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11月17日 必应地图更新使用条款,教育和非盈利机构可以免费使用随着本次必应地图(Bing Maps) SilverLight控件1.0的发布,微软也对原有的使用条款(terms of use )进行了修改,使之更容易理解,更容易入门。
微软原有的License Model中,针对Public Application根据Transaction数收费。一个Transaction是指一个地理编码(geocoding)请求/响应,一个路径请求/响应(如自驾路线、公交路线查询),一个本地搜索请求/响应,或请求8个地图瓦片(Tile,256x256像素)。Transaction在无状态(Stateless)API的情况下仍然有用,但是微软将补充引入Session的概念。Session在必应地图JavaScript控件和SilverLight控件中都适用。一个Session是指一个完整的地图访问访问,没有Tile数目的限制。以下是关于Session的详细解释
在了解了这些术语后,我们来看一下使用条款的具体内容。新的使用条款允许每年免费使用12.5万个Session或50万个Transaction,这对于一般的个人地图应用已经足够了。当然,如果你希望获得更多的地图请求以支持企业级应用,请访问微软Marketing page。微软提供了灵活的License Model。此外,关于traffic和鸟瞰图(Bird‘s Eye)也有一些补充限制,请阅读完整的Terms of Use 。 Educators - 针对教育机构,现在可以无限制的使用必应地图。以下内容摘自使用条款:educational use under this Section 2(i) means use by public and private K-12 schools, universities, community colleges and other collegiate level institutions such as vocational schools, trade schools and career colleges, including their faculty, staff, and students。基本上包含了中学、大学、研究所、职高等各种教育性机构。关于教育机构使用条款的权利和约束,请访问Terms of Use。 Not-for-Profits - 非营利机构可以无限制使用必应地图。以下摘自使用条款:to be considered non-profit organization use under this Section 2(i) you must be a tax exempt organization。关于非盈利机构使用条款的权利和约束,请访问Terms of Use。 Commercial, non-commercial and government – 对于企业内部应用、导航定位类应用以及政府应用,需要额外得到微软授权。当然在商业、非商业项目以及政府项目还没有正式上线使用之前,微软提供免费试用期以供开发、测试。 如果您还有问题或者并不了解你的应用所属分类,请访问 new licensing page。 微软在英国推出必应地图今天心血来潮上百度搜了一下“必应地图”,发现前十个结果中居然有两条关于微软在英国推出正式版必应搜索引擎及必应地图:“据国外媒体报道。。。”。我还是来个国内版的吧
其实之前英国的用户访问微软地图服务,将会跳转到MultiMap.com主页。事实上MultiMap在英国还是很强大的,有点相当于中国的MapABC,只不过MultiMap还做全球地图生意。自从微软收购MultiMap以后,就一直忙着整合必应地图和MultiMap地图。现在终于有结果了,在英国访问必应地图(http://maps.bing.com/?mkt=en-uk),你会发现地图数据来自MultiMap,但是引擎采用了最新的Bing Maps SilverLight Control。具体内容我就不完整介绍了,感兴趣的同学自己通过上面的链接体验吧。和必应地图其他国家不同的是,英国必应地图提供了另外几种道路图模式:
London Street Map:更详细的伦敦道路图
Ordnance Survey Map:一直没能整明白这个地图是干嘛的。查了一下Ordnance Survey貌似是英国陆军测量局。
不过我还是很喜欢英国必应地图的卫星照片和航拍照片,清晰度相当的高,应该能够达到0.3米,口水。啥时候能在中国提供这么高精度的图片呢?
