Silverlight

• Homepage http://silverlight.net
• Silverlight How Do I?" with Silverlight 2 Videos http://silverlight.net/Learn/videocat.aspx?cat=2
• Silverlight Quickstarts http://silverlight.net/quickstarts/managed.aspx
• Silverlight Hands-On Labs http://silverlight.net/learn/labs.aspx* Silverlight Error Message Tables http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb875979.aspx
• Silverlight Overviews and How-to Topics http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb188568.aspx
• Silverlight FAQ's http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/overview/faq.aspx

Silverlight Controls & Tools

• Free hosting account http://silverlight.live.com
• Siverlight De-Bug tool http://firstfloorsoftware.com/SilverlightSpy
• The Silverlight Toolkit http://www.codeplex.com/Silverlight
• Silverlight Extensions, Free silverlight controls library http://www.slextensions.net/ or http://www.codeplex.com/SLExtensions
• Silverlight Contrib is a collection of Silverlight Controls and API enhancements built for and by the Silverlight developer community. http://www.codeplex.com/silverlightcontrib
• Tool to Repacking your XAP file to reduce the filesize http://web-snippets.blogspot.com/2008/11/another-one-on-repacking-xaps-to-reduce.html
• Silverlight Unit Test Framework source code released http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2008/11/04/test-framework-source/

Silverlight Blogs

• Silverlight bugs and workarounds http://blogs.msdn.com/silverlight_sdk/pages/silverlight-bugs-and-workarounds.aspx
• ScottGu's Blog, Corporate Vice President in the Microsoft Developer Division http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/tags/Silverlight/default.aspx
• Tim Heuer's blog, very good resource http://timheuer.com/blog/
• Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek http://silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/default.aspx

Silverlight Websites

• Silverlight Cream, aggregation of links and information about Silverlight applications, code, games, tutorials, or resources http://www.silverlightcream.com/
• SilverlightShow - independent Silverlight community http://www.silverlightshow.net/
• Silverlight Tutrorials, very cool silverlight site http://www.nibblestutorials.net/
• 50+ Silverlight downloadable videos http://www.miketaulty.com/SLVideos.html

Deep Zoom

• Check out Hard Rock memorabilia http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/ Now stick these on the map surface.
• HDView team DeepZoom 360 Degree View example http://www.codeplex.com/HDViewSL

Web Services & Data

• GeoNames Free Web Services List http://www.geonames.org/export/ws-overview.html
• UNdata now searches over 55 million records. http://data.un.org/
• Free Redistributable Rich Data Sets http://infochimps.org/
• Free Map Data Points + Make you own and export them in a number of formats http://www.geocommons.com/
• The developer's resource for Web services, XML, APIs, SDK, and other distributed technologies. http://www.webservicelist.com/
• Free Web Services API to Common Knowledge http://www.librarything.com/services/webservices.php
• ShapeWiki a collaborative shape repository http://shapewiki.com/
• Mapufacture provides dynamic, customizable geographic information and collaborative mapping, with GeoRSS or KML feeds http://mapufacture.com/

Other Projects that can Intergrate with DeepEarth

• Silverglobe 3D globe you can spin around, set points on it etc... http://www.codeplex.com/silverglobe/
• ProgrammableWeb, Large List of API's you can use with DeepEarth to create your project http://www.programmableweb.com/apis/directory

Microsoft Expression

• Expression Studio 2 - free evaluation version that works with Silverlight 2 http://www.microsoft.com/expression
• Expression Web - building standards-based Web sites. http://www.microsoft.com/Expression/products/overview.aspx?key=web
• Expression Design - professional illustration and graphic design. http://www.microsoft.com/Expression/products/overview.aspx?key=design
• Expression Blend - creating engaging Web-connected experiences Silverlight and WPF. http://www.microsoft.com/Expression/products/overview.aspx?key=blend
• Expression Media - assets management as well as media encoding. http://www.microsoft.com/Expression/products/overview.aspx?key=media

Free Development Tools for Silverlight

• Visual Web Developer 2008, Express Edition, Free IDE from Microsoft to build Silverlight + DeepEarth projects http://www.microsoft.com/express/vwd/Default.aspx

Map/Tile Provider Infomation

• OpenStreetMap
  • OpenStreetMap License http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/OpenStreetMap_License
  • OpenStreetMap Legal FAQ http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Legal_FAQ
• Microsoft Virtual Earth
  • Microsoft Virtual Earth http://dev.live.com/virtualearth/
  • Microsoft Virtual Earth Licensing http://www.microsoft.com/virtualearth/product/licensing.aspx
  • Microsoft Virtual Earth Product Details http://www.microsoft.com/virtualearth/product/Default.aspx
  • Microsoft Virtual Earth FAQ's http://www.microsoft.com/virtualearth/product/faq.aspx
  • Microsoft Virtual Earth Platform API Terms of Use http://www.microsoft.com/virtualearth/product/terms.html
  • Microsoft Virtual Earth Web Services v. 1.0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc980922.aspx
  • Microsoft Virtual Earth Web Services Developer Account Sign Up https://mappoint-css.live.com/MwsSignup/Default.aspx
• Google Maps
  • Google Maps API Terms of Service http://code.google.com/apis/maps/terms.html
  • Google Maps API key Sign up http://code.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html
  • Google Enterprise - Google Maps API Premier http://www.google.com/enterprise/maps/
• WMS - Web Map Services
  • OpenGIS Web Map Service (WMS) Implementation Specification http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wms
  • WMS Sites - Visual catalog of public Web Mapping Service (WMS) resources online http://wms-sites.com/
  • OGC-Services.net - List of public OGC Web Services http://www.ogc-services.net/
  • OnEarth WMS server http://onearth.jpl.nasa.gov/tiled.html
  • OpenLayers: Free Maps for the Web http://openlayers.org/

Map Projection

• Map projection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection
• Mercator projection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_projection
• Gnomonic projection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnomonic_projection
• Winkel tripel projection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winkel_Tripel_projection

SQL Server 2008

• SQL Server 2008 + Virtual Earth http://johanneskebeck.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!42E1F70205EC8A96!3541.entry?_c=BlogPart
• SQL Server 2008 Spatial Tools http://sharpgis.net/page/SQL-Server-2008-Spatial-Tools.aspx
• Introduction to Spatial Coordinate Systems: Flat Maps for a Round Planet http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749633.aspx

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