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ViaWindowsLive on Via Virtual Earth Blog
The new ViaWindowsLive community site has launched and features not only a definitive set of resources on all Live Services from Microsoft but also a special section on Virtual Earth including a new site gallery for you to upload your sites, new articles on Version 6, including getting started guide, an interactive quick guide, location finder and more. Subscribe to the VWL aggregated blog to stay in touch with everything Live Services related. Find all the great content from this site and much, much more. Explore how other Live Services can compliment Virtual Earth and your applications.
Version 5 URL changed - Error: 'VEMap' is undefined on Via Virtual Earth Blog
It has been reported that the old url to access the Version5 javascript for Virtual Earth no longer works. This is effecting sites worldwide.
The correct way to reference the Version 5 javascript is:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/mapcontrol.ashx?v=5"></script>
If you have been effected a forum thread has been started here
Silverlight Virtual Earth viewer on Via Virtual Earth Blog
With the launch of silverlight yesterday I was digging around and found this viewer for Virtual Earth by Greg Schechter. It does use the 1.1 alpha of silverlight. It gives some interesting ideas for where Virtual Earth could be headed. Certainly the demo of the performance of silverlight compared to javascript for processing showed a significant increase. This could be very useful.
And of course on the gamer front check this out by Andy Beaulieu and shoot down some UFO's over Birdseye images.
John.
So much new Virtual Earth Imagery Worldwide. on Via Virtual Earth Blog
I subscribe to all the VE blogs and recently the posts about updated imagery has been more and more frequent.
The latest is here and for myself downunder we saw three updates, Canberra, Newcastle and Uluru:
Derek Chan posts 3 Articles in a month! on Via Virtual Earth Blog
A big thank you to the efforts of Derek Chan who posted his third VE article today (he actually had it ready weeks ago but had to wait for Mr Bottleneck here at VVE ;) )
The 3 articles are all relivant to Version 5 of Virtual Earth and deal with the Mini Map, debugging javascript and now custom pins in routes.
All these can now be found in our articles section.
If you have something to contribute send us an email.
John (The bottleneck)
Work Offers - Lead Developer - Geo-spatial social network
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Lead Developer - Geo-spatial social network by RajAbhyanker on 17 Jun 07 @ 05:15:00 UTC
Fatdoor is a geo-spatial social network wiki, to enable real life neighbors to get to know the people that live right around them. Fatdoor (www.fatdoor.com) is currently live in alpha mode, and expects to launch nationally in the coming 6 to 9 months. We are advised by the brightest and most influential minds in the technology space, including Rajeev Motwani (Stanford CS professor, Google early investor) and Hector Garcia Molina (Stanford CS department chair, Oracle board).
Candidates MUST be able to write clear, concise code quickly and efficiently. In addition, must be proficient at debugging complex C#, C++, and/or Java code. Prior experience with Google Earth, Microsoft Virtual Earth, and/or geo-spatial technologies is a plus. Must be an EXPERT programmer. You will have a rigorous screening/programming test in your interview. Position is in the Menlo Park/Palo Alto area. Candidates must be extremely hard working and self motivated to help us build the next great Internet company.
Fatdoor is led by veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and is backed by leading Silicon Valley venture capitalists. We offer top stock option and salary compensation for qualified candidates.
Compensation : $125,000 to $175,000 per year, depending on experience.