Databinding to KML has to be one of the top requested features I hear when I speak to people about VE.  The good news is that I can now tell people YES when they ask about it!!!  The VE team released a Quick Fix Engineering (QFE) update to Virtual Earth that included some enhancements to the v6 map control (more here).  So how does ...

I just received the slide decks from the other presenters and published them all to my SkyDrive:  Keynote - Increasing Agency Capabilities: Enabling data access, visualization, analysis and insight with Microsoft Virtual Earth Speaker: Kevin Adler   Vexcel - Extending the Virtual Earth Platform through Geospatial Expertise Speaker: ...

John O'Brien has put together the best walkthrough of what's new in v6 that I have seen.  Check it out here. -Marc   Technorati Tags: Virtual Earth

Details here.  One of the things that may not be obvious is that the new control is backward compatible with v5.  If you have a built your solution on v5, then you can update your script reference to get all the perf enhancements in the new control!  All you have to do is change on line of code from (for example): <script ...

Thanks to everyone who attended!  All of my latest VE content is available here.  Direct links: Deck VE Map Control (v5) / ASP.NET AJAX Demo Code (requires VS2008 Beta 2)  WPF Demo Code (requires VS2008 Beta 2) ClickOnce Deployed WPF Demo (requires that the .NET Framework 3.0 be installed on the desktop before ...

The Virtual Earth Platform is an integrated set of services that combines unique bird’s eye, aerial, and satellite imagery with best-of-breed mapping, location and search functionality. It enables business to deliver innovative solutions and breakthrough customer experiences.  With the Virtual Earth platform, companies can create an immersive ...

http://dev.live.com/blogs/devlive/archive/2007/06/12/121.aspx There's a nice link in this post to an article on ''Converting From VE4 to VE5.'' -Marc

I've received quite a few requests to update my Virtual Earth + Silverlight and WPF + Virtual Earth + Silverlight samples.  Both codebases are old code.  Therefore, they no longer work against the current releases of Silverlight (1.0 Beta or 1.1 Alpha) and Virtual Earth (v5).  I'm part of the way there towards getting the ...

Here's the updated deck and code.  Many folks asked about support for mobile devices.  Although we don't have an API/SDK for mobile devices yet, we do have a nice consumer app which works on both Java and Windows Mobile based phones.  More details here. Also, Kevin Adler from the Public Sector Virtual Earth team asked that I share ...

Did you miss my webcast on this topic last month?  I am doing a repeat next week.  If you are interested in adding mapping capabilities to your app, please join me for this webcast next week. When Jan. 9th 2:00P-3:30P EST (11:00A-12:30P PST) Where Register at this link: ...