How to Use Google Maps in Silverlight
Microsoft's Silverlight technology is a direct competitor of Adobe Flash. It is a platform that provides interactive Web experience for users. It has its own map viewer, known as Silverlight Earth, which supports maps from Microsoft Virtual Earth, Yahoo Maps and Google Maps. Besides showing road and topographical maps, it can also display satellite images of the earth. For getting a closer look at any location, all you have to do is click on it and zoom.
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Visit the website of Silverlight Earth (see the Resources section of this article).
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Select "Google Road" or "Google Topo" for seeing the maps of locations. To zoom, simply click on the map or use the zoom button on the page.
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Enter latitude and longitude figures of a place you want to search.
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Click the button "Google Satellite" for viewing the satellite images of earth.
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