Microsoft GPS updated

Welcome I kind of like the new and improved Microsoft Virtual Earth
and I think you will agree.





Announcing the Silverlight Map Control CTP

Virtual Earth is announcing the release of the Virtual Earth SilverlightTM Map Control community technology preview (CTP), enabling a new level of performance and enhanced applications to support native video, animation, and vector graphics. Platforms now include Silverlight, AJAX, Virtual Earth Web Services (SOAP) or MapPoint Web Service (SOAP)

Google says it has distributed more than 100 million free copies of the Earth software since its June 2005 introduction.

Microsoft, the world's largest software maker, is touting its 3-D version of "Virtual Earth" as a more compelling alternative that provides "photorealistic" images of the 15 targeted cities: San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Detroit, Phoenix, Houston, Baltimore, Atlanta, Denver, Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas.

Additional cities are expected to be added in upcoming months.