Mark Brown

In this second episode of Behind The Maps we go to Philadelphia to see the UltraCam in action. One of our partners, Keystone Aerial Surveys, shows us the next step in the process where the UltraCam is used to capture imagery for Virtual Earth. This is a little bit of a long episode because…

Finally at long last we have released the Virtual Earth ASP.NET control (CTP Release). I spent a few minutes with Angus Logan from the Windows Live Platform Team to show off the control and give a quick demo to get you started. Go get the control from http://dev.live.com/tools, download the…

Welcome to the inaugural episode of a new video series called, "Behind The Maps". In this series we'll explore all of the technology that makes up Virtual Earth and meet the scientists and engineers who bring Virtual Earth to life. In this episode we go to Graz, Austria and…

At the PDC Showoff tonight the ACE Lab at Carlton University in Canada led by Jon Wade, submitted a video that showed an incredible multi-channel version of the Virtual Earth control that provides a 180 degree view of Virtual Earth 3D. The screen is created using 8 high-end full 1080p…

There comes a time only maybe once in our lives where a true hero for the web developer emerges. They are daring problem solvers but may be a little rough around the edges, drive fast cars from the 80’s, drink a bit too much and sometimes are misunderstood. Well the time has come and a…

Welcome to Episode #1. In this episode watch Cannon PI, and his sidekick "Jim" as they help two developers get their web developer platform setup and ready to go with the applications they need using the Web Platform Installer. PS: There is a reference to "The Wizard of OZ" in…