Microsoft Virtual Earth Supporting Local News

<p>Just a quick late night blog entry since these uses of Virtual Earth to support local news just came to my attention. It warms my heart to see when organizations whose business is to disseminate news to citizens recognize that it is best accomplished using a Virtual Earth map! <p><a href="http://www.weathercentralondemand.com/content/vignettes/air_checks/news/16x9/komo_election_coverage/video.html" target="_blank">Here is KOMO in Seattle using Virtual Earth maps</a> to demonstrate presidential primary locations. <p><a href="http://www.weathercentralondemand.com/content/vignettes/air_checks/news/16x9/komo_election_coverage/video.html" target="_blank"><img style="border-right:0px;border-top:0px;border-left:0px;border-bottom:0px" height=270 alt=image src="http://tkfiles.storage.msn.com/y1pyJQc6Yo2cX5GpZ0RLVckkHyJV8qaA2c6E-x7ENDEvCLaiBTenCcwNgMk92EWWf-_D-s41NtxoRM?PARTNER=WRITER" width=413 border=0></a> <p>And <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=Oz4GLLeSg8Q&feature=related" target="_blank">here is WBTV out of Charlotte North Carolina using Virtual Earth maps</a> to highlight the location component of their general news stories. Why? Because a80-90% of all data has a geospatial component and can be best visualized on a map! <p><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=Oz4GLLeSg8Q&feature=related" target="_blank"><img style="border-right:0px;border-top:0px;border-left:0px;border-bottom:0px" height=333 alt=image src="http://tkfiles.storage.msn.com/y1pyJQc6Yo2cX6PQH-RiOyNk4h5VRVXFkbniwCFLtPWRi7tbNZk5IAo8OEd7HoDygthw-MNZK_2DzY?PARTNER=WRITER" width=407 border=0></a> <p>Lastly, <a href="http://wmaq.weatherplus.com/interactiveradar/index.html" target="_blank">here is a web site</a> for Channel 5 in Chicago using Virtual Earth with Weather Central’s Online Application that powers NBC’s Weather. <p><a href="http://wmaq.weatherplus.com/interactiveradar/index.html" target="_blank">http://tkfiles.storage.msn.com/y1pyJQc6Yo2cX5Crfl5cyO4dsTx8DV9SlNOdlun_gGXhCT9EdV em2slNwBieoV0y7LfU6ociT-xJEY?PARTNER=WRITER</a>http://c.services.spaces.live.com/CollectionWebService/c.gif?cid=3934802439182364865&page=RSS%3a+Microsoft+Virtual+Earth+Supporting+Loc al+News&referrer=<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=virtualearth4gov.spaces.live.com&GT1=virtualearth4gov">

See Original Post... (http://virtualearth4gov.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!369B39F890CE30C1!641.entry)