11月11日 微软发布必应地图SilverLight控件1.0经过数月的CTP预览版本,微软终于发布必应地图SilverLight 1.0版(Bing Maps Silverlight Control Version 1.0)。关于必应地图SilverLight版的好处我就不多费口舌了,总之就是通过RIA(Rich Internet Application)创造下一代LBS位置服务应用。还是直接进入主题,看看必应地图SilverLight控件1.0都有什么内容。
<object id='slCtl' data="data:application/x-silverlight,"type="application/x-silverlight-2" width="800" height="500"> <param name="source" value="http://dev.virtualearth.net/silverlight/mapcontrol/v1/Microsoft.Maps.MapControl.xap" /> <param name="enableHtmlAccess" value="true" /> <param name="initParams" value="ApplicationId=Your Key”/> </object> Bing Maps Silverlight SDK支持的描述性feature如下
Set Animation
Set Map View (rectangle, center point, map mode)
Set Culture (localized maps)
Set Visibility of the scale bar
Capture user targets (rectangle, center point, zoom level)
Location (coordinates)
Add Pushpins
Capturing Events (mouse, keyboard, Bing Maps)
Drawing
(Silverlight) http://dev.virtualearth.net/embeddedMap/v1/silverlight/aerial?zoomLevel=10¢er=47.5_-122.5&pushpins=47.5_-122.5
(AJAX) http://dev.virtualearth.net/embeddedMap/v1/AJAX/aerial?zoomLevel=10¢er=47.5_-122.5&pushpins=47.5_-122.5
嵌入式地图支持如下feature:
Map Mode: Set the map mode. mapMode={Road, Aerial, AerialWithLabels, Birdseye, BirdseyeWithLabels}
Zoom Level: Set the map zoom level: zoomLevel={1-21}
Center: Set the map center point: center={latitude_longitude}
Heading: Set the map heading: heading:{North, South, East, West}
Pushpins: Places pushpins on the map: pushpins={latitude_longitude}
Culture: Set the map localization: culture={en-us}
我们还修改了使用条款(Terms of Use),详情参见Chris的Blog: "Bing Maps Terms of Use Changes; Benefit Educators, Not-for-Profits and Developers." 以下是一些有用的资源: 必应地图Silverlight控件下载(.dlls 在.msi包中) 另外可以看一个必应地图SilverLight控件视频(the video about what the Bing Maps Silverlight Control) 必应地图华丽更新本来我想把标题取的更华丽一些,比如“必应地图革命性的升级”之类的。但是,这次更新离我想象中的还有些距离,至少我之前看到的内部版不完全是这样的,因此姑且算是个过渡版本吧,期待更完美必应地图
不过无论如何,这次升级动作比较大,整体界面风格和之前的版本有了彻底的变化。主要的更新包括以下内容:
11月10日 必应地图2.0!今天,必应地图发布2.0版本,将会有很大变化。敬请关注http://maps.bing.com/ 。
我会带来详细介绍。
11月5日 微软必应地图赞助Navteq 2010年LBS全球大赛 想挑战吗?有很好的创意?想赢得数十万奖金吗?来参加Navteq的2010年LBS全球大奖赛吧!微软必应地图首次赞助此项赛事。任何对LBS位置业务、移动和互联网有热情的开发人员都可以参与这次盛事,并有机会赢取全球知名公司的投资。你就是下一个LiveCast, Skyhook Wireless 或 Navman – 之前的获奖项目。什么是NAVTEQ LBS Challenge?以下文字摘自NAVTEQ的原文:the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge focused on driving the development and visibility of innovative location-based solutions (LBS) for wireless devices. The Global LBS Challenge has become the premier event in the wireless industry and a global symbol of LBS innovation and opportunity. From business applications to sports, travel and security, integrating the accuracy and richness of NAVTEQ digital map data facilitates the discovery of the next wave of LBS using dynamic positioning technology.
