Yesterday, Microsoft announced that its Live Search, Live Search Maps and Virtual Earth products will be rebranded to be under the "Bing" product name / branding. Live Search Maps will now be called Bing Maps, and Microsoft Virtual Earth will now be called "Bing Maps for Enterprise."

How does this relate to Simplovation and Web.Maps.VE?

Simply put, the transition from "Virtual Earth" to "Bing Maps for Enterprise" will be seamless. You will not need to download any updates from us to keep your maps working after the branding has changed. The Bing Maps for Enteprise JavaScript API will be downloaded from the existing URL that it is toda; the only difference is they will be changing the logo displayed on the map from "Virtual Earth" to say "Bing Maps" or "Bing Maps for Enterprise".

Also, we will not be making any breaking changes to Web.Maps.VE like changing the namespaces or product name. Web.Maps.VE v1.0 and v2.0 will remain "Web.Maps.VE" and the namespace will remain "Simplovation.Web.Maps.VE."

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Today we released the Web.Maps.VE v2.00.04 update release. This release includes a few new features that have been asked for by our customers, along with a couple of bug fixes.

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Here's a list of changes made in this update release:

New Features:

• MiniMapExtender Control JavaScript API - Added "SetHorizontalOffset" and "SetVerticalOffset" methods to the MiniMapExtender Control's Client-Side JavaScript API. Their usage is mentioned in the "Using the MiniMapExtender" Tutorial.
• Easily Resize the Map from Server-Side .NET or Client-Side JavaScript code - Added the capability for the Map controls Height and Width to get passed to/from the client and server during an asynchronous postback. Now when you change the Height or Width it will get reflected in the Map on the client. This release also added the "GetWidth" and "GetHeight" JavaScript API methods and fixed the "Resize" method so you can eaily and correctly resize the Map from within JavaScript. Both Server-Side and Client-Side examples have been added to the Sample Website.
• Color.FromHtml Method - The FromHtml static/shared method has been added to the Simplovation.Web.Maps.VE.Color object to allow for simple conversion from an HTML Color representation to the equivalent Simplovation.Web.Maps.VE.Color representation.
  

• Removing Multiple ShapeLayers during Async Postback - An issue with using the Map.Layers.Remove(), Map.Layers.RemoveAt() and Map.Layers.RemoveAll() methods to remove multiple shape layers during the same asynchronous postback was fixed.
• Rare Exception Thrown During Map.OnPreRender during Asynchronous Postbacks - Added an extra check that will reload the License file in case it happens to be Null during the OnPreRender method. Added some extra checks that will throw an exception with a meaningful message if the Page.Header happens to be Null.

You can view more details on each update release in the Web.Maps.VE v2.0 Product Roadmap.