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
![Birds Eye View - Static Birds Eye View - Static](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25fN3xki2Ec_8IlljQOH5FV1WbSZkCO9WAtosCXBZ9A6YrCacTxIAQ4RSikXPKD1PfAflQGKptPSfND3q5k7DBlaLMYsgUUq3gKgMCS49oBe64X6N8sGG98L1m1nt0EcFgPil/s400/staging_birds_eye_view.bmp)
Getting Static Birds eye Images Using Microsoft's Virtual Earth Web Service
try it here
http://cp.cloudapp.net/GetBirdsEyeImage.aspx
![Search Birds Eye View Static Search Birds Eye View Static](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_zx2lGq368rVzcuJprzT5v3lgpAT9dqQGDKCcMgAdknXv2KlMGhsOeXyoSP44CP8yumdx5PAD_H9SMoFbNDR6vpvY6xEf5rdkeyDW0PSjJxXT2O_HGgDfgDzbv6_wruVKpZQ/s400/search_birds_eye_view_static.bmp)
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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