Silverlight 1.1 VirtualEarth Viewer Article 08/21/2007 Microsoft Live Search Maps (aka Virtual Earth) at https://maps.live.com, is fantastic web technology that just keeps on getting better and better with birds-eye views, persistent collections, directions, etc. However, given that its ...
Building an interactive and visually compelling Mandelbrot viewer for browsers is something I've wanted to do since the first day I laid eyes on Silverlight. Dynamic Deep Zoom made it possible. The downside, of course, is that the images are generated on the server and downloaded to the clien...
Summary:The Microsoft® TerraServer stores aerial and satellite images of the earth in a Microsoft SQL Server™ database served to the public through the Internet. It is the world's largest atlas, combining five terabytes of image data from the United States Geodetic Survey, SOVINFORMSPUTNIK,...
Silverlight 1.1 VirtualEarth ViewerGreg Schecter has released up to the Silverlight gallery a great new control that will allow you to use Virtual Earth inside of a Silverlight control. Greg notes in his BLOG entry that the URL's used to obtain the tiles are NOT guaranteed to work ...
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The point within the orbit of a satellite where the satellite is farthest from the earth.application-defined messageA message created by an application to be used by its own windows or to communicate with windows in other processes. If an application creates its own message, the window ...
physics. Precise weather patterns and realistic environmental effects add depth and challenge to your piloting adventures. Enjoy detailed simulations, interactive controls, and an intuitive user interface to enhance your gaming experience. Conquer the virtual aviation world like never before with Pilot ...
Satellite Images of the Urban World.Pictures have a universal appeal, so it was natural to pick a graphical application. Aerial images of the urban world seemed to be a good application. The earth's surface is about 500 square tera-meters. 75 percent is water, 20 percent of the rest is...
A positional component can include a global positioning satellite (GPS) component for receiving and processing GPS signals or a component for receiving position information based on triangulation to wireless base stations, an image recognition system for recognizing at least one object in image data ...
A novel virtual calling card system and method aid in the formation of online relationships, serving as an introduction tool and as a contact mechanism. The calling card is an exchangeable entity that is automatically updated, ensuring that the recipient or viewer sees the most current version of...