Above The Cloud

Virtual Earth is one of those Live Services that most people have probably heard about. It is extremely easy to introduce VE style maps into your application via the controls found in the Live SDK. Just drag and drop a server side VE control onto your ASP.NET application and its done!

In the past I’ve blogged about competitions that I’ve heard about on my other blog. This one comes from Craig Bailey on Twitter.

http://www.craigbailey.net/live/post/2009/03/15/Virtual-Earth-Developer-Contest.aspx

Essentially you don’t even need a completed application to show. Just demo something cool via video that is using Virtual Earth and you’re in the running. Or even just write an article about a new concept that utilises the technology. For example, you might have an idea for a JavaScript game that uses the VE surface as a backdrop.

So get the creative juices flowing. Apparently you get a free T-shirt just for submitting an entry!