Out of the office on travel this week ... blogging could be light. Want to quickly pass on this announcement made today:

ASP.NET Virtual Earth Map Control released Monday, 7/28/08.   This map control enables you to provide your website visitors immersive experiences that integrate Microsoft Virtual Earth maps, aerial imagery and bird’s eye view. Now, you can download this free map control and get the functionality of Microsoft Virtual Earth. Just drag and drop this control from Visual Studio toolbox onto your webpage, set-up properties and implement a Virtual Earth map on your web site. Download the new map control from July 2008 CTP of Windows Live Tools here ( http://dev.live.com/tools/). Learn more here (http://dev.live.com/blogs/devlive/archive/2008/07/27/386.aspx)