Virtual Earth Maps Flash API I have posted some code public that allows for Virtual Earth maps including birds eye view to be used in Flash. I intend to futher develop this to allow for at least adding placemarkers next.
http://www.flashdynamix.com/blog/index.php/2007/03/05/google-windows-maps-flash-api-v10-as2-source
Hope u find it of some use.
thanks
Shane M Tag: LOGO GOES HERE
SSL & VE5 (Destroying Users Faith in My Application) Spot on Rob!
In Mixed security mode where your accessing non SSL content, like the VE API and tiles, you will get the warning message I assume you are talking about.
VE does not support SSL and the best solution is to not use it. I would never claim that on mixed page that any part is secure.
If the data you are putting on the map has to to be secured I would:
a) Run that data within an intranet and restrict access.
b) Use Mappoint Web Service to generate static images supported under SSL.
The other option we have debated is whether you could setup a proxy service that supplied all the functionlaity of VE through SSL. This would require more thought.
John. Tag: LOGO GOES HERE
Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible? Hi there, I have programmed in C++ before and wanted to refresh all this by creating an add-in for Live Messenger. I downloaded Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition and started following this tutorial which uses Visual Studio and modified the registry so Live Messenger is ready to run add-ins. However, when I choose Class library from the New Project window, I end up with a bunch of .h and .cpp files and no .cs as shown in the tutorial. I can't find the Assembly name anywhere either. Is this a limitation of VC++ Express I decided it wouldn't be a big deal (yeah, bad attitude ) so I went ahead, added a reference to MessengerClient.dll and added more code to MyAddin.h but I can't get the program to compile (same thing happens when I add it to MyAddin.cpp). It just throws the following error: syntax error : missing ';' before '.' at line: using Microsoft.Messenger; I am a bit lost here as to what IDE I should use and how to get started on this! Can I develop add-ins with VC++2005 Express Edition Any help much appreciated. Thanks a bunch! Tag: LOGO GOES HERE
Setting up alerts for my own blog This is not a question about development but there's nowhere else to ask it so....
I have recently set up alerts for my blog ( http://blogs.conchango.com/jamiethomson/archive/2007/06/25/Get-alerted-when-I-update-my-blog.aspx ).
2 comments about this:
1) I want to go back in and edit some details of the alert (e.g. the message that gets presented)
2) I want to find out who has subscribed to the alert
Is it possible this functionality might be included in the future
-Jamie Tag: LOGO GOES HERE
Basic Live ID question Hi Alex,
You are correct. Are you sure that this is not the case currently If you look at the source code for the iframe you should see that it uses the application ID and some cookie checks to determine whether you are logged in or not.
Incidentally, to answer your other question about using iframes, in the final release it will be optional (though perhaps not recommended) and you will be able to construct your own Sign in/out links.
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Adding pushpins at specific altitude in 3D Ok, that was painful as it stopped working for me also.
It would appear you need to set a customIcon
veshape1.SetCustomIcon("pin.png");
and be running in a proper webserver not from the file system
eg localhost/flyingtest.htm
Then it works, I should do a video of flying pins......
John. Tag: LOGO GOES HERE
Tile Server and Security When using one's own tile server, are the images it serves sent directly to the end user's browser, without stopping (say at a MSFT server) along the way For my application, this is pretty important from a security perspective. Thanks. Tag: LOGO GOES HERE
why WLM doesn't call CreateTextService? I am programming with WLM 8.1.
Now I have a problem that ,in order to get or change input text in IMWindowClass, I hook "loadlibary" and check dll name,if it was named "Riched20.dll", I got CreateTextService function point and load ms riched20.dll. This way is available to msn 7,
But it is not available to WLM 8.I hooked CreateTextService ,but WLm 8 seems to not call CreateTextService function.
Could you tell me how to solve this problem
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Map Control position You can put in where ever you like with simple css positioning:
< style type ="text/css">
.dashboard { top : 200px!important ; left : 200px!important ;}
</ style >
The trick is you have to make sure this css is after the build in VE css styles, in FF the "!important" works, in IE make sure this is the last thing in your <head>
http://viavirtualearth.com/Wiki/MoveDashboard.ashx
John Tag: LOGO GOES HERE
How long does it take to get an invitation or can somone invite me? Started a presentation around PopFly and cannot actually do it as i need to use the actually program to give an insight to the program...if anyone can help or speed the process of inviting me my email is killerdragonlp@hotmail.com Tag: LOGO GOES HERE
Problems printing maps!! Hi all
I have problems when I try to print a map with a route drawn on it, in fact, tha problem is in Firefox browser.
