Windows 10: Accessing web maps from a Windows 10 PC

mickwooden · Oct 20, 2019

I've been having trouble accessing interactive maps on some sites that I need to use. I have tried accessing via MS Edge, Firefox and Chrome with the same results: the website shows up OK in the address bar, but the "waiting circle" keeps turning and never actually throws up the interactive map. As its all my available browsers showing the same issue, I can only assume the problem is a setting in Windows 10.

I can get to the sites on my Android phone using Chrome.

An example public website interactive map is at: http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/kyp/?edition=som

Any clues?

:)

Ahhzz · Oct 20, 2019

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

Open a new Explorer window.

Click View in the ribbon.

Click Options.

Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”

Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

Brink · Oct 20, 2019

Bing Maps V8 Web Control SDK October 2017 Update

Bird’s Eye map type now in dropdown

Bird’s eye imagery has been available in the Bing Maps V8 Web Control since May, but it could only be displayed programmatically. Now Bird’s eye is available in the map type dropdown just like all of the other map types. This option will be disabled (appear faded) when the map is centered over a location that does not have Bird’s eye imagery.

Limit Autosuggest suggestions to a single country

The Autosuggest manager now lets you specify a country to limit suggestions to using the new countryCode option. This takes in ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country region codes. See Autosuggest options for more details.

Enable CORs on tile layers

This new map option enables CORs (Cross Resource Sharing) on the base map tiles, as well as on all tile layers. This allows accessing the pixel data of the map canvas without any browser security issues. Check out this demo that uses this and the map canvas to generate a static image of the map. See map options for more details.

Customize the Drawing toolbar

You can now limit which toolbar options appear in the drawing toolbar. Try it now

GeoXmlLayer Events

The GeoXmlLayer class now supports all of the same events as the Layer class. If you are not familiar with the GeoXmlLayer, it was released as part of the GeoXml module in July and makes it easy to import and export common spatial file formats such as KML, KMZ, GeoRSS, GML (via GeoRSS) and GPX. Try it now | Documentation

Access Direction Pushpins

Access the pushpins of all waypoints rendered by the directions manager using the new getAllPushpins() function. Customize their look and feel or add events to them. See the DirectionsManager class for more details.

Upgrade your old Bing Maps apps to V8

Bing Maps versions 6.3 and 7 are both retired and are no longer supported. Be sure to upgrade your app to Bing Maps V8 Web Control and take advantage of all the great new features. Here are some useful resources:

Bing Maps V7 to V8 Migration Guide

Bing Maps V6.3 to V8 Migration Guide

Bing Maps V6.3 to V8 Shim

In Summary

A complete list of the new features added in this release can be found on the What’s New page in the documentation on MSDN. We have many other features and functionalities on the roadmap for the Bing Maps V8 Web Control, so watch our blog for more exciting updates and announcements. If you have any questions or feedback about the Bing Maps V8 Web Control, please let us know on the Bing Maps forums or visit the Bing Maps website to learn more about our Bing Maps V8 Web Control features.

- Bing Maps Team
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Source: Bing Maps V8 Web Control SDK October 2017 Update | Maps Blog

CK011885 · Oct 20, 2019

Installing Windows 10 on New PC?

I'm going to be building a new PC on Christmas and want to install Windows 10 on it. I have Windows 10 on my current PC, which I installed upgrading from 8.1 with the files on a USB. How do I go about installing a clean copy of Windows 10 on this new PC? I think I recall something about installing it once makes Microsoft recognize your hardware, but since this will be a PC I'm not sure what steps I need to take. Do I need to go 8.1 -> 10 or is there a method of going directly to 10?

Windows 10: Accessing web maps from a Windows 10 PC

Accessing web maps from a Windows 10 PC

Accessing web maps from a Windows 10 PC

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