The Virtual Earth™ Map Control software development kit (SDK) consists of a complete set of reference topics for the Virtual Earth map control API. The following versions of the SDK are available.
Virtual Earth also provides an Interactive SDK available at http://dev.live.com/virtualearth/sdk/. The Interactive SDK offers hands-on, task-based demonstrations of features available in the version 6.0 API release, complete with code samples and links back to the reference SDK.
Additionally, the Virtual Earth Articles contain a variety of technical topics and coding techniques for the Virtual Earth developer.
If you have separately entered into a written MapPoint or Virtual Earth agreement with Microsoft, information about Billable Transactions can be found in the Customer Identification article.
Microsoft MapPoint Web Service is a hosted, programmable Web service that enables you to integrate high-quality maps, driving directions, distance calculations, proximity searches, and other location intelligence into your applications, business processes, and Web sites.