It only prints the route and the icons, not the map, it like a transparent div is on the map and this browser can¡¯t print it.
Thanks
Sorry for my bad English! Tag: LOGO GOES HERE
PostGIS, MSVE and alot pf Polylines/Polygons I have been doing something similar with Oracle Spatial. What I ended up doing was passing in a Select with the appropriate where clause to select a rectangle and then included the convert to well known text function in the Select statement so instead of getting back a spatial object (ie geometry column), I got back a text string with all the coordinates of the polygons. In the .NET world, getstring returned the string with no problem (worked first try).
Brian Tag: LOGO GOES HERE
Where should I post questions regarding Live Mail Desktop Where should I post questions to find out technical details about the Live Desktop app I would like to know, for example, if it's possible to develop plug-ins for it (like for Outlook) and if so how it should be done.
Thanks! Tag: LOGO GOES HERE
app name couldn't modification chinese Hi,
I see the reasons for your request, but unfortunately there is nothing that we can do in the timeframe that you need (about one week). I have filed this as a bug and we will get to it as soon as possible.
I'm sorry I don't have a more satisfying answer. It looks like a English name for the Activity will have to do for now.
Thank you,
Gruia Tag: LOGO GOES HERE
SDK Recommendations Hi Guys, I have started on a new contract where the client wants to rebuild their Web Dashboard application. On their home page they currently have a Dundas map that plots out the locations of over 17,000 offices world wide. This is a very ineffective solution for what they want to do. They want to have the ability to mark problems on the map and be able to drill down to the location and be fed the details of the problems. I was looking a Google maps but I see where that is $10,000 min charge for internal non public facing sites + more money depending on number of requests. Then I started looking at Virtual Earth. I have not been able to find much information as to cost and one reference I saw indicated that there was no charge for the service so I wanted verify cost first. The second question I have is, keeping in mind that I want to plot over 17,000 location worldwide would you recommend using Virtual Earth or Map Point Web Service, and if the latter is there a charge for that Thanks Tim Tag: LOGO GOES HERE
Stupid question Where does the map run Client side or server For instance, If I want to draw lots of polygons on my map, do all the ploygon points need passed to the client
thanks! Tag: LOGO GOES HERE
newbie question: SOLAP, connecting VE to SQL SERVER 2005 for GeoRSS data? Hi,
I'm new to using VE and would like to see how people are accessing spatial data in SQL SERVER. Looking for ideas and examples.
I'm guessing that through a webservice one could access SQL SERVER (or SQL SERVER with Spatial extensions) and generate a quick GeoRSS file that could be usable by VE to populate a layer. I have not seen any examples of this being done.
Or perhaps VE is going to better interface to SQL SERVER in the near future (than just GeoRSS and MS.Live formats)
Thanks for any pointers! Tag: LOGO GOES HERE
WPF App using VE maps Hi,
I have to create an application using VE maps in WPF, the problem is that I can't get the map images to put them in a polygon. I've tried using the VE maps Control inside a WebBrowser control using interop, but the problem with this solution is that I can't draw WPF shapes on top of the WebBrowser control since it uses a diferent airspace from WPF. I even tried to look at the html generated by the map to see if I could grab the images somehow drawing the control offscreen, but it seems that the control renders with in memory HTML.
From what I've seen the SDK only talks about the control, i s there any othe process I can use to get the images
Thanks, Bruno Silva Multivector TI Tag: LOGO GOES HERE
Route Blue Line - Custom Is there a way to feed route markers into VE's routing methods to have it show the blue route line that actually follows the road instead of a straight polyline between points
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What is channel.htm in contacts control? I got everything working with contacts control upto the last "send selected" click. Then it failed, I put a channel.htm dummy file on the host page directory, but couldn't figure out how to get contacts out of the control to receivedata method. Can someone here answer about the channel.htm file and its contents, how to get data correctly to receiveData. thanks chandra Tag: LOGO GOES HERE
Newbie question The basic idea is if your site is non-commercial (that is you don't make money from it) and you use less then 100,000 "transactions" (a large amount so don't worry about it either) you can use the API for free. Find lots of info here and on the community site http://viavirtualearth.com
Now if you are going to make money from it or its going to be a massive site then you need to talk to MS licensing.
John. Tag: LOGO GOES HERE
Two Weeks - No Answers? Hi Don,
We made some significant upgrades to the Facebook block in our last release... so you'll need to make some changes and resave before we can go ahead to work on the original "3 block" problem that you reported for your mashup My_FB_Photo_Albums.
