Mapping + Games

http://www.andybeaulieu.com/silverlight/DestroyAll/Default.html

Web game that uses VE's BirdsEye View imagery as the background.

KML closer to an OGC standard

http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/44454-1.html

Slashgeo linked to the story above. Microsoft is said to be joining the OGC soon. It would be fun to see them using OGC standard KML. Can you imagine VE importing and exporting KML? :)

Polygon search on a real estate web site

http://www.johnlscott.com/default.aspx

A real estate site using a polygon search. Some good and bad to pick from on this interface, definitely worth looking at since we'll have to do a poly search interface soon too. Uses VE for the mapping engine.

Lost in the mix, Microsoft adds 3d markets

Including New York City, Tampa, and some other cities. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/may07/05-28NYC3DMA.mspx

but i can barely pay attention, that new google streetview kicks butt.

Virtual Earth imagery/3D updates

It's a pretty long list, but has some random places. Was Beaverton, OR really high on anyone's list for 3D coverage?

http://blogs.msdn.com/virtualearth/archive/2007/04/28/april-2007-virtual-earth-imagery-release.aspx

Oh, and they've moved to version 5.0, whatever that means. I'm hopeful there's more pain of recoding than cool new features for those that chose the VE path over Google. Yah, I'm a jerk.

New York City in 3D, in Microsoft VE

We're going to hear about this... sigh.

http://virtualearth4gov.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!369B39F890CE30C1!341.entry