Virtual Earth

Windows 7 Beta is out today. It’s free to participate in, so if you’re interested, please check it out and give us feedback. To whet the appetites of my compressionist friends, one much-requested new feature in the Format SDK .dll in Windows 7: It now can go up to 8-way threading, compared to the…

Virtual Earth 3D has many applications, but until recently has only been practical on the web with a JavaScript interface.  WPF applications could not use the full potential of Virtual Earth 3D without requiring a WPF wizard and some XAML magic due to Win32 interop limitations.…

Scott Hanselman did an interesting session at MIX09 called "File|New -> Company", where he essentially started with a blank screen, and using Visual Studio, ASP.NET, Ajax, and Model View Controller he created an entire website called "NerdDinner.com", which is a social…

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…

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,…

Learn about Live Services and see how to hook up Virtual Earth to the new SQL 2008 Geospatial support. What is it? Windows Live Web Services enable developers, designers, and enthusiasts to quickly create compelling web and desktop applications. Download Site:…

Learn about the next major release of Virtual Earth. See the improvements to our parsing and geo-coding engines, clustering, localization, and routing. Hear how the new Virtual Earth Web Services provide server-side support for building location-based applications on desktops and mobile…

This video is a sample of one of the entries from Microsoft PDC 2008 ShowOff. We recommend downloading the high-quality WMV of this video for the best experience. Title of the video Multi-channel Virtual Earth Description This video shows a multi-channel version of the Virtual…

For real estate managers at large retail chains the expiration of a store lease triggers a complex evaluation of the store. How is that store performing relative to other locations? Are there competitors close by? Have the demographics of the neighborhood changed significantly since the store…

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…