NAVTEQ Global LBS大奖赛重点关注无线设备上具有创新性的LBS应用,从体育、旅游到安全等各个领域,结合Navteq丰富准确的地图数据,探索下一代LBS业务。
EMEA - February 14, 2010 – Barcelona, Spain – Mobile World Congress North America – March 30, 2010 – San Jose, USA – Where 2.0 India – April 29, 2010 – New Delhi, India South America – May 25, 2010 – Sao Paolo, Brazil – Geo Summit Asia – June 14, 2010 – Singapore - CommunicAsia 大赛注册地址:http://www.nn4d.com/site/global/market/lbs_challenge/p_lbs_home.jsp。亚洲地区的注册截止日期为2010年3月5日,请大家抓紧时间。 更多关于此次LBS Challenge,请关注微软主页。 10月29日 微软必应地图数据更新10月27日,微软必应地图(Bing Maps Global)再次更新了大量地图数据,总计约65TB。此次更新主要集中在爱尔兰、斯堪的纳维亚地区以及珠穆朗玛峰等地。中国区域更新的城市(卫星地图)包括:
内蒙古牙克石市(又是第一次听说的地名),326平方公里;
辽宁锦西,2299平方公里;
山西云冈,1573平方公里;
山东济南,647平方公里;
山西渭南(骊山),591平方公里;
安徽淮南,620平方公里;
江苏江阴,386平方公里;
江苏崇明,349平方公里;
福建漳州,675平方公里;
福建南平,3641平方公里;
登陆http://bingmapsupdates.cloudapp.net/可以查看微软必应地图全球数据更新的情况。 9月24日 必应地图讲座webcast微软会不定期的组织必应地图的在线讲座,介绍一些开发入门、不同行业的解决方案,甚至一些合作伙伴的demo等等。遗憾的是整个讲座都是英文的,并且通常时间都安排在回笼觉之前。不过反正是免费的,就当是练习英语听力了,顺便看图说话一下,七七八八的也能猜个大概。
下面是讲座的通告,又可以练习阅读理解了
On October 8, 2009 - the Bing Maps for Enterprise team is conducting a Level 100 webcast focused on Bing Maps as a visualization tool for SharePoint content:
Momentum Webcast: Use Bing Maps with SharePoint Server for a Better View of Your Business
Chris Pendleton will deliver this webcast with Microsoft partners - IDV Solutions, SpeakTech, and Habanero Consulting – who will demonstrate how they have integrated SharePoint and Bing Maps to deliver compelling solutions for their customers.
Please see the attached invitation for you to send to customers & prospects. We would like to invite business and technical decision makers to attend the webcast, showing the benefits of bringing business intelligence to life using Bing Maps with Sharepoint.
The webcast occurs less than two weeks before the upcoming Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2009 (10/19-22, Las Vegas). Chris Pendleton & Eric Waldman are conducting a Bing Maps session at this conference. As a prelude, please encourage your customers to register for this October 8th webcast.
· Yes, this webcast will be available on demand post 10/8 (same link as above) · Yes, the Sharepoint product team is promoting this webcast on their home page under ‘Featured News’. · www.microsoft.com/maps home page has a direct link to register for this webcast
Please let me know if you have further questions. 以上洋文大致可以翻译为:不参加这次讲座,人生就不完整了。 8月28日 必应地图(Bing Maps)最新更新微软必应地图(Bing Maps)8月数据更新is live!此次更新的卫星地图数据覆盖面积超过10万平方公里,say,101,468 square KM。中国地区只更新了两个城市,一个是兰州,另一个是Gongzhuling。上网查了查,应该是东北的公主岭吧?好吧,我以前不知道有gongzhuling这个地方。
到现在也不理解负责数据更新的那帮哥们的工作思路,提了好几次先更新那些大城市的数据,但是每次都整几个我从来没去过的地方,甚至都不知道在哪儿。看到临边的那个撮尔小国每次都更新大量数据,还有3D和航拍图片,颇为无奈。谁让人家market share大,revenue大,所以priority高。
漫游一下,想起星际争霸游戏在韩国这么流行,当时颇为不理解。后来发现星际争霸的销量在韩国居然比中国要高,但是人口总数只有中国的约1/30。老外还是比较现实的,哪儿赚钱更多就重视哪儿。
