Virtual Earth Screen Saver

<P>Check out the <A href="http://www.codeplex.com/vescreensaver/" mce_href="http://www.codeplex.com/vescreensaver/">Virtual Earth Screen Saver</A>&nbsp;I created and uploaded on <A href="http://www.codeplex.com/" mce_href="http://www.codeplex.com/">CodePlex</A>, Microsoft's open source project website.&nbsp; The screen saver reads Virtual Earth permalinks from RSS feeds and uses the Virtual Earth API to show Birdseye and satellite images with information about those images from the feeds.&nbsp; This is released open source on <A href="http://www.codeplex.com/" mce_href="http://www.codeplex.com">CodePlex</A> with a <A href="http://www.codeplex.com/vescreensaver/Project/License.aspx" mce_href="http://www.codeplex.com/vescreensaver/Project/License.aspx">Microsoft Community License</A>, so feel free to view/download the source and contribute to the project.</P>
<P>Here are some screen shots:</P><A href="http://www.codeplex.com/vescreensaver/"><IMG src="http://www.codeplex.com/vescreensaver/Project/FileDownload.aspx?DownloadId=12445" border=0></A> <A href="http://www.codeplex.com/vescreensaver/"><IMG src="http://www.codeplex.com/vescreensaver/Project/FileDownload.aspx?DownloadId=12446" border=0></A> <A href="http://www.codeplex.com/vescreensaver/"><IMG src="http://www.codeplex.com/vescreensaver/Project/FileDownload.aspx?DownloadId=12447" border=0></A> <A href="http://www.codeplex.com/vescreensaver/"><IMG src="http://www.codeplex.com/vescreensaver/Project/FileDownload.aspx?DownloadId=12448" border=0></A> <A href="http://www.codeplex.com/vescreensaver/"><IMG src="http://www.codeplex.com/vescreensaver/Project/FileDownload.aspx?DownloadId=12450" border=0></A> <A href="http://www.codeplex.com/vescreensaver/"><IMG src="http://www.codeplex.com/vescreensaver/Project/FileDownload.aspx?DownloadId=12449" border=0></A>
<P>Here's a list of the Features:</P>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<LI>Supports multiple RSS feeds showing Virtual Earth scenes
<LI>Displays information about the scene from the RSS feed in the top right of the screen
<LI>Supports PageUp/PageDown and arrow keys to allow you to manually cycle through feed images while the screensaver is running
<LI>Supports Enter key to launch the current scene in <A href="http://maps.live.com/" mce_href="http://maps.live.com">Live Search Maps</A>
<LI>Supports custom RSS Feeds (from Internet or local disk). The default RSS feeds are from <A href="http://www.birdseyetourist.com/" mce_href="http://www.birdseyetourist.com">Birdseye Tourist</A> and <A href="http://virtualglobetrotting.com/" mce_href="http://virtualglobetrotting.com">Virtual Globetrotting</A>
<LI>Supports Aerial, Hybrid, Road, and Birdseye permalinks from <A href="http://maps.live.com/" mce_href="http://maps.live.com">Live Search Maps</A> in RSS feeds
<LI>Supports automatic image update time in seconds (default is 90 seconds), and feed update time in minutes (default is 120 minutes)
<LI>Supported on Windows with .NET Framework 2.0</LI></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>To install:</P>
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<LI>Download and Run <A href="http://www.codeplex.com/vescreensaver/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=4346" mce_href="http://www.codeplex.com/vescreensaver/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=4346">VirtualEarthScreensaverSetup.msi</A> and go through the setup process.</LI>
<LI>Go to Screen Saver settings in Windows and select "VirtualEarthScreensaver" as your screen saver.</LI></OL>
<P>For more details, see the <A href="http://www.codeplex.com/vescreensaver/" mce_href="http://www.codeplex.com/vescreensaver/">Virtual Earth Screen Saver project on CodePlex</A>.</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2725830" width="1" height="1">

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