Virtual Earth App aims to combine the functionality of MS virtual earth, Google maps and wikimapia. Users can search and compare the results in three engines at a time so that they can quickly access
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the information. As we've built this in a modular fashion, it is easy to add new functionality. If you have any suggestions/bug reports, please let us know in Issues.
Version:1.0 Beta
RequirementsMSAgent Genie Model [ Find it in the downloads section ] .NET Framework 2 Internet Explorer 6+ JavaScript should be enabled. Features:You can search the same query both in live maps and google maps. Wikimapia support will be added soon. For example, enter pizza in what column and hyderabad in where column and search. The map view will be automatically updated in three engines, so that user can quickly refer the information. User can mark locations as favourite places. Can add the information for them. But this changes are local. These changes will not appear on the internet. Users can directly view the traffic changes by a single click. Mini Map view is also supported. 3D view is also supported for virtual earth maps. But you have to install a plugin called virtual earth 3D. Different views of the map are also supported [ like road, aerial, hybrid etc., ] All the useful actions are added in the action toolbar placed at the bottom. Start Help tour from Help->Help tour for help. Limitations:Since, I used COM to javascript communication, you might face some problems if you start different operations at a time. As there is some delay in release of Wikimapia api, We embedded the whole site as it is. So, some functionalities are not available in virtual earth app. Integrating the google maps is also incomplete. All these limitations will be fixed in the next release hopefully. Locate Me functionality is currently not available. Layers module is also not completed and will be added in the next release. You can mark favourites only in virtual Earth and default zoom level is 10. Known BugsYour windows partition should be C:\ Temporary solution is, if your windows partition is E, copy E:\Windows\msagent to C:\Windows\msagent [Less]