You think you’re a power user? Check out Tim McConnell’s blog TimboTrip.com where he tells the story of his trip through the 48 Continental United States.
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There are certain areas of the world where Virtual Earth’s imagery is, well, low resolution. Did you know that you can overlay your own imagery to "patch" it?
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Today, we’re announcing a closer and much deeper relationship with ESRI by integrating Bing Maps Virtual Earth tiles into their ArcGIS Desktop product.
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Don’t like JavaScript? You want your managed code with the new wave of Microsoft maps?
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14.3 TB of new imagery for Microsoft Virtual Earth. Save money on gas….use Live Search Maps powered by Virtual Earth!
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Isaac Kunen from the SQL Server team published an outstanding MSDN article entitled, “Introduction to Spatial Coordinate Systems: Flat Maps for a Round Planet.” This is a great article for those of you who are just getting started in GIS, are curious about GIS but intimidated by math and coordinate systems or just plain geeky and like maps.
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Inertia is that cool spinning of the globe effect in Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. You can try the online experience in our new Bing Maps 3D Cities.
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ESRI jdoes support using Bing Maps in both their Desktop and Server offerings.
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As network tracing is so critical for web based applications, I thought it helpful to point out Fiddler’s useful capability for testing your applications.
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Richard Jones at Binary Refinery pinged me about this fun thing to do / scientific experiment with balloons and maps so I thought I would share some samples that you could use to build your own tracking solution.
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