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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.technet.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Digital Agencies : Virtual Earth</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/alexsmith/archive/tags/Virtual+Earth/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Virtual Earth</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>Virtual Earth UK New Partner Day</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/alexsmith/archive/2008/07/28/virtual-earth-uk-new-partner-day.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:01:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3094748</guid><dc:creator>Xandergraph</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/alexsmith/comments/3094748.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/alexsmith/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3094748</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-outline-level: 1"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;I know that my posts are going VE crazy at the moment but I am getting great&amp;nbsp;content from the&amp;nbsp;nice VE&amp;nbsp;team. Anyway, t&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;he next Virtual Earth UK new partner day has been organised to co-inside with Remix UK, in Brighton on 19&lt;SUP&gt; &lt;/SUP&gt;September – well worth attending if you are thinking of&amp;nbsp;developing using VE.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;“This event will comprise of a full day of informative sessions; you will hear from customers and partners who have utilised Virtual Earth as well as technical presentations and the latest updates from Virtual Earth.”&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"&gt;&lt;A href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&amp;amp;EventID=1032373673" mce_href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&amp;amp;EventID=1032373673"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;Find out more here&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;.::. Alex&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3094748" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/alexsmith/archive/tags/Virtual+Earth/default.aspx">Virtual Earth</category></item><item><title>Virtual Earth Examples</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/alexsmith/archive/2008/07/21/virtual-earth-examples.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:56:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3092033</guid><dc:creator>Xandergraph</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/alexsmith/comments/3092033.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/alexsmith/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3092033</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;I often get asked to provide lists of good websites to show as examples in a pitch, as a sort of ‘these people have done it so why can’t you’ or ‘look our creative can actually be executed!’.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;Here is the mother of all lists for Virtual Earth –&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.wayn.com/"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;http://www.wayn.com&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.mrandmrssmith.com/routeplanner/"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;http://www.mrandmrssmith.com/routeplanner/&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=venues&amp;amp;id=23"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=venues&amp;amp;id=23&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.recolight.co.uk/go/include/open-collection-points-map"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;http://www.recolight.co.uk/go/include/open-collection-points-map&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.choicehotels.de/hotels/hotel?hotel=GE001"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;http://www.choicehotels.de/hotels/hotel?hotel=GE001&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.georgewimpey.co.uk/gw/Search.aspx?pageIndex=0"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;http://www.georgewimpey.co.uk/gw/Search.aspx?pageIndex=0&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.immonet.de/de/areamap/landingpage/"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;http://www.immonet.de/de/areamap/landingpage/&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sportsdo.net/ActivityView.aspx?sid=7074"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;http://www.sportsdo.net/ActivityView.aspx?sid=7074&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://maps.weatherbug.com/"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;http://maps.weatherbug.com/&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://bankofamerica.via.infonow.net/locator/atmbranch/ListLoadAction.do"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;http://bankofamerica.via.infonow.net/locator/atmbranch/ListLoadAction.do&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href="http://voyazine.voyages-sncf.com/guide_voyages/?lat=41.5085&amp;amp;lon=80.5078&amp;amp;z=3"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;http://voyazine.voyages-sncf.com/guide_voyages/?lat=41.5085&amp;amp;lon=80.5078&amp;amp;z=3&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.fr-elec.com/veIndex.php"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;http://www.fr-elec.com/veIndex.php&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/school_report/7257540.stm"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/school_report/7257540.stm&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.rightmove.co.uk/"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;http://www.rightmove.co.uk&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href="http://holidays.easyjet.com/Deals.aspx"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;http://holidays.easyjet.com/Deals.aspx&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.joneslanglasalle.com/microsites/marketexplorer/"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;http://www.joneslanglasalle.com/microsites/marketexplorer/&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.tesco.com/storelocator/"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;http://www.tesco.com/storelocator/&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://antiques-et-cetera.bttradespace.com/_layouts/V3/Template/Tradespace/Mapping/MapLocation.aspx"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;http://antiques-et-cetera.bttradespace.com/_layouts/V3/Template/Tradespace/Mapping/MapLocation.aspx&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.marriott.com/search/findHotels.mi"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;http://www.marriott.com/search/findHotels.mi&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://trafficeye.co.uk/MapView.aspx"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;http://trafficeye.co.uk/MapView.aspx&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.discoverireland.ie/mappingve/AdvancedSearchByMap.aspx?resetSession=0"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;http://www.discoverireland.ie/mappingve/AdvancedSearchByMap.aspx?resetSession=0&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;Get mapping!&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;.::. Alex&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3092033" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/alexsmith/archive/tags/Virtual+Earth/default.aspx">Virtual Earth</category></item><item><title>Virtual Earth Webcasts</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/alexsmith/archive/2008/07/16/virtual-earth-webcasts.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:42:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3089741</guid><dc:creator>Xandergraph</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/alexsmith/comments/3089741.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/alexsmith/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3089741</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Virtual Earth Webcasts&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Today I met a really cool member of the virtual earth team. One thing that I learnt that there is a great schedule of introduction and overview webcasts on Virtual Earth. These are broadcast fortnightly in English and monthly in German and French.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoListParagraph style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"&gt;·&lt;SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.microsoft.com/virtualearth/resources/events.aspx" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/virtualearth/resources/events.aspx"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;You can find out when these take place by visiting here&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Or &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoListParagraph style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"&gt;·&lt;SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;A href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032378998&amp;amp;Culture=en-GB" mce_href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032378998&amp;amp;Culture=en-GB"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;You can view a pre-recorded webcast here&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;I will be attending the next one!&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;.::. Alex&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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