Recent update: 2008-3-21
Here is a VE based mashup to track visitors on e-bay auctions or craigslist listings. http://www.nethram.com/visitor/ebay.htmlAnd here is an e-bay listing that uses this ...
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ajma at 2008-3-6
Latitude:N 48° 31' 28.79"Longitude:W 123° 9' 26.96"If I have latitude and longitude such as the above coordinates, what do I pass into the VELatLong constructor for ...
Hello,I'm typically generating routes that have 8-12 stops on them. Using MapPoint Web Services this was no problem. Is there a way to generate a route (i'll provide the ordering) of more than 2 points connected by a driving route (green marked road). Also, it would be great if this could be ...
I have a map with many push pins and want to control which pins sit on top of the others. With the previous version, V2, you could change the z-index to control this, but this appears to have gone? Is this correct? Is there another method now? Thanks
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ssambi at 2008-3-1
Hi, I'm using VE v3 and I need to resize my map because it's not of fixed size. I've noticed that in v2 there was a "Resize" method, but not in v3. Is there a way to do this? I've tried reloading the map and it works, but you have to redraw pushpins and polylines. Thanks
Is there a way I can turn off bird's eye view? This option was available in version 2 but I don't see anything in the SDK that allows this in version 3. Thanks, Scott
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DilipK at 2008-2-27
The PolyLine feature is a great feature in V3. I can now create a polygon for my geo-fence. However, I don't know how to figure out whether a new LatLong is within my previously defined polygon. Can somebody help? Thanks.
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Webbee at 2008-2-26
I am working with a CRM web app that creates lists. I want to pass this list to a page that has the map. My problem is getting the server side data to the client side code of VE? I have tried to use a session array but must be doing something wrong. The code is writen is javascript and I could ...
I am seeking a top-notch Virtual Earth developer skilled in C# and Javascript. This is a fulltime postion located in Denver, CO with a super state of the art technology company. Send your resume in confidence to ...
I would like to make a page on our company's site that uses Virtual Earth to show a pushpin for each location (up to 9000).Does a single plot where I provide the longs and lats constitue a transaction? Or, does the term geocode only apply if I pass something like an address and the service ...
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qnim at 2008-2-23
I have found a way to make pushpins appear above polylines, but currently only in Firefox (and other browsers that use SVG). I'm confident that something very similar will work for IE but I've decided to stick with Google Maps, so hopefully someone will complete the solution and post the ...
I know that this can be done using yahoo.maps/beta but not yet with Microsoft Virtual Earth…. I have a requirement to display a map that shows the route between a number of points (possibly up to 20) but normally just 8. I will provide to the API the best optimized route around the points – ...
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. ...
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BillNg at 2008-2-21
When I include virtual earth javascript, all images which style is "border: 1px solid" becomes invalid. When I remove virtual earth script, all work fine. Is it a bug? Any solution to make "border: 1px solid" work ? Regards, Bill Ng
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Mchafu at 2008-2-20
Hi guys,Just started playing with the API. I am trying to add a pushpin to general points e.g. Cities, Provinces, Postal Codes but everytime I try to the pushpin appears in a totally different point.Any insight would be much appreciated.ThanksK<html> <head> ...
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xLiNkx at 2008-2-19
<P>Looks as though all VE based mapping sites are down? Anyone else experiencing this? </P> <P>even <a target="_blank" title=" http://local.live.com" href=" http://local.live.com/default.htm"> http://local.live.com</a></P> <P>(3:30pm 07/05/06)</P>
I'm fairly new to javascript, and, as such, I have what I feel like should be a simple question.I want to get the coordinates (either pixel x, y or latitude, longitude will do) of where the user clicks on the map. I want to place push pins where they click, and, ultimately, I want to allow a ...
I'm pleasure to notice you a spanish research project about fleet management and capacited vehicle routing problems (at Polythecnic University of Valencia - Spain). The project is in his first stages. This desktop software uses Ms VE v3 (developed under Visual Studio.NET). You can visit the ...
Some pages in our site using V3 are experiencing this js error.Line: 2Char: 159480Error: 'footer' is undefinedSo far, we haven't been able to isolate what is causing this.Seems like others are having the problem too: http://pietschsoft.com/Blog/Post.aspx?PostID=1302 Anyone know what causes ...
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Cadey at 2008-2-15
Hi has anyone managed to handle the on click event of a push pin yet because i cant find any events for such a thing?You can tell something happens because (in IE at least) you can hear the normal "tick" noise just like when you click a link, when you click on a pushpin, I need to be ...
Hello,I've been trying to figure out the way v3 address resolution works so I've been playing around with Find method as per the interactive SDK. In my code:1) the post back doesn't seem to work2) the results seem to have a mind of their own. All similars are populated on the map and ...
Doing more development, adding layers of pushpins to the map.When the layer is added map.AddLayer(MyLayer); or is shown map.ShowLayer(MyLayerID); the map location is moved and zoomed to show all the pushpins within that layer.I don't want the map to move or zoom when the layer is shown, I'd ...
