If you follow Microsoft Virtual Earth I’m sure you’ve picked up some blog posts that posted some of the features for this release, but those posts mysteriously disappeared. Information leaked out and you wondered, “Was that real?”
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We’ve just made updates to our consumer site, Bing Maps which are tied back to some of the updates in the Virtual Earth platform, so please…enjoy!
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Did you know the Bing Maps Spatial Data Service has all US Postal Codes and more? This service is what Excel and Power BI leverage to allow you to show colored polygons for regions on a map!
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We’ve just launched the new Live Search Maps India site and for a v1 it is SUPER robust. Check out this list of features: Street Maps for 9 important Indian cities Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, and Jaipur and National Road Network of India with roughly 20,000 cities/towns/major localities (as points on the map).
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For those of you who follow the imagery releases, there was no release for August. September, however, is now live and contains the following 46TB of imagery and vector updates. Orthos Yakima, WA Springfield, MO Spokane, WA Portland, ME Grand Rapids, MI Billings, MT Minneapolis, MN (UltraCam Refresh) Seattle, WA (UltraCam Refresh) Las Vegas, NV (UltraCam Refresh) Phoenix, AZ (UltraCam Refresh) Tampa, Fl (UltraCam Refresh) Vector Vector overlays...
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If you’ve visited us at the Microsoft booth at the Shop.org conference, you may have seen the Microsoft Virtual Earth demonstration application illustrating Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 and Virtual Earth working together. The concept for the application is based on inventory data in Commerce Server being used to help end users find the nearest location that carries the item you’re searching for – an advanced store locator and...
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Microsoft will have a booth at the National Retail Federation’s Shop.org Annual Summit at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, NV Monday, September 15 through Wednesday, September 17 and the Microsoft Virtual Earth team will be there to illustrate the power of location in retail scenarios, as well as, integration with other Microsoft technologies applicable to retail. I’ll be presenting a session, as will the PacNW Virtual...
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You can "Claim your Business" at Bing Places (BingPlaces.com) and once complete, they will apear on Bing Maps
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Tim McConnell (see 48 States in an ’84 Scirocco post) made his cameo appearance agreeing to swing north to Redmond after hitting Olympia, Washington.
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I have seen a few good sites using Virtual Earth to visualize weather information. You can do it too! Check out how easy it is using our sample code.
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