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15 minutes, 41 secondsWindows Phone 7 Location Services (GPS/Maps) QuickApp (Using Silverlight for Windows Phone 7)Mar 04, 2011 at 12:15 PM
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John Mulhausen walks you through building a very quick application that will take you from zero to seeing yourself travelling on a map in real-time in just 15 minutes.The Location Service for Windows Phone 7 uses a combination of GPS, cell-tower data, and even Wi-Fi data to determine the phone's… -
1 hour, 8 minutes, 23 secondsIntegrating Sensor and Location SupportNov 24, 2010 at 6:45 AM 0
The Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform enables your applications to adapt to their current environment and change the way they look or behave. For example, imagine an application that uses a light sensor to detect the difference between indoor and outdoor light, and changes the brightness… -
HP Gloe, a Geo-tagging Experiment from HP LabsI had heard the name before, but I just now had the opportunity to check out HP Gloe, a geo-tagging experiment from HP Labs. The app maps web content to specific locations in order to provide a platform for location-based discovery of information. Although the app is meant for mobile users, the HP… -
Geosense for WindowsPopular bloggers Long Zheng of iStartedSomething and Rafeal Rivera of Within Windows joined forces to create a Windows 7 sensor driver that connects the location platform of Windows 7 with geolocation service providers. The new tool, called Geosense for Windows, is now available for download from… -
Go Hyperlocal with Bing's Local Lens“Local Lens” is one of Bing’s cooler features that displays hyperlocal content from various blogs on Bing Maps. Once enabled, snippets from blog posts appear in the sidebar when viewing a specific locale in the maps service. The feature, introduced late last year, is one of Bing’s many… -
12 minutes, 22 secondsWindows Azure Lessons Learned: Active Web SolutionsThere are not many solutions that can claim to have saved lives. In this episode of Lessons Learned I chat with Richard Prodger of Active Web Solutions about the Windows Azure project they’ve been working on that tracks fishermen in real time. It monitors not only their location… -
7 minutes, 36 secondsXE-XI builds location aware solution to help you find your way around townLarry Gregory talked to Carlos Reinoso or http://www.xe-xi.com at a recent BizSpark incubation event hosted by Sanjay Jain.http://www.xe-xi.com uses location based services to deliver the ability to find businesses around you as you travel with a mobile device or even from your desktop.… -
11 minutes, 50 secondsWindows 7 Location Platform OverviewThe Windows Sensor and Location platform, new for Windows 7, enables your computer and applications to adapt to their current environment. Previously, we introduced the Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform; in this video, we focus only on the Location part of the Platform. Join Alec… -
16 minutes, 18 secondsWindows 7 Sensor and Location Platform OverviewThe Windows Sensor and Location platform, new for Windows 7, enables your computer and applications to adapt to their current environment. With location sensors -- including GPS devices, WWAN radios, and even triangulation technology -- your applications and gadgets can know exactly where… -
Loopt’s Mobile Network Now Runs Virtual EarthAt the recent AWDC event on the 10th, Loopt CEO Sam Altman demonstrated the upcoming Loopt mobile social network for iPhone (Loopt currently runs on numerous phones already, including Blackberry). The mobile social network they provide helps you connect with friends in the real world by dropping…
