Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Location Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Location http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/location Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/location en Fri, 24 May 2013 08:25:36 GMT Fri, 24 May 2013 08:25:36 GMT Rev9 10 1 25 Windows Phone 7 Location Services (GPS/Maps) QuickApp (Using Silverlight for Windows Phone 7) 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 longitude, latitude, altitude, course, speed, and more.

Click here to download the source code for this app at the Silverlight for Windows Phone Code Gallery.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Windows-Phone-7-Location-Services-GPSMaps-QuickApp-Using-Silverlight-for-Windows-Phone-7 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 longitude, latitude, altitude, course, speed, and more. Click here to download the source code for this app at the Silverlight for Windows Phone Code Gallery. 941 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Windows-Phone-7-Location-Services-GPSMaps-QuickApp-Using-Silverlight-for-Windows-Phone-7 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:15:11 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Windows-Phone-7-Location-Services-GPSMaps-QuickApp-Using-Silverlight-for-Windows-Phone-7 JoMul JoMul 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Windows-Phone-7-Location-Services-GPSMaps-QuickApp-Using-Silverlight-for-Windows-Phone-7/rss Bing Maps GPS Location Location Based Service Maps Phone 7 Silverlight Windows Phone Windows Phone 7 Phone Quick Apps Integrating Sensor and Location Support 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 and contrast of its displayed content accordingly.  In this session, we will dive into the SDK and walk through some code to demonstrate how to implement this scenario.  In addition, we'll learn about how to utilize location to build better applications.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Integrating-Sensor-and-Location-Support 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 and contrast of its displayed content accordingly.  In this session, we will dive into the SDK and walk through some code to demonstrate how to implement this scenario.  In addition, we'll learn about how to utilize location to build better applications. 4103 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Integrating-Sensor-and-Location-Support Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:45:08 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Integrating-Sensor-and-Location-Support Jennifer Marsman Jennifer Marsman 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Integrating-Sensor-and-Location-Support/rss Jennifer Marsman Location Sensor and Location Platform Sensor and Location API Windows 7 HP Gloe, a Geo-tagging Experiment from HP Labs I 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 site features an online version of the application which you can try now.

The online app serves as a proof-of-concept which demonstrates how this type of system could work. To use Gloe, you enter in your current location and it returns pre-populated content from Wikipedia plus review and photo sharing sites. It also features tag clouds of content by category, trending sites, recommendations, local experts and Facebook integration.

Developers can also use the HP Gloe API to build location-aware services of their own. HP offers a few suggestions, including:

  • Personal Bookmarking
  • Discovering Local News
  • Virtual Tours
  • Geographic Polls
  • Searching Local Businesses
  • Sharing Geo-tagged Pages with Friends

Although there are no commercial plans for the app at this time, it’s an interesting experiment worth checking out. Maybe someone wants to build a Gloe-enabled Windows Phone app?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/HP-Gloe-a-Geo-tagging-Experiment-from-HP-Labs I 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 site features an online version of the application which you can try now. The online app serves as a proof-of-concept which demonstrates how this type of system could work. To use Gloe, you enter in your current location and it returns pre-populated content from Wikipedia plus review and photo sharing sites. It also features tag clouds of content by category, trending sites, recommendations, local experts and Facebook integration. Developers can also use the HP Gloe API to build location-aware services of their own. HP offers a few suggestions, including: Personal Bookmarking Discovering Local News Virtual Tours Geographic Polls Searching Local Businesses Sharing Geo-tagged Pages with Friends Although there are no commercial plans for the app at this time, it’s an interesting experiment worth checking out. Maybe someone wants to build a Gloe-enabled Windows Phone app? http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/HP-Gloe-a-Geo-tagging-Experiment-from-HP-Labs Tue, 25 May 2010 15:06:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/HP-Gloe-a-Geo-tagging-Experiment-from-HP-Labs Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/HP-Gloe-a-Geo-tagging-Experiment-from-HP-Labs/RSS HP Location geotags Geosense for Windows Popular 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 both of their websites (click links above).

As Zheng noted on his blog, Windows 7 offers a built-in location platform and accompanying API which allows third-party developers to build location-aware native apps. However, the way the platform was designed, it required OEMs to first ship GPS-enabled laptops before developers could take advantage of this feature. The Geosense application is essentially a workaround for that limitation as it provides a way to connection the location platform in Windows with various geolocation providers. The providers match and triangulate known cell towers and wireless access points to estimate latitude and longitude.

By offering Geosense for Windows for free, Zheng and Rivera have made Windows 7 location-aware and they hope that third-party developers will take advantage of this to create new applications for the platform.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Geosense-for-Windows Popular 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 both of their websites (click links above). As Zheng noted on his blog, Windows 7 offers a built-in location platform and accompanying API which allows third-party developers to build location-aware native apps. However, the way the platform was designed, it required OEMs to first ship GPS-enabled laptops before developers could take advantage of this feature. The Geosense application is essentially a workaround for that limitation as it provides a way to connection the location platform in Windows with various geolocation providers. The providers match and triangulate known cell towers and wireless access points to estimate latitude and longitude. By offering Geosense for Windows for free, Zheng and Rivera have made Windows 7 location-aware and they hope that third-party developers will take advantage of this to create new applications for the platform. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Geosense-for-Windows Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:23:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Geosense-for-Windows Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Geosense-for-Windows/RSS Location Windows 7 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 “mapplications” – applications that add a new layer of data to Bing Maps. In this case, blog posts from your hometown or, in some cases, specific neighborhoods.