再漫游一下,中国好像也不是哪个地方都差的。平均房价/人均收入比和资本主义国家相比好像只高不低,但愿我错了;和房市并列的车市,无论是家用轿车还是限量版名车,中国市场一枝独秀;
善哉,我不该生嗔念的。与其抱怨,不如多做一些实事。少关心些政治,多听一些王若琳的歌。88年出生小姑娘,居然唱的这么沉稳。
最后漫游一下,满眼都是近90后的人,老了。 8月5日 必应地图(Bing Maps)发布数据更新微软必应地图(Bing Maps,以前叫做虚拟地球)最近更新了一批总量为41TB的地理数据,包括卫星照片、航拍照片及矢量数据,覆盖了全球近19万平方公里,其中鸟瞰照片的面积为1.2万平方公里。想知道哪些区域更新了吗?登陆Bing Maps World Tour,体验一下微软SilverLight技术带来的超炫体验。 We just deployed 41TB of new satellite imagery, aerial photography and vector data for Bing Maps covering 189,000+ square kilometers of Earth including 12,000+ square kilometers of Bird’s Eye photography. Did we get your town this time? Check out the Bing Maps World Tour to sit back, relax and watch the Bing Maps Silverlight Control take you through every new local with new data. Alternatively, you can immerse yourself into the application and explore for yourself. 我查了一下,中国地区更新的卫星照片包括江苏南京,山东泰山,河南新乡,陕西渭南,河北宣化等地,以及台湾部分区域。需要说明的是这次数据更新主要针对Bing Maps全球网站,必应地图中国网站数据更新由微软中国研发集团单独部署。 7月17日 订阅必应地图(Bing Maps)电子月刊微软将针对必应地图(Bing Maps for Enterprise)发布电子月刊,详细介绍Bing Maps的全球最新消息,包括研发进展、应用案例等。
Each month we bring you global news highlights about Bing Maps for Enterprise, formerly known as Microsoft Virtual Earth, including regional events, new product releases and product enhancements, recent customer deployments, customer evidence such as case studies and testimonial videos, and important partner news. 想订阅的同学们可以上必应地图的官方网站http://www.microsoft.com/maps/,点击右侧Sign up for Bing Maps News即可。 7月6日 微软Windows 7将内置Bing Maps(必应地图) 7月2日举办的全国地理信息产业峰会专题论坛上,微软全球互联网必应地图资深战略顾问陶闯博士透露,微软将在一代操作系统Windows7中内置微软必应地图(Bing Maps)服务。
据介绍,内置的必应地图将支持微软的多个服务,包括聊天工具MSN、邮件工具Outlook、数据库Sql Server、资源管理门户搭建工具Sharepoint和游戏平台Xbox等。 此外,微软中国在本周公布了Windows7中文版部分零售盒装产品的建议零售价格。Windows7家庭普通版建议零售价为399元,家庭高级版建议零售价为699元。与Windows Vista对应产品相比,降价幅度超过20%。 陶博士可谓我在微软的启蒙老师,现在他虽然加入PPlive开始新的事业,他依然是微软资深战略顾问,微软的必应地图(以前称作虚拟地球)的发展陶博士功不可没。 6月9日 微软Bing Maps最新更新微软Bing Maps五月更新数据,覆盖面积超过24.8万平方公里,中国地区更新的卫星地图覆盖面积3570平方公里。微软提供了一个很有意思的网站,可以查看每次更新地图数据涉及的城市:http://bingmapsupdates.cloudapp.net/。这个网站是基于微软云计算平台,并且采用了Bing SilverLight Map Control。这个网站本身做的就很不错,很值得开发人员借鉴。
5月29日 微软Virtual Earth将拥有新的名字:Bing看到上面的logo了吗?没错,这将是微软Virtual Earth新的brand name:Bing。事实上,之前我们也注意到微软曾经采用过Kumo或者Kiev这两个过度名字,但是最终确认为Bing。坦白说,我都不知道该怎么赋予它一个中文名字。这意味着原来的“虚拟地球”将变成“Bing地图”(Bing Maps and Bing Maps for Enterprise)。套用Chris Pendleton的话,我也得换名片了,tile也将变成“Bing地图业务拓展经理”。我们都是微软的一个小Bing,呵呵。
来看看微软关于此次地图变名的公开信吧:
We’re excited to announce that Microsoft® Virtual Earth™ is getting a new name. Microsoft today announced the launch of an exciting new search product called Bing™. The new site will begin rolling out on June 1st and will be available to the world on June 3rd at www.Bing.com. Location information, mapping, and imagery are important investment areas for online search. Therefore, we have taken this opportunity to align the brand names of our mapping products offered to consumers and businesses with Bing.
