Some of Bing map and Google map services are not free, For example, They will not provide a free Geo database to developer. Fortunately there are some open source geo information websites. Geonames.org is the one great open source and free geo services provider. About Geonames.org: The GeoNames geographical database is available for download free [Read More ...]
When we installed a web platform, for example, we installed a PHP or IIS version, How were you going to do if they released PHP or IIS new version? Normally you had to their update guide to do the update manually step by step. And another problem is that all the existing edition on your [Read More ...]
We have finished the first step: Apply a Bing map key to develop Bing map application. Now we are going to write code for a simple Bing map application. What we first need to do is install Bing map SDK, we have already had an article about Bing map SDK. but the SDK information updated [Read More ...]
Even you are an experienced Bing map developer, you still might forget how to start to develop a Bing map application after some time if you no more touch the Bing map stuff. So here we record some initial tings for Bing map development. Microsoft Bing map developer center site: http://www.microsoft.com/maps/ The first step you [Read More ...]
Jun 082011
Windows Live SkyDrive is a kind of cloud computing service which let user “Store, organize, and download your files, photos, and favorites onWindows Live servers, and access them from any computer with an Internet connection. Share photos and files that you create with your friends, collaborate on documents, or display photos and files that you [Read More ...]
Jun 012011
When you write web application using PHP or ASP.NET on local PC, maybe you have installed local web server so that you can debug on local machine. However, if you are using Windows 7, you might find localhost can not be opened in web browser or it is very slow to open. The first step [Read More ...]
May 292011
If your site is based on WordPress, the one of maintain tasks is updating WordPress since their new versions released time to time. When we write this updating blog, the latest stable WordPress version is 3.1.3 . First of First, read the warning from WordPress official site: WARNING: The upgrade process will affect all files [Read More ...]
Add Related Posts section in your article is nice for your article reader. The easy way is to find a plugin to install. and set a little bit to get it. Here we have another solution, maybe you do not want to install too much plugins in your blog. So you have to change code [Read More ...]
This is a my first blog using Windows Live Writer 2011. The first nice feature is I can see my preview of this article which I am writing offline. Because when I added this blog in Windows Live Writer, I was asked whether I want to download my blog theme to local so that [Read More ...]
When you build an ASP.NET application, you might fee some boring works which you have to install a SQL Server database , no matter you can install SQL Server Express version, but you still have to install it. and also, if you want to try your application without using Visual Studio, you have to install [Read More ...]