Has anyone else encountered these issues or know of workarounds? -Tim
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Xacc at 2008-2-15
Hey all, I've tried doing a search of this forum for this but so far I havn't found anything. This seems like a really simple problem, or so I'm hoping. I've been fiddling with virtual earth since yesterday and going by these pages, I've succesfully inserted a map control in a little site ...
Hi,There are streets & towns not shown in Virtual Earth. My question then is:1. How do add "details" (e.g. additional streets & towns) into Virtual Earth?2. How can I get a listing of all the towns or streets in a particular area in Virtual Earth? ...
I'm looking to migrate an existing commercial application that uses MapPoint to Virtual Earth but there seems to be a couple of key features that are not supported in Virtual Earth.1. We need geocode addresses on the server side using FindService.Find(). Virtual Earth only seems to support ...
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msdice at 2008-2-13
Is there a way to sort the pushpins by name in a collection? Also, is there a way to find a pushpin by name in the provided GUI? I'm looking for included functionality in the local.live.com website, not custom development. Thanks, --Mike
Is it possible to build thematic maps using the virtual Earth SDK? For example making regions different colours based on their population density. Thanks, Andrew
Is there a way to have the control recognize when two pushpins are on top of each other and draw them with a temporary offset so both pins could be seen? Thanks.
I am interested in obtaining the necessary time of a route (not only the distance). For example, from A origin to B point. Is possible to do this? How? Thanks in advance Alex
I am working on an application where GIS is used heavily. One of my requirement right now is to show the Satellite hybrid image centered at a lat, log in a specified zoom level. Here come my question. Can I use Virtual earth in windows forms application with .Net 2.0?
I pull some HTML from a server dynamiclly and the pop up isn't wide enough. Anyone know of a way to resize the default pop up window? Thanks Wayne
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Fanda at 2008-2-8
If I trigger an onclick function while in Bird's View, the LatLong coordinates in the event object are null. It works fine in Road and Aerial views.
Hi I'm wondered if someone could give me a quick pointer on how to solve this problem…I have a VEMap upon which I add a few PushPins and draw a PolyLine. Unfortunately the PushPins appear under the PolyLine which both looks a bit crappy and the PushPins are hard to select.Eg. ...
I have a simple map at: http://nethram.dyndns.org/hotel/abc.htmlThe map has a pushpin in Arizona, the pushpin shows up in IE, but not in firefox. Any pointers would ...
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Sappo at 2008-2-7
Has anyone found away to do this? I what to be able to find my dealers (loaded onto layer form rss.xml file) using the find but it only ever finds <em>VECollection</em> items. Any ideas?
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ramcnu at 2008-2-7
when i use locally api.css and ero.css files in v3 mapcontrol , i am not getting compass control and panning not working? Can any one help me to use api.css and ero.css files locally in v3 mapcontrol?
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Sappo at 2008-2-7
Hi,I have been playing with VE for about 5 hours now and I love it, but at least 2 of those hours have been trying to load an xml file (dealers.xml, which is sorted in the same folder) of dealers. I just can't get a single one to display.So could somebody please show me the code to do this. If ...
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dylanh at 2008-2-6
Hi everyone.I have been messing around with VE, to convert some code which previously used Gmaps to render mountain bike routes. It uses a polyline to represent the actual course of a route, and some (customised) pushpins to show various points-of-interest on the route. The data is sourced via ...
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San71 at 2008-2-6
I want to display a square on the map. The square corner coordinates are calculated as follows: I have a center and a 'radius'. I calculated the corner coordinates via the WGS84 earth model. To get the north-east coordinate for example, I move the distance of the radius to the north and the ...
Dear Microsoft,The v1 Customer control isn't so great. As an alternate to v1 Commercial, can we use v3 with the what/where turned on? It produces the same results (i.e. ad based model) and would encourage a higher level of adoption - as it's far easier to use than ...
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DilipK at 2008-2-5
During my development, I had to refresh my webpage every so often. I noticed that over a period of time the map was taking longer and longer to refresh. In fact, at one point, it took 35 seconds. So, I decided to do some testing. With the help of the "window.setTimeout()" function, I ...
Does anybody have any ideas?
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San71 at 2008-2-4
I want to display a square on the map. The square corner coordinates are calculated as follows: I have a center and a 'radius'. I calculated the corner coordinates via the WGS84 earth model. To get the north-east coordinate for example, I move the distance of the radius to the north and the ...
Is there a way I can turn off bird's eye view? This option was available in version 2 but I don't see anything in the SDK that allows this in version 3. Thanks, Scott
Hi all How can I add routes between existing places on the map using the virtual earth development platform? please guide.
I'm looking to migrate an existing commercial application that uses MapPoint to Virtual Earth but there seems to be a couple of key features that are not supported in Virtual Earth. 1. We need geocode addresses on the server side using FindService.Find(). Virtual Earth only seems to support ...
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Neilgd at 2008-2-3
Hi, Is there any way to create a custom overlay? I believe this is possible with Google maps; it would be good if it were with Microsoft Live as well.
Hey there, i have been trying to add a "zoom in/out" link within the push pin pop-up message but have not ben able to make much progress - is there anybody here that could point me in the right direction please? Here is the basic code i am using if this helps you understand the situ ...
Does anybody have any ideas?