On June 1, our mapping platform brand will change from Microsoft Virtual Earth to Bing maps for enterprise. Bing maps for enterprise is the mapping platform that underpins the Bing maps service (Bing.com/maps) and serves you and the thousands of organizations that use Microsoft mapping technology on their Web sites and in their applications. For more than 10 years, we have been providing mapping services to enterprises and organizations, and we continue to be committed to supporting you in achieving your goals.
What this means to you: · If you’re using the Virtual Earth, MapPoint™ Web Service, or Multimap APIs, the logo on your maps will change to Bing automatically on June 1. This is a logo change and does not affect performance or functionality. · You will see updates to our Web sites and case studies over the coming weeks, where Bing maps for enterprise will replace references to Virtual Earth.
If you have implemented the Virtual Earth logo in your application, please see the FAQs for more information about next steps. FAQ Q. How will this affect my organization’s solution? A. If you are using our mapping APIs, you will see the Bing watermark on content starting on June 1. This is a logo change only. This update will not introduce changes in performance or functionality of your application. The contract for your mapping service does not change in terms or duration. There is no action that you need to take. Q. Do the API calls change? A. No, the API calls will not change. They will still refer to Virtual Earth and MapPoint to help make sure that your implementation does not break and you do not need to make changes. Q. Will the API Terms of Use change? A. The API Terms of Use will be updated to replace the Microsoft Virtual Earth name with Bing maps for enterprise, but there is no other change to the terms. Q. What if I have implemented the logo myself? A. If you are not implementing the logo through the Virtual Earth, MapPoint Web Service, or Multimap APIs, please update your application to use the new Bing logo by September 1, 2009, at the latest. Logos may be obtained from your Microsoft contact (see below) for use with the mapping content in your application. Q. My organization is featured in a Virtual Earth case study or press release. Will you be updating it with the new brand? A. All new case studies and press releases after May 28, 2009, should feature the new brand. We will be updating some case studies to reflect the new brand and will contact you if necessary. We will not be updating press releases that predate the change. Q. What if I refer to the Microsoft Virtual Earth brand on my Web site? A. If you refer to Microsoft Virtual Earth on your Web site, we would like you to change your implementation to use the new name as soon as possible. If you would like to use the Bing logo or brand treatments on your Web site, please contact your Microsoft contact (see below) for approval and permission. Q. Whom should I contact for answers to questions? A. Contact your Bing maps for enterprise solution specialist or maplic@microsoft.com if you have further questions.
