How to use Virtual Earth platform as a developer
Virtual earth platform is not only for an Ajax map control and consumer map search site but also for complete spatial services and data. In this article, we will have a look how we can integrate Virtual earth in various ways.
Live maps- It provides its users powerful business and location search. It also offers its users ability to explore huge images at no cost. After sign in, you can import a layer or use the custom drawing tools to create your own layer. It has become very simple to use it for integrating the current site at no cost.
Ajax map control- This famous map control is used on non-profit and commercial sites all across the world. This control is stable and well documented.
3D map control- Though Ajax map control includes 3D mode, it has limitations in providing capabilities for 2D control. It includes only few options for 2D control like heading, pitch and altitude. The 3D control definitely does more than that.
VEWS Static Map- Virtual Earth Web Service offers SOAP based web services for accessing entire functionality of Virtual Earth. It also gives an ability to make a static map image. This map is very beneficial as they work efficiently on any machine, which can show pictures. Another advantage is anyone can customize it as per need.
Popfly – It is online, freely available mashup creator. Non-developers can use this effective tool for easily building a custom mashup.
Silverlight – It is framework of Microsoft’s Rich Internet Application. It is very well suited for Virtual earth and can be directly connected to VEWS from Silverlight To obtain services and images.
Windows forms – This is wonderful project, which lets you know how you can utilize web control of Virtual earth in Windows form application.
Movies/Video- Virtual earth is best suited for representing 3D visualizations of high quality. It is just a fabulous and realistic imagery of our globe combined with developing 3D cities and entire terrain model.
ASP.NET Map Control - It offers a fabulous server side model which works best with Virtual Earth and help you in obtaining the desired data which was not so simple before.
Vista – The idea behind this is to give functionality, which can be customized by its users. You can configure gadget as per your need, track assets, add number of copies of needed gadget etc.
Microsoft Surface – It is fact that no surface demonstration is accomplished devoid of Virtual Earth Map. Virtual provides its huge imagery and data for this purpose.
ESRI – ESRI, which is a software development, and Services Company, which provides geo database management and Geographic Information System (GIS) software, has declared integration of Virtual Earth into user’s desktop application. It also supports the integration of geodatabase management and server components for interacting and visualizing with layers of ESRI over the VE AJAX control.
iPhone – Virtual Earth provides an alternative registered solution for building a commercial IPhone application.
Windows mobile – It’s Live Search provides an efficient consumer mobile application for searching the information which direct and show on the Virtual Earth Map.
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