 2009) we took out many of the colorful little...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/26/2008
Purchase Standalone Microsoft Virtual Earth Photography
If you've ever had the need to acquire Virtual Earth aerial photography for uses outside of the...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/25/2008
Streets & Trips 2009 Free Trial Download Now Available
I missed this when I posted that the MapPoint 2009 trial version is now available for free download....
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/25/2008
MapPoint 2009 Trial Now Available for Free Download
If you're excited about the release of MapPoint 2009 today should be a bit more exciting for you...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/23/2008
SK8R Nation on Push
Canadian web site, Push, just rolled out their Virtual Earth integration to help skaters and...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/22/2008
Photosynth Released - Now, Let's Mash it with Virtual Earth
Feel free to bypass my blog and download Photosynther now. Photosynther is the client software to...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/21/2008
(Silverlight + Virtual Earth) * (Traffic + Weather) = Traffic Eye
A little linear algebra for you Canadians, eh? No less than 24 hours after I post "A Few...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/19/2008
48 States in an '84 Scirocco
You think you're a power user? Check out Tim McConnell's blog TimboTrip.com where he tells the story...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/19/2008
Sealy
Sealy just went live with their new distributor locator leveraging Microsoft Virtual Earth. Your...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/19/2008
A Few Virtual Earth / Silverlight Demo Applications
A few months back I posted about Lots of Virtual Earth and Silverlight Development Outside of...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/19/2008
Precious Cargo, by Clyde Ford
Ok, here's a new one. Clyde Ford is promoting his new novel, Precious Cargo by using Microsoft...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/17/2008
Virtual Earth U.K. Partner Event
For those of you in the states who went to the Microsoft MIX show this year, you got a first hand...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/15/2008
Advertising Opportunities on Live Search Maps
If you've ever been on Live Search Maps, there's a good chance you've seen some of the...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/13/2008
Finding Autos with EBay and Microsoft Virtual Earth
I've been in the market for a motorcycle for the last year and have struggled to come to terms with...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/12/2008
Virtual Earth-based Loss Estimation Tool
Earthquake damage assessment just got a little easier. In the spirit of the close of the ESRI User...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/11/2008
MetroPCS
MetroPCS has just gone live with their new store locator featuring Microsoft Virtual Earth. Your...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/10/2008
The Significance of trueSpace 7.6 and 700,000 Polygons
This needs little explanation, but I wanted to share this with the Virtual Earth crowd to show the...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/09/2008
Streets and Trips Training for Sales Professionals
The true sign of a road warrior is one who knows and uses Microsoft Streets and Trips. S&T has...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/09/2008
TeamZoneSports
TeamZoneSports has just gone live with Microsoft Virtual Earth integrated into their community web...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/02/2008
Petco
Petco has moved their store locator to Microsoft Virtual Earth. Petco has over 850 stores in the...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 08/01/2008
Microsoft Virtual Earth Deprecation Reminder
Just another friendly reminder that we're going to deprecate a couple older version of Virtual Earth...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 07/30/2008
ESRI ArcGIS 9.3 Desktop Now Features Microsoft Virtual Earth
Today, we're announcing a closer and much deeper relationship with ESRI by integrating Virtual Earth...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 07/29/2008
Overcoming Pushpin Limitations in MapPoint 2009
For as long as I've worked at Microsoft I've seen this issue with a 10,000 pushpin limit in MapPoint...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 07/28/2008
Announcing the Microsoft Virtual Earth ASP .Net Server Control
Don't like JavaScript? You want your managed code with the new wave of AJAX maps? Well, the long...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 07/28/2008
ESRI International User Conference 2008
Awwwwe yeah, I'm coming home San Diego! I love a free trip home. Microsoft Virtual Earth will have a...
Author: Chris Pendleton Date: 07/26/2008