A great news for ASP.NET developers, the Virtual Earth ASP.NET control will be shipped in the Windows Live Tools July CTP. A proper ASP.NET toolbox control with support from Microsoft will allow simply integration into your projects. Critically the control needs to stay in sync with the latest updates to the Virtual Earth platform.

In other Virtual Earth news, Mark Brown announced the upcoming release of a “completely new SOAP-based web service” that opens up massive possibilities for those wanting to harness the platform in a RIA using flash or indeed more exciting, Silverlight2.

Finally Chris Pendleton has the low down on another massive imagery update, this month 69.2 TB! Check out the 3 new Version 2 cities, Vienna, Seattle and Miami over at http://maps.live.com

Source:→ LiveSide