自2005年地图搜索服务兴起以及Google公司在线地图Google Map的发布,web地图服务成为新一轮竞争热点,微软、雅虎及亚马逊等公司纷纷参与竞争。本文介绍了微软Virtual Earth API最为重要的几个功能及其实现方法,演示了使用Virtual Earth技术建立Web地图服务的方法,为学习微软Virtual Earth制图技术和使用Virtual Earth地图控件提供借鉴。
Since the rising of the search service of the map in 2005,and with the issuance of on-line map from Google,the search service of the map becomes the new competition hotspot,the Microsoft,Yahoo,Amazon have been entering the competition.This paper highlights some of the most salient features of the Virtual Earth APIs and demonstrates the application method of Microsoft's Virtual Earth technology in the building of web map service,which can provide useful reference for studying the virtual earth mapping techno...