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  • 'Checkerboard' effect when using road/hybrid mapping
    by todd_bulky
    8 Replies
    Last post by Duncan Garratt
      • About a month ago now I started experiencing a 'checkerboard' effect when viewing Virtual Earth's Road or Hybrid tiles. Every other tile to the north, south east and west is 'missing' i.e. completely blank. This seems only to be happening on my machine (not other clients in my office), and happens whether I'm using my own software to view VE or using a reliable meter like local.live.com. The effec
  • Transparency
    by QuestionToBeAnswered
    18 Replies
    Last post by QuestionToBeAnswered
      • I tried to overlay transparent gif tiles over the map and they don't render transparent. They render white. Has anyone tried to put transparent gifs over the map
  • SQL Server and Virtual Earth
    by mj_liscio
    1 Replies
    Last post by Jared H
      • Hello All, I am writing a DotNetNuke module using VB.Net that has Virtual Earth Pull Latitudes and Longitudes from a SQL database if the zoom Level is over 5. I have my function that detects the zoom level and I have verified that it is working function endZoom(e) { alert(e.view.zoomLevel); ViewVE.zoom(); } // end of end zoom I also have VB.Net code that pull
  • problems with Virtual Earth/Indeed.com
    by ldh987
    10 Replies
    Last post by ldh987
      • Hi - I'm a tech neophyte, so not sure if I'm doing something wrong or there's a bug, but I've linked Virtual Earth and Indeed.com and am getting an error when I try to preview it in IE or Firefox. When I look at the Virtual Earth block, it shows that it's pulling inputs from Indeed.com. But when I look at the Indeed.com block, even though it gives me the option to select Virtual Earth as the input
  • Add 3D object on Virtual Earth Map/
    by Khenat.Ram
    2 Replies
    Last post by Khenat.Ram
      • Hi, I wants to add a 3D object on virtual earth map.Is it possible If yes what all formats of 3D maps I could place on Virtual earth maps & How
  • How to start an activity from Add-In API?
    by woiwoi
    1 Replies
    Last post by Jeroen Bransen - J-Thread
      • I want to make a robot that may invite people to start an activity. But I cannot find information in the AddIn API reference. It only mentioned three methods, SendActionMessage, SendNudgeMessage, and SendTextMessage. How can I implement that I see other robots are capable of this. Thank you.
  • automatic image georeferencing in VE
    by pictearth
    4 Replies
    Last post by SoulSolutions
      • Usually working with gis software, I recently played with mapcruncher. Interface is great to place matching points between personnal images and VE. Is it possible to "feed" directly VE with the known coordinates (available for example in a tfw or jgw) rather than pointing manualy each tie point What we usually have is image top left set to 0.0, and we know this point coordinate is yyyyy
  • Use Virtual Earth data in 3D games?
    by jeffmorris
    4 Replies
    Last post by jeffmorris
      • Is it possible for me to use Virtual Earth data in 3D games that I will be creating I would like to create a driving simulator where I drive a vehicle around New York City area. If I can't use Virtual Earth data in 3D games, are there any way of getting 3D map data from other places
  • Photo Upload Tool
    by Space Support
    14 Replies
    Last post by nikkigwen
      • Photo Upload Tool  - The photo upload tool is designed to allow you to upload pictures in a dedicated storage assigned to your space.  You can rearange these photos into albums and arrange them in the order you want them to be displayed.  You can also choose which pictures you do not wish to be made visible on your MSN Spaces photo album.  Many people are having dif
  • Web Services
    by Weavor
    3 Replies
    Last post by Danny Thorpe MSFT
      • Hello guys, and gals its another day another doller, I hope. Todays question is about web services. In my gandering around the MSDN forums I keep comming accross web services. These nifty little bouts of code allow you to access a function from a webpage that is not normaly available. Thats a great thing and like the Live Search, Custom Domains and a few other's on live.com it can be really handy.
  • Can you exaggerate the terrain differential in 3D view?
    by todd_bulky
    4 Replies
    Last post by Duncan Lawler
      • Just a quick question - i wanted to see if it were possible to (as you can in Google Earth) 'exaggerate' the terrain in VE 3D view. The terrain around the area i am studying is quite flat, but i need to see it in greater relief for the purposes of gravity calculation. Any suggestions/solutions welcome!
