Valued Bing Maps for Enterprise Partner,

We are excited to announce that the latest release of the Bing Maps Platform is officially here! The Bing Maps Platform brings location data to life by making it easier to visualize, understand, and analyze. The rich imagery, quality geospatial data, and leading-edge technology of Bing Maps is already being used by thousands of organizations, governments, and developers worldwide. Now, with this latest release, it’s more powerful, faster, and easier to get started, due to improvements in three fundamental areas:

UNPRECEDENTED INNOVATION — Bing Maps now includes a Silverlight Control, so that the rich, multimedia benefits native to Silverlight, like embedded video, can now be integrated into Bing Maps.

PLATFORM PERFORMANCE — Our commitment to fast and accurate performance for users across the world continues with this latest release, including our growing network of global data centers that bring both services and content closer to our customers and their end users, as well as improved search and geocoding capabilities in Germany, the U.K., and the U.S.

EASY TO USE — New lightweight “keys” make the authentication process faster and easier, and provide access to the rich features of the Bing Maps APIs.

To learn more about the release, watch the announcement video and visit www.microsoft.com/maps for developer resources and detailed information.

Join Chris Pendleton, Microsoft Bing Maps Technical Evangelist, at 10 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, on Thursday, December 10, for an informational webcast on this latest release of the Bing Maps Platform. Register today.

If you have any questions, please contact your Bing Maps Sales Specialist, or visit the Web site.

Thank you,

The Bing Maps Platform Team

Microsoft Corporation