This is one of Bing’s undiscovered gems, I think, since map apps that add Photosynth, Twitter, traffic, and Streetside Photos are the ones getting all the attention these days. Local Lens is certainly deserving of a deeper look too.

I was reminded of Local Lens when Matthew Hurst updated his blog with a note about an update just pushed out on Thursday, the 18th. The backend text mining systems which recognize map entity names (restaurants, shops, etc.) and addresses has been improved, he says. Now, even when an address isn’t obvious (e.g. “123 Main St.”), Local Lens can pick it up. In the example on his blog, he cited an article which read “Irving Street remained closed between 19th and 20th.” Local Lens can identify that more complex expression as an address and hyperlink it to an exact location on the map. Click the link and the map zooms right to that location. 

The only downside regarding this technology is that it has just been rolled out for a handful of major U.S. cities for now. At the moment, only Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, L.A., Miami, NYC, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle are supported. I only hope the next update will add more cities soon!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Go-Hyperlocal-with-Bings-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 “mapplications” – applications that add a new layer of data to Bing Maps. In this case, blog posts from your hometown or, in some cases, specific neighborhoods. This is one of Bing’s undiscovered gems, I think, since map apps that add Photosynth, Twitter, traffic, and Streetside Photos are the ones getting all the attention these days. Local Lens is certainly deserving of a deeper look too. I was reminded of Local Lens when Matthew Hurst updated his blog with a note about an update just pushed out on Thursday, the 18th. The backend text mining systems which recognize map entity names (restaurants, shops, etc.) and addresses has been improved, he says. Now, even when an address isn’t obvious (e.g. “123 Main St.”), Local Lens can pick it up. In the example on his blog, he cited an article which read “Irving Street remained closed between 19th and 20th.” Local Lens can identify that more complex expression as an address and hyperlink it to an exact location on the map. Click the link and the map zooms right to that location.  The only downside regarding this technology is that it has just been rolled out for a handful of major U.S. cities for now. At the moment, only Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, L.A., Miami, NYC, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle are supported. I only hope the next update will add more cities soon! http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Go-Hyperlocal-with-Bings-Local-Lens Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:12:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Go-Hyperlocal-with-Bings-Local-Lens Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Go-Hyperlocal-with-Bings-Local-Lens/RSS Bing Bing Maps Blogs Location Maps localisation Apps applications Application Windows Azure Lessons Learned: Active Web Solutions There 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 but also their status so as to immediately raise the alarm if help is needed (e.g. fallen off the side of a boat or pressed a panic button).  This solution is already credited with saving the lives of 9 fishermen.

Electronics on the fishing vessels communicate directly via satellite to the Windows Azure solution.  Those messages are processed via Windows Azure worker roles and routed using the Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus to various on-premises systems for review and action.  The desktop client overlay marine charts onto Bing maps so that the coast guard gets a visual representation of the exact location of boats that have raised alarms.

The good folks at Active Web Solutions have published some of the source code that they developed to “automatically bridge arbitrary TCP endpoints, handling any intermediate firewall traversal.”  The code is available on CodePlex as the SocketShifter project:

http://socketshifter.codeplex.com/

If this is interesting, you should also have a look at Port Bridge published by Clemens Vasters on his blog.  Clemens describes it as “Socketshifter’s older brother”

http://blogs.msdn.com/clemensv/archive/2009/11/18/port-bridge.aspx

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/benriga/Windows-Azure-Lessons-Learned-Active-Web-Solutions There 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 but also their status so as to immediately raise the alarm if help is needed (e.g. fallen off the side of a boat or pressed a panic button).  This solution is already credited with saving the lives of 9 fishermen. Electronics on the fishing vessels communicate directly via satellite to the Windows Azure solution.  Those messages are processed via Windows Azure worker roles and routed using the Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus to various on-premises systems for review and action.  The desktop client overlay marine charts onto Bing maps so that the coast guard gets a visual representation of the exact location of boats that have raised alarms. The good folks at Active Web Solutions have published some of the source code that they developed to “automatically bridge arbitrary TCP endpoints, handling any intermediate firewall traversal.”  The code is available on CodePlex as the SocketShifter project: http://socketshifter.codeplex.com/ If this is interesting, you should also have a look at Port Bridge published by Clemens Vasters on his blog.  Clemens describes it as “Socketshifter’s older brother” http://blogs.msdn.com/clemensv/archive/2009/11/18/port-bridge.aspx 742 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/benriga/Windows-Azure-Lessons-Learned-Active-Web-Solutions Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:32:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/benriga/Windows-Azure-Lessons-Learned-Active-Web-Solutions Ben Riga Ben Riga 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/benriga/Windows-Azure-Lessons-Learned-Active-Web-Solutions/RSS .NET Service Bus AppFabric Azure Lessons Learned Location Service Bus Windows Azure XE-XI builds location aware solution to help you find your way around town Larry 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. Businesss will sign up with Xe-Xi to be part of their portal such as restaurants, shopping and more.

