Monthly Archives: November 2009

Drag and drop images on a Silverlight application

One of the great new features of Silverlight 4 is drag-drop. This makes it possible to drag files from your OS onto the Silverlight application. In this tutorial we’ll create a ListBox and make it possible to drop images from … Continue reading

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Dallas – Information as a Service

We are witnessing information explosion over the internet, tons of information is getting accumulated in. However, we still struggle to get the “Accurate and Authentic Data”. Have you ever needed the zip code of a city, route to reach a … Continue reading

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Clustering with the Bing Maps Silverlight Control

Publishing to Windows Azure In the previous 2 parts we have created a Photo-Map with the Bing Maps Silverlight Control and implemented server-side clustering. Now we are going to publish this application to Windows Azure. Let’s start with the photos. … Continue reading

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Bing Maps Silverlight Control & Photosynth

Last week we launched a new wave of Bing Maps. My esteemed colleague Chris Pendleton has blogged about some of the changes here, here, here and here. One of the main announcements has been the launch of the Bing Maps … Continue reading

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Lynda.com – Silverlight Essential Training

Lynda.com – Silverlight Essential Training | 523.44 MB Mike Harsh is the program manager on the Silverlight team at Microsoft. In Silverlight Essential Training, he gives viewers an insider’s look into this powerful application. Mike teaches each step in the … Continue reading

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Microsoft introduces Silverlight streaming for iPhone

Apple is known for being rather stubborn when it comes to foreign technology on their devices, particularly the iPhone. Flash is still banned from the product, and Silverlight was presumed to be the same. However, Microsoft has apparently worked with … Continue reading

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Dynamic Tile Layers in the Bing Maps Silverlight Control

Yesterday I was scheduled to present at Microsoft Reading unfortunately things came up at work and I could not attend. A colleague of mine filled in and gave my presentation. For all those who are interested in this presentation the … Continue reading

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Bing Maps Custom Tile Skinner

There is a product called “CloudMade” which gives you the ability to choose amongst a large number of map types that have different skins. You can either create your own skins or use a pre-existing skin from the following page … Continue reading

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