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marchello2000 · 07-06-2007, 03:26 AM

OK. After I saw the post from Chuck I simply could not resist. Screw being tired, forget that I have a meeting ungodly early tomorrow - when you have an opportunity to give back to the MP3Car community you take it no matter what the cost, well, almost

Anyway, I wrote this quick and dirty tool that should do the trick. You will need .NET Framework 2.0, but 1.1 may do. You can use this URL to convert a ZIP code to lat/long which you will need for the utility: http://www.zipinfo.com/search/zipcode.htm.

Enter the lat/long, select zoom, hit preview, pan around, and when you are satisfied hit the download button. Select your Streetdeck\Virtual Earth folder (don't select the Hybrid folder inside), and voila!

The tool will download +-8 images of the hybrid map in each direction with the image you have in the preview in the center, very rough I know, but hey I whipped it up in the past 2 hours.

BIG DISCLAIMER: I don't actually have SD running right now so I could not verify that this thing works, so please don't judge too harshly. I will be fixing my CarPC and SD this weekend so I will give it a try and polish. But in the mean time try it and tell me what you think.

Download it from: http://www.vulfson.com/SDMapCache.exe

Mark

p.s. Thanks for the pointer Chuck!!!

07-06-2007, 03:26 AM	#16
marchello2000 Constant Bitrate Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Redmond, WA Posts: 182	Give this a try OK. After I saw the post from Chuck I simply could not resist. Screw being tired, forget that I have a meeting ungodly early tomorrow - when you have an opportunity to give back to the MP3Car community you take it no matter what the cost, well, almost Anyway, I wrote this quick and dirty tool that should do the trick. You will need .NET Framework 2.0, but 1.1 may do. You can use this URL to convert a ZIP code to lat/long which you will need for the utility: http://www.zipinfo.com/search/zipcode.htm. Enter the lat/long, select zoom, hit preview, pan around, and when you are satisfied hit the download button. Select your Streetdeck\Virtual Earth folder (don't select the Hybrid folder inside), and voila! The tool will download +-8 images of the hybrid map in each direction with the image you have in the preview in the center, very rough I know, but hey I whipped it up in the past 2 hours. BIG DISCLAIMER: I don't actually have SD running right now so I could not verify that this thing works, so please don't judge too harshly. I will be fixing my CarPC and SD this weekend so I will give it a try and polish. But in the mean time try it and tell me what you think. Download it from: http://www.vulfson.com/SDMapCache.exe Mark p.s. Thanks for the pointer Chuck!!!