Enjoy the show!

John O'Donnell Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation
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http://www.twitter.com/jodonnel

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/jodonnell/XE-XI-builds-location-aware-solution-to-help-you-find-your-way-around-town Larry 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. Businesss will sign up with Xe-Xi to be part of their portal such as restaurants, shopping and more.Enjoy the show! John O'Donnell Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect EvangelistMicrosoft Corporationhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jodonnellhttp://blogs.msdn.com/usisvdehttp://www.twitter.com/jodonnel 456 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/jodonnell/XE-XI-builds-location-aware-solution-to-help-you-find-your-way-around-town Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:22:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/jodonnell/XE-XI-builds-location-aware-solution-to-help-you-find-your-way-around-town John O'Donnell John O'Donnell 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/jodonnell/XE-XI-builds-location-aware-solution-to-help-you-find-your-way-around-town/RSS 2010 Location MBIWk Sanjay Jain Touch USISVDE Windows 7 Windows 7 Location Platform Overview The 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 Berntson and Yochay Kiriaty as they explains why location gets a special set of APIs and what makes the Location Platform such an amazing platform for developers.

You can find additional information about the Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform in the:

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/yochay/Windows-7-Location-Platform-Overview The 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 Berntson and Yochay Kiriaty as they explains why location gets a special set of APIs and what makes the Location Platform such an amazing platform for developers. You can find additional information about the Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform in the: Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform Developer Center on MSDN Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform series of posts PDC session recording - Windows 7: The Sensor and Location Platform: Building Context-Aware Applications 710 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/yochay/Windows-7-Location-Platform-Overview Fri, 08 May 2009 21:19:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/yochay/Windows-7-Location-Platform-Overview Yochay Kiriaty Yochay Kiriaty 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/yochay/Windows-7-Location-Platform-Overview/RSS Location Sensor and Location Platform Windows 7 Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform Overview The 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 they are, enabling them to provide more locally relevant content and functionality. Join Dan Polivy, Gavin Gear, product team PMs, and Yochay Kiriaty, Technical Evangelist, as they explain what the Windows 7 Sensor and Location platform is, what underlying architecture supports its functionality, and how developers can take advantage of this new and exciting platform. We will see some very cool demos and set the stage for future videos in this series about the Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform.

Additional videos in this series:

·         Windows 7 Location Platform Overview

 

You can find additional information about the Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform in the:

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/yochay/Windows-7-Sensor-and-Location-Platform-Overview The 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 they are, enabling them to provide more locally relevant content and functionality. Join Dan Polivy, Gavin Gear, product team PMs, and Yochay Kiriaty, Technical Evangelist, as they explain what the Windows 7 Sensor and Location platform is, what underlying architecture supports its functionality, and how developers can take advantage of this new and exciting platform. We will see some very cool demos and set the stage for future videos in this series about the Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform. Additional videos in this series: ·         Windows 7 Location Platform Overview   You can find additional information about the Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform in the: Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform Developer Center on MSDN Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform series of posts PDC session recording - Windows 7: The Sensor and Location Platform: Building Context-Aware Applications 978 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/yochay/Windows-7-Sensor-and-Location-Platform-Overview Fri, 08 May 2009 18:20:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/yochay/Windows-7-Sensor-and-Location-Platform-Overview Yochay Kiriaty Yochay Kiriaty 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/yochay/Windows-7-Sensor-and-Location-Platform-Overview/RSS Location Sensor Sensor and Location Platform Windows 7 Loopt’s Mobile Network Now Runs Virtual Earth 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 pins on a map to show your friends’ locations. What’s interesting about all this is that they chose Microsoft Virtual Earth to be the mapping service for Loopt on iPhone. This was spotted by VE evangelist Chris Pendleton, who caught a screenshot of the demo (pictured to the left - thanks Chris!). That’s especially interesting because this seems to be a departure from the mapping service they used before. Hmmm, wonder if they’ll let us switch to Bird’s Eye view? Anyway, congrats VE team! Hey, I heard you were just on CNN, too. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Looptrsquos-Mobile-Network-Now-Runs-Virtual-Earth At 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 pins on a map to show your friends’ locations. What’s interesting about all this is that they chose Microsoft Virtual Earth to be the mapping service for Loopt on iPhone. This was spotted by VE evangelist Chris Pendleton, who caught a screenshot of the demo (pictured to the left - thanks Chris!). That’s especially interesting because this seems to be a departure from the mapping service they used before. Hmmm, wonder if they’ll let us switch to Bird’s Eye view? Anyway, congrats VE team! Hey, I heard you were just on CNN, too. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Looptrsquos-Mobile-Network-Now-Runs-Virtual-Earth Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:57:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Looptrsquos-Mobile-Network-Now-Runs-Virtual-Earth Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Looptrsquos-Mobile-Network-Now-Runs-Virtual-Earth/RSS Location Mobile Social Networks Virtual Earth Social Media loopt