We just released version 6.1. of the Virtual Earth API. Steve Lombardi and Chris Pendleton have blogged about the new Features so I will cut it short and concentrate on those features which surface through the API.

Bird's Eye Hybrid

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Vegetation in 3D

Walking Directions

Precision-property for VEPlace-object

Other New Features and Enhancements

• Switch to disable Bird's Eye imagery
• Enhanced support for the Safari browser
• Staging environment for Customer Identification (transaction counting). See also http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb924353.aspx
• Better printing support
• Traffic based routing (only in the US)
• Reverse geocoding (only in the US). Please note: enterprise customers can also use MapPoint Web Service which is part of the Virtual Earth Platform. In MapPoint Web Service we have reverse geocoding for all countries where we support geocoding.

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