Virtual Earth

Microsoft’s Photosynth technology, which transforms 2D photographs into 3D scenes, is now being integrated into Virtual Earth so you can create 3D views of anything, anywhere in the world and then add them to a map. This new integration will allow web site owners to place Photosynths within the…

Marking the first release enabling businesses to use Photosynth, NASA has launched two Photosynths today, the International Space Station and the new Mars Science Laboratory.  For more information the Photosynth team has released a video about the Virtual…

A recent blog post on Chris Pendleton’s site alerted me to a Virtual Earth feature that I wasn’t aware of – a 3D weather setting. According to the post, you can turn on 3D weather by clicking the 3D button on your favorite Virtual Earth website…like Live Search Maps, for example. Once you get down…

This week on Channel 9, Dan and Brian discuss the week's developer news including: - DreamSpark now available for high school students - Chris Pietschmann - Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control SDK - Windows Azure Tools CTP, including FastCGI/PHP support, now available - Rudi…

Join Web Solutions Architect, Tom Schultz from Microsoft Services for a recorded web cast on the Commerce Server 2009 Store Locator web part feature.  The Store Locator Web Part provides shoppers with a tool to find a store according to a specific location, either by Zip/ Postal Code,…

Have you ever felt inundated with developer tools? Do you ever feel you're missing something that could make your life easier as a developer and a power user? There are so many tools available to choose from and it keeps getting tougher to keep up with them. Tool familiarity continues to…

Are you one of over 100,000 developers who has seen a MSDN Russ' Tool Shed Event over the past 10 years?  If not, now is your chance. Microsoft's Russ Fustino has captured an exciting new format for the event. It is a TV Show; including a co-host, MVP Stan…

Yesterday I tracked down our local NAV Escalation Engineer (AKA NAV Guru) Johan Emilsson to get him to share his Dynamics NAV & Virtual Earth integration. He recently designed a Solution to Optimise Routes using the Virtual Earth API, and then embedded it within NAV. In this Webcast he…

Wenn ich schon einzelne Routen berechnen lassen und anzeigen lassen kann, dann sollte doch auch eine eigene Einbettung als Routenplaner nicht so kompliziert sein. Eine Ausgabe der einzelnen Wegpunkte in HTML hilft, wenn man die Route ausdrucken und unterwegs im Auto verwenden möchte. Ist das…

Are you a bit of mess when it comes to Valentine's Day? Are you nervous and lost when put under the pressure of being extra romantic on February 14th? Well, not any longer! Some people may not know this but Microsoft is a super romantic love machine of a company! Microsoft has services and products…