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Microsoft Webcast: See How Virtual Earth 6.0 Provides an Immersive Web Experience (Level 100)

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gps - gis

Overview The Microsoft Virtual Earth platform is an integrated set of services providing quality geospatial data, rich imagery, cutting-edge technology, and dependable performance that helps organizations visualize data and provide immersive end-user experiences. With ongoing investments in innovation driven by customer feedback, the Virtual Earth platform continues to offer new map detail and imagery, feature enhancements, and robust platform capabilities. In this latest release, the Virtual Earth platform includes expanded accuracy, new tools, and enhanced infrastructure to empower organizations to build user connections to visualize data.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Microsoft
Live Date	6th November 2007 00:00 GMT
Format	Webcast
Topics	GPS - GIS, Virtual Reality

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