Using Microsoft Photos Tools to get access to geocoding backdoor:
Hacking Microsoft Pro Photo Tools - Using Reflector to use MapPoint Lat Long Lookup (for free!) in C# - stevienova.com
"Now, this will give you the lat/long back from MapPoint! Sweet.

Now we can start digging into everything else - what else do these assemblies expose?? Can I get routes? directions? Maps? etc, etc, etc. There is a plethora of things to dig into. It looks like they are just using Virtual Earth though to get maps, not MapPoint (from what I can tell anyways). "