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DRADIS - Code Master Challenge Entry

July 30, 2006

DRADIS is my entry for the Vista Code Master Challenge
If you think this is a good idea, please help me out and Digg this article
What is DRADIS(Direction Range Distance)?  Well the name DRADIS is borrowed from a computer program / radar system from the television series Battlestar Galactica.  I’d like to think that my version [...]

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Mapping + Gas prices mashup data — Where’s the beef?

July 16, 2006

With out a doubt my post about Google Maps + Gas price data + RSS is the most popular entry I have right now.  It’s apparent that people want this service – yet it’s not available.  The big limit here isn’t the presentation technology, its the lack of data itself.  This post is about some thoughts [...]

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MapPoint/MS Streets and Trips needs WPF/XAML

July 11, 2006

I’ve been all about mapping lately!  This weekend I purchased Microsoft Streets and Trips /w a GPS locator.  Also I’ve been tasked to investigate the Microsoft MapPoint API, A web service that provides maps and direction services.   I assume that behind the scenes it’s the same data that feeds both of these products.
Let’s start with [...]