Boston Subway (MBTA) Fare Visualization WPF Application(mbtafarevis.codeplex.com)

submitted by jacob4u2(25) 2 years, 7 months ago

The MBTA has announced a visualization challenge after releasing their Google Transit Feed Spec (GTFS) files to the public. Along with the GTFS files the MBTA has released a days worth of Charlie card taps (fare cards) for developers to visualize "a day in the life of the MBTA". This basic application allows a person to zoom around to different stops and see the fare taps throughout the day. read more...

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Rebranding Microsoft Virtual Earth To "Bing Maps for Enterprise"(bing.com)

submitted by crpietschmann(11.3k) 2 years, 11 months ago

Microsoft Virtual Earth now has a new name (and it’s not Kumo or Kiev). First, a little background to ensure we’re all on the same page. As of yesterday…. Microsoft Virtual Earth is now called “Bing Maps for Enterprise.” read more...

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Add a bit of ‘Bing’ to your silverlight maps(earthware.co.uk)

submitted by crpietschmann(11.3k) 2 years, 11 months ago

As you cannot have missed in the news recently Microsoft has re-branded its search offering to be called “Bing”. This means Virtual Earth is now called Bing Maps for Enterprise. Yesterday Microsoft automatically updated the Ajax Virtual Earth control to use the new Bing logo and you may have wondered why the Silverlight map control was not also updated? The reason is that the logo is a resource in the Silverlight control assembly and is not pointing to an external file. So does that mean we have to wait for a new release of the Bing Silverlight map control before the logo will get changed? Well yes and no, if you want it to be automatically changed you will have to wait for the next release but there is nothing stopping you changing it yourself now by following the steps below. read more...

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Best Practices for Virtual Earth development (AJAX control)(blog.geoffreyemery.com)

submitted by crpietschmann(11.3k) 3 years ago

Best Practices for Virtual Earth development (AJAX control). Great posts in the forum I thought i would share here. read more...

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Virtual Earth Webservices(blog.geoffreyemery.com)

submitted by gemery(10) 3 years, 1 month ago

Great Start to Getting your Virtual Earth webservice On read more...

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Prototype of VEToolkit + ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Component Checked In(pietschsoft.com)

submitted by crpietschmann(11.3k) 3 years, 1 month ago

I just checked in an initial prototype of a reusable Virtual Earth component for ASP.NET MVC. The “VEToolkit.Web.MVC.Map” component is written as an Extension to the ASP.NET MVC AjaxHelper class, and allows for a simpler experience when implementing Virtual Earth mapping within ASP.NET MVC applications. This is an early prototype of what the component will be; it’s not a final release; but you are free to use it. read more...

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Getting Started with Web.Maps.VE v2.0 – Display a Virtual Earth Map on(blog.simplovation.com)

submitted by crpietschmann(11.3k) 3 years, 1 month ago

In this article we will go over the basics of implementing MS Virtual Earth mapping capabilities in ASP.NET 3.5 Web Applications using the Web.Maps.VE v2.0 ASP.NET AJAX Virtual Earth Mapping Server Control. This article also shows code examples in C#, but this are exactly the same if you are using VB.NET. read more...

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Web.Maps.VE v2.0 – Basics of the Click Event(blog.simplovation.com)

submitted by crpietschmann(11.3k) 3 years, 1 month ago

The Web.Maps.VE v2.0 ASP.NET AJAX Virtual Earth Mapping control Raises a few of the Client-Side Virtual Earth Events up to Server-Side ASP.NET Code. One of these events is the Map.Click Event. The Map.Click Event gets raised each time the user clicks on the Map using the Mouse. This tutorial is going to give you an overview of how to handle the Map.Click event, and use it to add/remove pushpins, re-center the map and change the map zoom level. read more...

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Web.Maps.VE v2.0 – Using the MiniMapExtender(blog.simplovation.com)

submitted by crpietschmann(11.3k) 3 years, 1 month ago

The Web.Maps.VE v2.0 ASP.NET AJAX Virtual Earth Mapping Control comes with a couple of extender controls. These are additional controls contained within the controls Dll that basically add/extend the main Map control with additional functionality that’s not built-in. This tutorial is going to give you an overview of how to use the MiniMapExtender control to easily add a Mini Map to your Maps. read more...

