Microsoft Virtual Earth Integration
The Microsoft® Virtual Earth™ icon gives you the ability to view a customer's nearby contacts or event registrant locations. This feature plots on a map the locations of customers located near the primary address of the customer record or the event location.
Click the Microsoft Virtual Earth icon on the Individual Profile, Events Profile, or List pages (Individual or Event Registrants) to open a Virtual Earth™ window with the nearby contacts marked on the map.
You can click any of the RED "Thumbtacks" to view Address information about an individual or obtain the number of Event Registrants from that state.
Note: Address Validation is REQUIRED for the feature to return accurate data from the Individual Profile or List - Individuals pages.
This is similar to the Google Maps™ integration. However, although both features are available on the Profile Pages, Microsoft Virtual Earth™ is the exclusive feature on both List pages.
Usage
If you click the Microsoft Virtual Earth™ icon from the Individual Profile page, the "Thumbtack" will display in the vicinity of that individual's address. Click (or hover over) the "Thumbtack" and all of the Individuals on the same longitude and latitude will display. REMEMBER...only Validated Addresses are recognized which include the longitude and latitude and the Zip+4.
Note: You can adjust the view of the map by selecting from the options in the upper left corner of the map.
If you click the Microsoft Virtual Earth™ icon on the List - Individual or List - Registrant pages, the "Thumbtacks" will display in the vicinity of each individual or registrant based on their longitude and latitude. They can be grouped, but only individuals on that page of the list display.
Click (or hover over) the "Thumbtack" and all of the Individuals and Registrants on that longitude and latitude display, along with their addresses.
If you click the Microsoft Virtual Earth™ icon from the Events Profile page, the "Thumbtacks" will display in the vicinity of each registrant. Click (or hover over) the "Thumbtack" and the number of registrants in that vicinity, based on the Filter you selected (city or state) will display.
You can compare the number of registrants with another event by selecting an event from the Compare this event with drop-down list. Click the Compare button.
Click (or hover over) any "Thumbtack" and the number of registrants from that city or state displays, based on the Filter you selected. The color of the "Thumbtack" will determine what statistics are displayed based on the selections you made in the information box in the upper right hand corner of the window.