Category Archives: virtual earth

Bing Maps (was Virtual Earth) gets a 12 TB imagery update

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Glenn

My contacts with the Microsoft Map Team inform me that another update of imagery has just hit the map service, now known as Bing Maps (was Virtual Earth)   http://www.bing.com/maps – this latest update includes over 12 TB of data … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles County putting Solar Energy on the map via Solar map portal

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Glenn

An interesting mapping application is now available from LA County at http://lacounty.solarmap.org/ – powered by Virtual Earth, the app reveals solar energy installations and also provides information about potential energy savings… impressive! There’s also a handy tool where users can … Continue reading →

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Event of interest – Rapidly Building Enterprise Mashups for Greater Situational Awareness

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Glenn

I ran into details of this interestng event titled “Rapidly Building Enterprise Mashups for Greater Situational Awareness with SharePoint, Virtual Earth, & Visual Fusion” – scheduled to take place Wednesday, April 22, 2009 2:00 PM EST and run 60 mins. … Continue reading →

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AT&T locator service with Microsoft Virtual Earth

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Glenn

This week AT&T launched a child locator service with Microsoft Virtual Earth called FamilyMap. The new service enables parents to keep an eye out on their children at any time via AT&T’s location framework and the Microsoft Virtual Earth map. … Continue reading →

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iSynth – browse Photosynth and Virtual Earth on the Apple mobile

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Glenn

An update from the VE team about iSynth… In early March, Apple Inc. released iSynth, the unofficial Photosynth iPhone application. Developed by an independent developer, Greg Pascale, iSynth enables iPhone customers to search, browse and explore synths directly on their … Continue reading →

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Virtual Earth Imagery updates for March 2009

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Glenn

From the VE Blog… Another huge addition to the digitization of our planet just hit the web last night – 21TB – all ortho imagery launched into Microsoft Virtual Earth, powering Live Search Maps (and other Live Search properties). This … Continue reading →

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IDV Solutions iPhone application uses Virtual Earth

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Glenn

Interesting news from the Virtual Earth Blog… IDV Solutions is about to release an iPhone application dubbed “Visual Fusion Contribute.” Visual Fusion Contribute is an enterprise iPhone application that uses Virtual Earth to allow a user to contribute geo-tagged photos … Continue reading →

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More imagery for Microsoft Virtual Earth thanks to deal with DigitalGlobe

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Glenn

Man, Microsoft’s Virtual Earth mapping service just gets better all the time… for imagery this service simply can’t be beat! Details of today’s announcement with DigitalGlobe include a multi-year contract under which DigitalGlobe will provide Microsoft’s Virtual Earth with its … Continue reading →

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Update to Microsoft Virtual Earth, VE Web Services and Maps for Mobile Devices

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Glenn

Good news from the VE Blog about release 6.2… it’s here along with version 1.0 of the Virtual Earth Web Services. The following features come in this release:- Maps for Mobile Devices… (WOOHOO) Develop mobile applications with rich imagery optimized … Continue reading →

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Mashup maps Impact of Hurricane Gustav on oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Glenn

Brian over at the Timoney group has share details of some work his team did over the labor-day week-end to help convey the impacts of hurricane Gustav on oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico. the mashup shows … Continue reading →

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Amazing Bird’s Eye imagery (Microsoft) from Zillow

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Glenn

Have you noticed the amazing (and recent) imagery now available on popular real estate website Zillow.com? Simply search a property and obtain a zestimate. then click the “see home info” link provided for the property. You will be returned with … Continue reading →

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Virtual Earth interactive SDK and eVA emergency procurement demo

Posted on November 16, 2007 by Glenn

If you want to mess around with Virtual Earth a little then the VE for Government blog has pointed us to some fine resources of interest. For starters, the Virtual Earth interactive SDK lets you test some of the functionality, … Continue reading →

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