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Microsoft's Next Windows API Change Will Break Some Apps
2025-05-11 09:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
Microsoft has deprecated the UWP Map control API in Windows. Windows applications using that feature to embed Bing maps will stop receiving updated maps, and they will eventually stop working entirely. Microsofts own Maps app might also shut down.Microsoft introduced the MapControl API in Windows 10, which allowed apps to display maps using data from Bing. It was a helpful feature for weather applications, device tracking tools, and anywhere else an app might need to show a world map or local area. However, it was a component in the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) architecture, which was never a popular way to build Windows applications. Microsoft merged UWP back into Win32 with Project Reunion, and most UWP functionality is now available to traditional Windows apps.The MapControl API was powered by Bing Maps for Enterprise, which has already been retired in favor of Microsofts newer Azure Maps service. Microsoft announced today that the Windows UWP Map control is now officially dep...
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King Charles giggles as he meets Italian PM in lively get-together
2025-05-11 05:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
King Charles and Queen Camilla have started their 20th wedding anniversary in the middle of their state visit to Italy by heading off for separate engagements with the King having a lively meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia MeloniNewsRussell Myers, Royal Editor in Rome Royal Editor15:26, 09 Apr 2025The King and Queen headed their separate ways for engagements as they marked their 20th anniversary in Rome today with Charles enjoying a lively meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The pair held an animated conversation during their first official meeting, taking a tour of the gardens and Baroque architecture of the Villa Doria Pamphili on the third day of the state visit to Italy.The pair greeted one another warmly, laughing and gesticulating throughout their time in the 17th century countryside palace with views over Rome and the Vatican. They appeared to find common ground while talking about the garden, which including neat mazes and a fountain, before settling d...
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What's new in ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps 200.7
2025-05-11 05:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
ArcGIS Blog Developers Developers Apr 09, 2025 By Rex Hansen and Nick Furness, Mike Branscomb and Shimona Lahiri The 200.7 release of the ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps refines the editing experience for mobile workers with a particular focus on editing utility networks in the field. Were also introducing queries on dynamic entity layers, a new way to overlay content on 2D maps, significant capabilities to the new Flutter SDK, new toolkit components across the various SDKs, and more.Editing enhancements for utility networksOver the last few releases weve delivered new functionality with feature forms and the geometry editor which improve editing workflows, especially when working with mobile devices in the field. The geometry editors powerful snapping capabilities, in conjunction with haptic feedback and the optional reticle tool, have greatly enhanced geometry creation and editing on touch-based devices like tablets and phones.200.7 adds rules-based snapping to the geometry edito...
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