UPDATED 2023: Please see the topic at Bing Maps Tile System - Bing Maps | Microsoft Learn for more details to answer the common question “What is the resolution or scale at a particular zoom level in Virtual Earth or Bing maps?”
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Much like when zooming on a camera to get just the right picture, when instantiating the Map Control, you have the option to specify a starting coordinate set and zoom level for road or aerial view. But, you might be scratching your head on exactly what zoom level to start at if you want to get a particular level of detail so try a few using a custom URL until you find the one that works!
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Everything old is new again! You can now reference "Virtual Earth" for your Bing Maps v8 Web Applications if you are looking to go "Cookie-less"
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The Virtual Earth Standard Control SDK is avilable at: http://local.live.com The reviews so far have been great, and it is excellent to see such a positive response from our customers. It was from all of your excellent feedback from the first beta that we were able to build this next version. Thank you!
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Welcome to the new Virtual Earth developer blog. Going forward, we will strive to make this blog a good resource for news and information on developing applications powered by Virtual Earth. Here we will be posting coding tips and tricks, pointers to new content on MSDN and community sites, and other information on building the best VE experience for your customers. This blog is very new, and we don’t have...
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