Capturing Images in Virtual Earth

Is it possible to capture / record the animated pan and zoom from a certain point out in space and zoom in as close as possible. I then wish to use the resulting capture in a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. It would look better in animation mode rather than a series of photographic images. Thank you.
[304 byte] By [DiscoverIT] at [2008-2-22]
# 1

Possibly not quite the answer you're looking for but have you tried using 3rd Party tools?

I use SnagIT (http://www.techsmith.com/snagit.asp) which is especially good for something like you're trying to do and is excellent value for only $40.

Colin Brown
MSN MVP

Hackersoft at 2007-8-30 > top of Msdn Tech,Windows Live Developer Forums,Virtual Earth: Map Control Development...
# 2

Hi,

You could try using Wink http://www.debugmode.com/wink/
It records the screen/window to a Flash (.swf) animation, just tried it myself with VE and it worked quite well, it's also FREE

Cheers
Mike

MikeyB987 at 2007-8-30 > top of Msdn Tech,Windows Live Developer Forums,Virtual Earth: Map Control Development...
# 3

Theoretically you may be able to do this using the .Net Webclient or using a HTTPRequest and grabbing the image from the stream. Then you could use GDI+ to render the image/add overlays etc..

I haven't tried this, but it may be something I need to do soon anyway ...

DaveBritton at 2007-8-30 > top of Msdn Tech,Windows Live Developer Forums,Virtual Earth: Map Control Development...

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