Would you have a look
Yours,
Michael Tag: LOGO GOES HERE
multiple routes Greg,
I didnt know that V5 has been release. I am told to upgrade our current application on the latest version of map control. As most the forums i visited, said that V5 is yet to released. Can you please provide me a link for getting any information on V5.
Also, how can we capture SVG polyline or the array of latlong points thourgh which the routes is traversed. The callback function just return a route object with general information about the route and its itineraries.
Well, if MS provides multi-points route feature in thier latest verion..that will certainly help all of us. Tag: LOGO GOES HERE
IE7 vs Firefox in Windows XP SP2 Is there a direct way in which we can load the the text to a xml dom such that it works on all popfly supported platforms Or do we have to write the browser dependent code ourselves This mime type issue occurs in other places too I suspect. For example del.icio.us rss feeds seem to be fetchable with environment.getXml in firefox, but not in ie7. A quick glance shows that the mime type is application/xhtml+xml for the feed. (I am still to investigate in detail) Tag: LOGO GOES HERE
Numbering Pushpins in V5 Okey doke, I'll try. Have you experimented with ASP.NET at all (1.1 or 2.0) Or will your current web hosting backend be solely ASP technology I have a feeling Derek is correct about the MSN driving directions and the individual pin icon rendering...I do something similar for a traffic xml feed. Anyhow, let me know about your .NET experience when you can. Tag: LOGO GOES HERE
Custom shapes I am trying to add a custom control over a number of locations on the map. This control looks like a little titlebar. When clicked, the bar grows into a dialog box with lots of buttons and stuff for interacting with the object at that geographic point via httprequest calls.
I can make the title bar appear over the object by adding a new shape at the location and setting the custom icon to be the control's source html. Sadly, the control's event handlers no longer work. And when I hover the mouse over the control, the shape's description box opens.
Is there some way to disable the description box from popping up Also, is there a way to get my event handlers to work Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Are "Windows Live Data" and "Astoria" the same or different? Michael:
I understand your point, but I don't think it applies in this case:
Windows Live Data and Astoria are not two products competing on the same space. Windows Live Data does not offer a toolkit to developers to expose their own data services, as Astoria does, and Astoria does not provides a permission system and an access mechanism to Windows Live services such as Windows Live Contacts.
Having more than a team working on solutions to similar or complementary problems as in this case is a good thing if the problems or the solutions are new and experimental. Remember than both projects are publishing alpha or CTP releases. The goal of an alpha or CTP release i to provide a 'proof of concept' implementation and receive feedback from users. They are intended as experimental and learning tools between Microsoft and the community. In cases like this, having different teams trying different approaches is good because it fosters innovation. I can't imagine working on a company where some executive, not matter how brilliant he or she is, dictates every detail or imposes a single point of view that kills other people's ideas and efforts. On the other hand, different teams providing incompatible solutions that differ only on their implementation but offer no new ideas and reinvent the wheel every time, is a waste of time and effort. In this case, I totally agree that it shoudl be fixed. Tag: LOGO GOES HERE
the VECustomIconSpecification.TextUnderline method work? I have a simple test page that uses the new class VECustomIconSpecification. I have a pushpin for which I want to add some text. Everything works fine except the method TextUnderline which when set to false does not work.
Is it something that has not been implemented yet
here is the code
function CreateMap()
{
map = new VEMap( 'myMap' );
map.onLoadMap = EventMapLoad;
map.LoadMap( new VELatLong(21.30440,-157.82461),16,VEMapStyle.Aerial, false );
}
function EventMapLoad()
{
var my_color = new VEColor(0,0,0,1);
var pixel = new VEPixel(0, -25);
my_icon = new VECustomIconSpecification()
my_icon.Image = null
my_icon.TextSize = 15
my_icon.TextOffset = pixel
my_icon.ForeColor = my_color
my_icon.TextUnderline = false //this line does not work
var shape1 = new VEShape(VEShapeType.Pushpin, new VELatLong(21.30090,-157.82466));
shape1.SetDescription( 'Hello world' );
shape1.SetCustomIcon(my_icon);
map.AddShape(shape1);
}
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PRINCEMS
WHATS THE MEANING OF THIS SENTECE HAS WRITEN IN POPFLY
who wants to make the logo they couldnt find a person i think they chose a logo from users logo monthly and after that select one logo like the start of google they wanted log for 1 yar and after that select one of them
thats a better idea "princems"..i also wondering if they put some beneficial program for Popfly Alpha users who really want to design logo for this program.