5月21日 微软Virtual Earth大幅提高性能翻译真是一门技术活,看起来一段挺激动人心的话,翻成中文完全没感觉了。 Great news on the performance front. As of now the Content Delivery Network (CDN) for the Virtual Earth Platform is live!!! 到了我这儿变成“微软宣布Virtual Earth采用CDN(Content Delivery Network),平台性能得到大幅提升”。有些人天生具有号召力和感染力,同样一句话能整的轻舞飞扬。或许我该尝试一下这种风格,这句话可以这么翻译: 值此建国60周年普天同庆之际,本着技术改变人类生活的精神,一扫经济危机之颓势,微软于近日宣布Virtual Earth平台采用CDN,平台整体性能获得质的飞跃!让我一起领略微软先进技术所带来的魅力吧!! 坦白说,我也不知道CDN具体是什么,假设类似发动机加个T,涡轮增加后马力更为强劲之类的。 言归正传,微软CDN是“云计算”战略中的一个重要环节,也是微软为提升Virtual Earth整体性能作出的重要投资。CDN由多个分布在不同地区(北美、亚洲、欧洲等)的数据中心组成,使得Virtual Earth的数据所处的位置更接近用户。 采用CDN的结果是Virtual Earth的访问速度提高了82%,无论是基于Virtual Earth AJAX Map Control还似乎Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control。本次发布的仅仅是整个计划的一部分,今年下半年将进一步扩展网络。 对于开发人员而言,如果您采用的是Silverlight Map Control,那么不需要做任何改动。如果是Ajax Map Control,只需要很小的改动就可以体验CDN所带来的改变,即增加如下地址中红色字体部分。 <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ecn.dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/mapcontrol.ashx?v=6.2"></script> 需要注意的是本次改进只针对VE全球平台。中国平台的数据因为本身就在国内,因此并不需要CDN技术。 4月1日 微软针对中小型企业推出BizSpark计划
关于Virtual Earth您可以得到的优惠如下
假如对BizSpark的Virtual Earth感兴趣,请联系: ditulic@microsoft.com (中国区域) maplic@microsoft.com (North America) mapemea@microsoft.com (EMEA region). 3月31日 微软Virtual Earth三月数据更新Virtual Earth全球平台在三月份再次更新数据,其中包括中国大陆地区一些城市的卫星照片。现在,我们可以看到八达岭长城的卫星照片了。
具体城市如下:
3月21日 Virtual Earth发布基于SilverLight的控件本周五,当地时间2009年3月18日,微软MIX‘09大会在美国拉斯维加斯举行。在本次大会上,微软Virtual Earth技术专家Chris Pendleton宣布微软发布基于SilverLight技术的地图控件。这对于广大开发人员及应用厂商而言是个喜讯。熟悉JavaScript的同志们知道,原有基于JavaScript的Virtual Earth控件在展示网页效果方面比较有限,无法将丰富的SilverLight元素(例如动画、视频、报表等)完美的呈现。现在,这将不再成为问题,基于SilverLight的Virtual Earth控件(VESL)为用户开发酷炫的地图应用提供了有效的方式。预计未来一周内,微软将提供VESL的下载。
基于VESL的应用效果参见:
3月12日 Weather Central and Virtual Earth on iPhone[From Chris Pendleton's Blog] Tomorrow, Weather Central is launching their new MyWeather application for the iPhone and it is pretty darn slick. Okay, sick! The application will provide you with weather updates in tabular format (iPhone tabular format is like candy), but more importantly it will also include weather overlays atop of Virtual Earth maps. You wanna know the temperature in San Diego...well, that's an easy it's 70 degrees. Easiest job in the world?...weather person in San Diego. Ok, how about somewhere like Maui, Orlando or Seattle where the weather can be somewhat unpredictable? Preset your locations on your iPhone and stay tuned. Plus, view the map with the slick iPhone interface. The best part (IMHO) is the weather overlays on the Virtual Earth maps which you can turn to landscape mode for a more comprehensive view of a specific area. Absolutely, incredible! "MyWeather Mobile is all about personalization and interactivity. It brings your weather to you, wherever you are, wherever you want it. Our GPS feature means you get precise weather exactly where you are—be it San Francisco, Denver or Whiskey Jug, Wyoming. You can touch it and shape it. MyWeather uses Microsoft’s Virtual Earth technology to display radar maps in stunning HD-quality that you can pinch, flick and zoom. Pinpoint your exact location and drill down to street level. Interact with hour-by-hour forecasted temps, wind speeds and precipitation by simply touching the screen and selecting the hour you want. Plan your day your way. This data is available for hundreds of locations in the U.S. Learn more " For those of you who have an iPhone, this is a great application for download! Lucky! |
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