Twenty ways to use the Virtual Earth Platform as a developer

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by John OBrien  

The virtual earth platform is much more then just a consumer map search site and an Ajax map control, it’s an entire platform of spatial services and data. In this article I will cover no less then twenty ways in which you can integrate Virtual Earth.

3. 3D Map Control

http://blogs.msdn.com/VirtualEarth3D/

Although the AJAX Map Control contains a 3D mode it is limited to providing the exact functionality of the 2D control with only a couple of extra options including altitude, pitch and heading. The 3D control itself can do significantly more. However, currently it is mostly undocumented and supported by Microsoft.

A web browser plug-in installed from the maps.live.com site or from the Microsoft Download centre, VE3D runs in both Firefox and Internet Explorer. Once installed a developer can code “plug ins” in C# to enhance the 3D control. An example of how this maybe used in JavaScript follows:

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