Microsoft 'Static' Birds Eye View [Staging Preview]
Microsoft 'Static' Birds Eye View [Staging Preview]
Virtual Earth April 2009 update:
"This release is a mere 9+ TB of data; however, it covers over 1 million square kilometers of Earth"
http://blogs.msdn.com/virtualearth/archive/2009/04/28/virtual-earth-imagery-release-april-2009.aspx
The Microsoft Virtual Earth Web Service SDK now allows you to access images in a static way
The are advantages to this including:
- Creating seamless 'stitched' images
- Generation for mobile devices (non-javascript or flash based)
- Inserting into documents
Getting Static Birds eye Images Using Microsoft's Virtual Earth Web Service
try it here
http://cp.cloudapp.net/GetBirdsEyeImage.aspx
courtesy of Chris Pendleton
Also available for road, aerial, hybrid tiles for use in desktop and mobile access.
see
http://blogs.msdn.com/virtualearth/archive/2009/04/23/rendering-static-virtual-earth-bird-s-eye-images.aspx
for more information
Labels: Birds Eye, Mode, Preview, Staging, Static, Virtual Earth
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