We just deployed 41TB of new satellite imagery, aerial photography and vector data for Bing Maps covering 189,000+ square kilometers of Earth including 12,000+ square kilometers of Bird’s Eye photography. Did we get your town this time? Check out the Bing Maps World Tour to sit back, relax and watch the Bing Maps Silverlight Control take you through every new local with new data. Alternatively, you can immerse yourself into the application...
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Bing Maps will be presenting with the ESRI and Accela teams at The Accela User Conference.
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Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters? When will they get a web site? I hate calling people now; but, I’m anti-social like that. Ah, but when the lights go out there is a web site for you to log in to for reporting the problem to your local utility – StreetLightOutages.com. Built by iFactor Consulting, StreetLightOutages.com offers a complete solution allowing reports about outdoor light problems through the Internet…and uses...
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Did you even know there’s an API endpoint for Bing Maps in China? Checkout cn.bing.com/maps to see it in action!
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ESRI made a huge push into enterprise mapping today with the launch of its MapIt product…this just got interesting! Ok, so what is MapIt? Well, it turns out it’s a lot of things, but in a nut shell “ESRI MapIt™ is a lightweight Web mapping gateway to SQL Server 2008.
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The Imagine Cup 2009 finals is in full swing. On July 3, 2009 in Cairo the winner will be announced for the most innovative project. The Imagine Cup is the world’s premier student technology competition, Imagine Cup is one way Microsoft is encouraging young people to apply their imagination, their passion, and their creativity to technology innovations that can make a difference in the world – today. Now in its seventh year, the...
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The City of Seattle uses Bing Maps for Enterprise for The Traveler’s Information Map. Check it out for yourself and enjoy travelling Seattle!
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Do you wish there was a new version of MapPoint? Well, even though MapPoint is no longer available, we have a number of partners that can help you move to an alternative.
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GeoLife was shown at TechFest in Redmond this week by Yu Zheng (Microsoft Researcher). I figured it was applicable and you might be interested.
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Subaru Canada just launched their new dealer locator and it’s pretty great white north! The new dealer locator features a Microsoft Virtual Earth map sporting a grey and blue theme with Subaru branded icons for highlighting their dealerships. Check out the slick navigation bar, eh?
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