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MSDN Webcast: Virtual Earth Tips, Tricks, and Hacks (Level 200)
White Papers This webcast provides with the knowledge one needs to create several different types of map applications using MSN Virtual Earth and Microsoft Windows Live Local. Through this webcast one can learn the basics of integration with different data...
[June 9, 2006, 0:00]
Momentum Webcast: Learn About the Latest Innovations in Virtual Earth (Level 100)
White Papers The attendee of this webcast will learn about the new Virtual Earth platform capabilities, new imagery capabilities, and the Microsoft Silverlight Control Community Technology Preview (CTP), which enables easy deployment of rich, immersive user...
[May 28, 2009, 0:00]
Momentum Webcast: Hospitality Businesses Create Strong Customer Connections With Virtual Earth (Level 100)
White Papers The attendee of this webcast learns how Virtual Earth helps organizations like Choice Hotels, Expedia, Best Western, Travelport and Darden Restaurants connect with customers, build loyalty, and boost profits.
[May 28, 2009, 0:00]
Move over, Google: Here's MSN Virtual Earth
News Microsoft is playing catch-up to rival Google with the release of a beta world mapping service, MSN Virtual Earth. Virtual Earth is a wrap up of a number of location-based services, including mapping of the world's surface, map annotation and...
[July 25, 2005, 18:25]
Momentum Webcast: Manage Fleets and Mobile Workforces More Efficiently With Virtual Earth (Level 100)
White Papers Companies in every industry that manage fleets and mobile workforces can use Microsoft Virtual Earth to reduce costs and improve fleet utilization, plan and manage deliveries, routes, and inventory, track mileage and meet fuel usage and carbon...
[May 28, 2009, 0:00]
Move over, Google: Here's MSN Virtual Earth
Talkback It's hardly a "virtual Earth" if it only maps out the USA! Given Microsoft/MSN's history, I am really impressed with its openness for once, now, once they can map the world and actually make it "Virtual Earth", as opposed to "Virtual USA" it might...
[July 26, 2005, 8:23]
Military agency to use Microsoft's Virtual Earth
News Microsoft is collaborating with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), a division of the US Department of Defense, on its Virtual Earth technology. The NGA wants to use the Virtual Earth technology "to provide geospatial support for...
[May 19, 2006, 9:50]
Microsoft brings Virtual Earth to the UK
News Microsoft has launched the UK version of its Virtual Earth Platform, a set of online mapping services aimed at customer-facing businesses such as retail stores, estate agencies and the tourist industry.
[May 24, 2006, 13:00]
Microsoft brings Virtual Earth to the UK
Talkback Thank God we have alternatives like Google Earth that are platform independent - as the internet was designed and intended to be. As with all things Microsoft, it only works with their proprietary systems (or at least it doesn't work on a Mac or...
[May 25, 2006, 13:37]
Microsoft brings Virtual Earth to the UK
Talkback hey - Live Local works GREAT with Firefox. I am running it on my powerbook and on windows. I'm running Firefox 1.5 on both, so i'm not sure how it works with earlier versions.try upgrading your firefox.
[May 26, 2006, 22:33]
Move over, Google: Here's MSN Virtual Earth
Talkback P.S.even better would be if the cam inbedded the co-ordinates so when the pics are on the computer somehow Windows, for example, could tap into the Virtual Earth's database and show you the 45 degree 'Eagle Eye' view of where it is in real life!
[July 26, 2005, 12:01]
Google Earth visits ancient Rome
News The new 'Ancient Rome 3D' option for Google Earth allows virtual time-travelling tourists to fly around the city and zoom in to explore ancient structures and locations as they probably looked at the time, including the Colosseum, the forum and...
[November 13, 2008, 11:25]
Microsoft launches mapping beta
News Microsoft on Thursday will unveil a beta version of Windows Live Local, which is based on its Virtual Earth aerial image application and integrates local search, mapping, driving directions and yellow pages with a bird's-eye view of major US cities.
[December 8, 2005, 9:25]
Apple's iPhone gets Google Earth
News Google Earth for the iPhone is the first mobile version of the virtual globe application Google has released a version of Google Earth for the iPhone. Google Earth has been available on the desktop for three years, and has been downloaded more than...
[October 27, 2008, 10:57]
Mapping a path for the 3D Web
News With the spread of online games, virtual worlds and services such as Google Earth and MySpace.com, people may soon be spending more time, communicating more and shopping more in complex 3D Web environments.
[May 9, 2006, 16:20]
Google mapping spec made industry standard
News KML is used to manage the display of geospatial information in Google Earth, the company's software for flying over the surface of a virtual globe. For example, the latest Virtual Earth and Live Maps technology from Microsoft can use KML to let...
[April 15, 2008, 10:53]
Google and Microsoft vie for Earth domination
News Microsoft was also represented at the event by Vincent Tao, director of MSN Virtual Earth — the software giant's rival application to Google Earth. Tao highlighted recent improvements made to Virtual Earth, in particular the ability to view certain...
[September 12, 2006, 16:00]
Google Earth 4 beta review
Reviews Not only can you better explore natural wonders and urban landmarks, Google also invites you to build your own virtual worlds within Earth by using 3D models from its SketchUp drawing software and 3D Warehouse public image bank.
[June 14, 2006, 9:35]
MSDN Webcast: Windows Live Platform Technical Drilldown (4 of 4) (Level 300)
White Papers It explores integration with Windows Live Search and Microsoft Virtual Earth. This webcast covers the find and locate services that Windows Live offers for developers to enhance the experience for their Web site's users.
[January 8, 2008, 0:01]
