[2005] connect to virtual earth / google earth

[bambo]

Hello,

I've an asp.net 2 (vb.net) application with sql server.

the database has addresses and I would like to be able to display an address upon clicking it with ms virtual earth /google earth, and also with 2d map such as google maps.

any ideas how it can be done?

[Fishcake]

You can integrate google maps fairly easily using the API, Google earth will be a bit tricky as it's a desktop application but see here for more info.

[bambo]

thank you for that!

the problem is that I need my asp. net application to show maps of specific street addresses, and as I understand google maps only shows area by latitudes and longitudes.

do you know some service that supply maps by street addresses, I don't mind paying a small fee for this kind of service.

or maybe other ideas how to show maps for specific addresses?

p.s. all the maps that I need are U.S. maps, most of them are of New York.

[bambo]

I just saw something about yahoo maps, and it saids that they support displaying a map of a given address.

does anyone knows this service?

do you recommend working with it?

I've tried a bit to display a specific zip code, and it does give me the map of its area, but the zip code address itself is not marked on the map itself. do you know how to solve this?

[venkat3475]

Hi
U can use microsoft map point.u have to pay for this .and i am not much familar with the question u asked

regards
Venkat

[bambo]

Thanks !

I can't find how much does it cost...

[mendhak]

Hello,

I've an asp.net 2 (vb.net) application with sql server.

the database has addresses and I would like to be able to display an address upon clicking it with ms virtual earth /google earth, and also with 2d map such as google maps.

any ideas how it can be done?

The COM API that Fishcake has shown you, provided by Google, will be able to issue commands to an existing instance of Google Earth. Which means you'll have to create an ActiveX wrapper to be placed on your page, which wraps the functionality of the Google Earth COM application (both of which will need to be installed on the end user's machine, and we know how browsers prevent such malicious activities from taking place nowadays).

[bambo]

Thanks for the detailed reply.

OK, I guess using google earth is out of the question...

I just read about microsoft map point service, and it seems quite good with routing, do you know about it?

also, I couldn't find if its free or not.

[mendhak]

Google Maps is just as efficient when it comes to routing.

[crpietschmann]

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