VE Team
01-14-2008, 02:02 PM
<p>Its been about a month since the latest rev of the <a href="http://dev.live.com/virtualearth/" target="_blank">Virtual Earth map control</a> was released and we're starting to see a number of new and migrated applications appear on V6, especially among commercial developers. here's a look at a couple of the v6 apps I've seen. if you've got your own, post it in the comments. <p><a href="http://www.yellowpages.com/West-Hollywood-CA/Hotels/city-West-Hollywood?view=mapall&search_mode=all&search_terms=hotels&expansion_factor=" target="_blank"><strong>Yellowpages.com</strong></a> is one of the most popular local search sites in the US, serving over a billion queries each year. Their new interface is smart and efficient with category browsing, traffic, directions, and all the stuff you'd expect in a good Yellow Page search site.<br><a href="http://www.yellowpages.com/West-Hollywood-CA/Hotels/city-West-Hollywood?view=mapall&search_mode=all&search_terms=hotels&expansion_factor=" target="_blank">
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</a> <p><a href="http://www.buckeyetraffic.org/" target="_blank"><strong>Ohio Department of Transportation</strong></a> uses Virtual Earth to provide citizens a look at road closeures, scheduled construction, traffic cams and more with Buckey traffic. Press '3' on your keyboard to switch into 3D view - fun to compare the live traffic cams with Virtual Earth's representation of the scene.<br><a href="http://www.buckeyetraffic.org/" target="_blank">http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1pTcqBXnZTBA8hWSsZUxt6K9iwkQ8MQHDKVecmJM5oL45A3Zn XdLhKYkjJTBkysxL4ENqTKFme2ng?PARTNER=WRITER</a> <p><strong><a href="http://www.cbcworldwide.com/enhanced/index.php#" target="_blank">Coldwell Banker</a></strong> takes advantage of VE's <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb412548.aspx" target="_blank">shape and layer methods</a> in their commercial real estate search application. You can filter results by traditional criteria combined with custom territories that you draw interactively.<br><a href="http://www.cbcworldwide.com/enhanced/index.php#" target="_blank"><img style="border-right:0px;border-top:0px;border-left:0px;border-bottom:0px" height=353 alt=image src="http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1pTcqBXnZTBA_DF_WqMFfkDjEFgZ98MCp6BFxne-2YhZPR2i0OkGTiKe2tj8PQHY0kpOJLFygSRTo?PARTNER=WRIT ER" width=596 border=0></a> <div style="padding-right:0px;display:inline;padding-left:0px;float:none;padding-bottom:0px;margin:0px;padding-top:0px">Technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Virtual Earth" rel=tag>Virtual Earth</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Virtual Earth SDK" rel=tag>Virtual Earth SDK</a></div><img src="http://c.services.spaces.live.com/CollectionWebService/c.gif?cid=3151506992847969176&page=RSS%3a+Migration+Week&referrer=" width="1px" height="1px" border="0" alt=""><img style="position:absolute" alt="" width="0px" height="0px" src="http://c.live.com/c.gif?NC=31263&NA=1149&PI=73329&RF=&DI=3919&PS=85545&TP=virtualearth.spaces.live.com>1=virtualearth">
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</a> <p><a href="http://www.buckeyetraffic.org/" target="_blank"><strong>Ohio Department of Transportation</strong></a> uses Virtual Earth to provide citizens a look at road closeures, scheduled construction, traffic cams and more with Buckey traffic. Press '3' on your keyboard to switch into 3D view - fun to compare the live traffic cams with Virtual Earth's representation of the scene.<br><a href="http://www.buckeyetraffic.org/" target="_blank">http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1pTcqBXnZTBA8hWSsZUxt6K9iwkQ8MQHDKVecmJM5oL45A3Zn XdLhKYkjJTBkysxL4ENqTKFme2ng?PARTNER=WRITER</a> <p><strong><a href="http://www.cbcworldwide.com/enhanced/index.php#" target="_blank">Coldwell Banker</a></strong> takes advantage of VE's <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb412548.aspx" target="_blank">shape and layer methods</a> in their commercial real estate search application. You can filter results by traditional criteria combined with custom territories that you draw interactively.<br><a href="http://www.cbcworldwide.com/enhanced/index.php#" target="_blank"><img style="border-right:0px;border-top:0px;border-left:0px;border-bottom:0px" height=353 alt=image src="http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1pTcqBXnZTBA_DF_WqMFfkDjEFgZ98MCp6BFxne-2YhZPR2i0OkGTiKe2tj8PQHY0kpOJLFygSRTo?PARTNER=WRIT ER" width=596 border=0></a> <div style="padding-right:0px;display:inline;padding-left:0px;float:none;padding-bottom:0px;margin:0px;padding-top:0px">Technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Virtual Earth" rel=tag>Virtual Earth</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Virtual Earth SDK" rel=tag>Virtual Earth SDK</a></div><img src="http://c.services.spaces.live.com/CollectionWebService/c.gif?cid=3151506992847969176&page=RSS%3a+Migration+Week&referrer=" width="1px" height="1px" border="0" alt=""><img style="position:absolute" alt="" width="0px" height="0px" src="http://c.live.com/c.gif?NC=31263&NA=1149&PI=73329&RF=&DI=3919&PS=85545&TP=virtualearth.spaces.live.com>1=virtualearth">
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