REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 24, 2002 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the release of MSN® MapPoint™ through the MSN network of Internet services. Built on the MapPoint .NET Platform, MSN MapPoint expands ...

.NET, its first commercially available SOAP/XML Web service. MapPoint .NET is a programmable platform for mapping and location-based services. Developed and hosted by Microsoft, MapPoint .NET enables ...

* Microsoft offers MapPoint online map as a Web service There are a number of things I am fascinated by: clocks and watches, old copies of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and maps. And if there is ...

REDMOND, Wash. — July 24, 2005 — Microsoft Corp. today announced beta availability of MSN® Virtual Earth™, a new Web service that further builds on the company’s investment in the search category by ...

MSN is to offer series of APIs for MSN Search, MSN Virtual Earth, MSN Messenger and MapPoint for developers who wish to tap into or enhance these products. The program and information isn’t live yet, ...

MapsPoint will ultimately be replaced by MSN Virtual Earth. Right now, MapsPoint covers over 30 countries, however, MSN Virtual Earth is just the US now. They are working fast to cover more countries.

.NET version 3.0, the newest version of its flexible Web service platform for mapping and location-based services, early adopters of the technology already see its benefits. Dollar Rent A Car Systems ...

I get all giddy when I hear there are new APIs coming out. APIs gives developers the freedom to express a level of creativity they might not be able to reach without APIs. Just think of all the ...

Microsoft said Tuesday that it will acquire Vicinity, a provider of online maps and directions, in a cash-for-stock transaction worth $96 million. Under the terms of the deal, Vicinity's products will ...

2. In the Start section, select "Norway" from the list box and enter "Haugesund" into the "City" field 3. In the End section, select "Norway" from the list box and enter "Trondheim" into the "City" ...

Microsoft’s MSN division will add to its search engine in about two weeks a local search index for finding business directory listings, and later on will enhance this local index with MSN Virtual ...