  • How to diable the sign-out option in Windows Messenger
    by vivilan
    0 Replies
    Last post by vivilan
      • Hi, I wonder if there's any way can disable or greyed out the sign-out option in Windows Messenger. We just don't want the user sign-out the IM while they're at work. Thank you
  • VE Printing
    by bberndtson
    2 Replies
    Last post by bberndtson
      • Hello all, First Post: I am trying to (print / clipboard) the VE map and shapes only... I seem to be able to print just the map, but no pins or polys show up... I have looked around on the net and have had no luck... Does anyone have an answer or direction to send me Thanks in Advance, Brandon
  • Multiple OnGotRoute calls
    by sydneyausguy
    0 Replies
    Last post by sydneyausguy
      • Ok here is the problem, I want to create a page that shows multiple driving directions, so for the whole day there is driving to point 1 then from point 1 to point 2 then from point 3 to point 4. I create div's dynamically but the problem is i don't know when the ongotroute call get's fired. I want to call ongotroute and pass the div.id so it knows where to place the directions any ideas If
  • I'm so SICK of those new "better" versions!
    by Alfx
    14 Replies
    Last post by flip08
      • I don't have windows live. I use the old regular hotmail. I totally hate this whole windows live stuff. The old ones were working just as fine just without alot of unnecessary pictures and animations and loaded way faster. Now I MUST upgrade my msn 7.5 to a new *cough* slower and crappier *cough* version I'm so sick of this, my old version worked perfectly, if I could I
  • no way of activating built in web cam (computer doesn't recognise it is there)
    by unknown_101
    2 Replies
    Last post by rock_n_c
      • I have just recently bought a new laptop with windows vista and I know I have a web cam built into the computer I can see the lense but I can't seem to access it anywhere in my control panel or computer directory settings, when I am on windows live messenger (msn) it doesn't even reconise that I have a web cam and there is no option to set it up. Any idea where I could locate the activation for my
  • Virtual Earth IP question
    by 5n0wCr@5h
    4 Replies
    Last post by 5n0wCr@5h
      • [If this is wrong thread my apologies, please direct me to correct thread]. Q: If we provide the mapping data points where does the data go i.e. when the mapping data points leave our intranet where does that data go We optimally would not want our proprietary mapping data points to leave our network. And related to that how then do the maps get updated Thank you very much in advance.
  • Windows Live Problems, Signing in not working
    by Matty1989
    14 Replies
    Last post by Kayla
      • When i sign in, it gives me and error message and says that the Windows Live Service is currently unavailable, i need help, is it me or is Windows Live not working at the pressent time.
  • Where is Firefox support?
    by Robs Pierre
    9 Replies
    Last post by Robs Pierre
      • Does anybody have any ideas why my site loads in IE7 but not firefox 2.0.0.1 I have tried the work around from Marc Sutton (Codev Ltd) but it doesn't seem to have resolved anything. If anyone code take a look I'd really appreciate it. http://www.gisconsultancy.com/photomap/photomap.html Kind Regards, Rob
  • The ABGreetingProc
    by CECILIA1123
    2 Replies
    Last post by Gruia Pitigoi-Aron - MSFT
      • The ABGreetingProc is a way for a bot to display a message to the user when he opens a chat Window with the bot, but we find it didn¡¯t work unless we use MSN message 7.5, neither in WLM 8.1 or WLM 8.5. Did the clients influence ABGreetingProc
  • When?
    by zebandido
    1 Replies
    Last post by Josh Brown - MSFT
      • Hi When it gets out the @live.com domain I would love to know it... and by the way... my e-mail goes to @live.com Thanks to all
  • Without SHA256 ?
    by Alex131089
    2 Replies
    Last post by becker_dev
      • Hello, I'm trying to get the LiveID working on my Windows Wista based computer, using Apache and Ruby, and I'm getting a problem : it seem that the ruby OpenSSL doesn't support SHA256 under windows . I can use Code Snippet Digest::SHA256.digest(key) (loading digest/sha2), but not Code Snippet OpenSSL::Digest::SHA256.digest(key) . Do
  • Changable image settings
    by Burgin
    2 Replies
    Last post by Derek Chan
      • Is there any way you can open a new page that picks up the current setting ie 'Centre LatLong', 'view type', 'zoom level' etc from the linking page
  • Virtual Earth error?
    by Dylan72
    14 Replies
    Last post by Dylan72
      • I hve a MashUp "WindGeoPhotoFeed" which I've been experimenting with. It doesn't seem to work under IE6. Is this expected behaviour I get "Error: VEMap is undefined." It's been a few days since I tried it, but now it doesn't work.
  • how can i change my live id (this is different)
    by farukt
    2 Replies
    Last post by farukt
      • hi. i sent e mail to support team before. it contains: "hi sir. my name is faruk turan. i am from turkiye. first sory for my english. i will try to tell my problem if i can. things you should know: 1. i have a mail adres. that is faruk@farukturan.com (before) 2. than i tried windows live domains or whatever it is. create account for farukturan.com with adres admin@farukturan.com to cre