Deep Zoom and maps from Yandex, Microsoft and Google

The developers of the Chelyabinsk B & Z Labs , Alexey Zakharov and Alexander Bindyu , made a very interesting application using the Deep Zoom technology, which is included in Silverlight 2.

The Maps and Silverlight application allows you to combine the information capabilities of the Yandex.Maps map services, Microsoft Virtual Earth and Google Maps and the Silverlight 2 visual features. Thanks to this, the user can navigate the map using the mousewheel, zooming in and loading only those objects that This moment is interesting.

By the way, let me remind you that the article by Alexey Zakharov about this approach became the winner of the competition of the popular English-language resource SilverlightShow.

It is very interesting to observe how the use of Deep Zoom allows you to get a new User Experience for familiar services. For example, Alexander Porubov using this technology made an interactive logo "Classmates" , made up of photographs of the project participants.