By Soul Solutions on Monday, 29 October 2007

Keith on the MSDN forums just posted about a quick fix to support collections in V6. This is great news for people who needed to support their basic collections but I wondered if this now means we get 3D models as well? The answer is yes!

Click on the image to load a basic map with a very basic model of sydney's centre point tower.

The two additional lines to add are:

VE_CollectionsManagerConstants.Mark ...
         
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By Soul Solutions on Monday, 29 October 2007

This weekend I upgraded the code in the clustering example to Version 6 of Virtual Earth. This means we now utilise the bulk add shapes method and the bounds for a birdseye scene. Additionally I added some throttling logic for ajax webservices and showed how to provide legacy support for PNG icons in IE6.

Read the article here:

http://www.viawindowslive.com/Articles/VirtualEarth/ClusteringPinsinVirtualEarth6.aspx 

By Soul Solutions on Thursday, 18 October 2007

I've been busy with the release of Virtual Earth 6 this week exploring the new features and making some videos and articles.

A must read for any VE developer is the what's new Article I just finished:

http://www.viawindowslive.com/Articles/VirtualEarth/WhatsnewinVersion6.aspx

I'm very impressed by this release with no breaking changes and many good new features. The VWL site also has the new getting started article from MSDN if you feel like building your first map:

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By Soul Solutions on Saturday, 29 September 2007

I was made the moderator for the MSDN Virtual Earth Forums today. The idea is a moderator can help make the forums function better for everyone. How?

• Make sure Answers are marked as answers. This makes searching easier for others and also rewards the person who answers (Star system in place and top answer leader board)
• Create Sticky posts. A sticky post is stuck to the top of the forums, used wisely these can answer the immediate needs of common or timely questions and can prevent duplicate and repetitive posts.
• Remove duplicate posts. These annoy people that answer questions, typically it's a glitch in ... Read More »
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