Localization support for 13 languages?
On the Virtual Earth site it is stated that the API has support for 13 languages. Does anybody know what kind of support this is? What can you get in these languages?
http://www.microsoft.com/virtualearth/products/geooverview.mspx
Utilizing MapPoint Web Service’s SOAP API, Virtual Earth platform customers can utilize maps with street-level detail for 67 countries/regions in 13 languages.
| ? | 50 countries/regions in Europe |
| ? | Four countries in North America and the Caribbean |
| ? | Three countries in South America |
| ? | Five countries in the Asia/Pacific region |
| ? | Five countries in Northern Africa |
| ? | Localization support for 13 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, and Swedish |
I'm also interested in this, can't seem to find any information what so ever regarding these features other than that they (presumably) exist. Would be nice if someone could point me (us) in the right direction how to localize your implementation of virtual earth.
Thanks
Johan
Edit: After more digging, i found this thread, which states that this support is for mappoint, not VE - http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=629774&SiteID=1
Guess the editors has not gotten around to change this somewhat confusing text yet.
Actually, it's not a typo but the wording may be a bit confusing. If your a Virtual Earth customer (paying) then you normally have access to use the Mappoint Web Service production servers bundled with your contract. However you are correct that it is MWS that supports localization in these languages and not VE
Hope that clarifies things