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How to Build a Virtual Earth 3D Flight Simulator Series(rbrundritt.spaces.live.com)

submitted by crpietschmann(11.3k) 3 years, 2 months ago

The Virtual Earth 3D control is a great tool when you not only want to know where some place is in the world, but also want to know what it looks like. This is particularly useful when traveling to new areas as landmarks can be easily identified ahead of time. Recently Microsoft release documentation on how to develop against this 3D API (http://blogs.msdn.com/virtualearth3d/archive/2009/01/25/documentation.aspx). Infusion development has been working with Virtual Earth 3D for well over a year now developing business applications. Most of these applications have been developed for the Microsoft Surface. One thing I’ve noticed is that there hasn’t been a lot of development against the 3D API yet outside of the business world. This article is going to show you how to create a simple flight simulator plug-in for Virtual Earth. Here is a screen shot of the finished product to get you motivated to read through this article. You can also download the source code for this here: read more...

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Overlay OpenStreetMap and Yahoo Maps Imagery using Custom Tile Layers!(pietschsoft.com)

submitted by crpietschmann(11.3k) 3 years, 2 months ago

In the “Virtual Earth Silverlight: Using Tile Layers to Overlay Custom Map Imagery” article I showed you how to overlay your own Custom Map Imagery that you generated using the MapCruncher tool on top of the Map. Now, in this article I’ll show you what you need to know in order to overlay map imagery from other competing mapping services (OpenStreetMap, OpenAerialMap and Yahoo Maps). This allows you to easily build in functionality that allows your users to easily switch (with the click of a button or selection of a dropdown) which mapping service imagery is used to visualize the data in your application. read more...

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Getting Started with Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control SDK CTP(pietschsoft.com)

submitted by crpietschmann(11.3k) 3 years, 2 months ago

It seems like forever since MIX’08 when a demo was shown of a new Silverlight-based Virtual Earth Map Control. Well, now FINALLY we actually have a version of the control to “play” around with. The reason I say “play” is because it’s still a CTP (Community Technology Preview). If you read the license file you’ll see that basically the most important points of Microsoft’s position on CTP’s are: 1) You can NOT use it in a production environment, and 2) It’s a Preview, so anything can change from now until the next release (CTP, Beta, whatever). Well, anyway… I introduce you to the Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control SDK CTP! Before I dig into what’s needed to begin development, and show you how simple it is to use; here’s a few highlights of what’s so Awesome about the control. read more...

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Virtual Earth Silverlight Control CTP Teaser and Some Initial Thoughts(pietschsoft.com)

submitted by crpietschmann(11.3k) 3 years, 2 months ago

Yesterday, the Virtual Earth Silverlight Control CTP (Community Technology Preview) was announced at MIX’09. I was also fortunate to get early access to the CTP, so I’ve been playing with it for a few days. I can’t show you any code yet (until it’s released publicly), but I can tell you a little about it for now. Once it’s released I’ll be posting some articles that range from Basic How-To to Implementing Some Cool Stuff; but you’ll have to wait a little bit for those. read more...

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VEToolkit - Virtual Earth Toolkit v6.2.012509.1053 Released!(pietschsoft.com)

submitted by crpietschmann(11.3k) 3 years, 4 months ago

This is the first official release of the Virtual Earth Toolkit. The Virtual Earth Toolkit is a set of JavaScript-based Controls/Tools that Extend Virtual Earth with functionality that is commonly implemented, but hasn't been implemented within the Virtual Earth JavaScript Map Control. The Controls/Tools in the VEToolkit library are completely self contained, and don't require the use of any other JavaScript library to use other than Virtual Earth 6.2 (current version). This allows you to use this toolkit along-side any other JavaScript library (jQuery, ASP.NET AJAX, etc.); plus you can make use of it with any server-side framework of you choice (ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, PHP, etc.). read more...

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VEToolkit: Virtual Earth Toolkit Open Source Project(pietschsoft.com)

submitted by crpietschmann(11.3k) 3 years, 6 months ago

A couple weeks ago I started the new VEToolkit (Virtual Earth Toolkit) Open Source project. This project spawns out of the need for more helpers to make Virtual Earth Map development much simpler, and follows inspiration from the Ajax Control Toolkit. This is a JavaScript library, so it's all client-side code; just like the Virtual Earth AJAX API itself. The project is also meant to play nicely with any client-side, JavaScript library you want to use within your application (such as jQuery, Prototype, etc.) read more...

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Load Virtual Earth on Demand(liveside.net)

submitted by crpietschmann(11.3k) 3 years, 7 months ago

The Virtual Earth JavaScript control is not small weighing in at 217KB when compressed in Version 6.2. When you require the rich experience of Virtual Earth this size is not an issue, the control is aimed at broadband users and within a few moments of interacting with the map you can easy exceed this with the rich imagery being loaded on demand. But what if your web page only needs to show the Virtual Earth map when a user asks for it or you just want your page to load super fast? You need to load Virtual Earth on demand. read more...

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