Schools Near Me - Virtual Earth

Posted By: yizhe | Jun 17th, 2008 @ 12:10 AM | 5,368 Views | 4 Comments
In Singapore’s Microsoft Innovation Centre,  we have been innovating on Virtual Earth. In this quick chat, I caught up with Alvin Poh, to find out what innovation he has been working on. Dubbed “Schools Near Me”, the application allows us to use a Postal Code, retrieve a set of GPS coordinates and pulls a map from Virtual Earth and overlay data onto the map to provide meaningful services and information. As the name suggests, this applications allows us to find all the schools around where I stay.
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#Jun 17th, 2008 @ 1:13 AM
dennischung
dennischung
Going the Extra Mile

I love it. Didn't know i have so many schools around where i stay...

#Aug 4th, 2008 @ 11:01 AM
3vild3vil
3vild3vil
i would like to know how and where will i be able to use this service because recently i saw from a Mircosoft talk there is this function so i would like to try out this serice. is there a link to it or it is not publish out???????
#Sep 11th, 2008 @ 7:23 PM
dennischung
dennischung
Going the Extra Mile
Hi 3vild2vil,

the site for this is at http://labs.innovativesingapore.com/SchoolsNearMe/
Its not a released service. But its a site where we demonstrate what is possible with Virtual Earth.

So there are times where we take down the services for revamp, integrating new codes. Mash different things up etc.
Wink

Cheers,
Dennis
#Oct 22nd, 2008 @ 1:19 PM
eaquiroz
eaquiroz
Hi

I like the school prototype app.. Is it possible to get a copy of the website app so that I can contribute to its develpment?

Regards,
Eddie
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