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Azure Maps for Windows 10

Azure Maps for Windows 10

Azure Maps partner with TomTom and Moovit to provide world-class location and mobility information for their customers. Azure Maps provide various way for developers to build their Azure Maps based solutions via REST APIs, Web SDK and Android SDK. Unfortunately, we don’t have Azure Maps SDK for Universal Windows Platform. With the support of REST APIs, we still can build awesome maps app for Windows 10 which based on Azure Maps services. To prove the concept, I have created a…

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An update to Azure Maps Lite for UWP

An update to Azure Maps Lite for UWP

Azure Maps Lite for UWP SDK was released more than a year ago. Over the year, there is new capabilities expose thought REST APIs and it’s time to update this SDK. You can install the latest Azure Maps Lite SDK for UWP thru nuget CLI PM> Install-Package AzureMapsLite -Version 1.0.0 What’s NEW for this release? Azure Maps Lite SDK now support x86, x64, ARM, ARM64.The initial release only support x86 platform, this create the problem for supporting other platforms. With these…

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Azure Maps Lite for UWP

Azure Maps Lite for UWP

While we are still waiting for the official Azure Maps SDK for Universal Windows Platform, the eager me take it into my own hand. I’m going to create a lite version of the SDK for Azure Maps! Before you can use this Azure Maps Lite SDK for UWP, you have to obtain an valid Azure Maps account. To do so, please create Azure Maps account from Azure Portal. Installing Azure Maps Lite via NuGet Current Azure Maps Lite SDK is version…

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Azure Maps vs Bing Maps

Azure Maps vs Bing Maps

Azure Maps is one of the latest Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offer by Microsoft Azure. This services was under public preview since November 2017 under the name of Azure Location Based Services, and it officially General Available (GA) on May 8, 2018. Regardless it called Azure Maps or Azure Location Based Services, the immediate response from developers were, what is the differences between Azure Maps compare to Bing Maps services? Since both of them are the products from Microsoft, it worth we…

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UWP – Harware Back Button, App View Back Button and Webview

UWP – Harware Back Button, App View Back Button and Webview

To display HTML contents within your Universal Windows Platform applications, Webview is always the best choice. But, when came across while working on the app to navigate the previous page, it became a challenge. By default, if user press on the physical back button on mobile device, virtual back button on desktop (in tablet mode) the app will exit or closed. This brought superb unpleasant experience to users. Of course, developers can always put a set of navigation button to…

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GeoExtension

GeoExtension

Introduction Calculate distance, bearing, mid-point between two geographical points is not an easy job. All the formula that use for calculation is based on the basis of a spherical earth and ignoring ellipsoidal effects of the earth. In fact, the earth is actually oblate spheroidal with a radius varying between 6378KM at equatorial to 6357KM at polar. Local radius of curvature from equatorial meridian to polar is 6336KM and 6399KM respectively. With all of this differences, 6371KM is the generally…

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Entrance counter POC with Windows 10 IoT Core, Raspberry Pi2 and PIR sensors

Entrance counter POC with Windows 10 IoT Core, Raspberry Pi2 and PIR sensors

This tiny project was originally want to showcase how can we use Raspberry Pi2, Windows 10 IoT Core and PIR sensors to count the visitors enter the exhibition hall. The first showcase was perform during KL Converge 2015 which held on August 27 – 29, 2015 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Center. The second demo of this project is on 2015 Microsoft Malaysia Channel Partner Conference at Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre. During the first showcase, we are using Intel Galileo Gen…

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Windows 10 for IoT on Raspberry Pi2 to control LEDs

Windows 10 for IoT on Raspberry Pi2 to control LEDs

In this article, we will connect three different colors LED to Raspberry Pi 2 with Windows 10 for IoT preloaded. The respective LED will light up corresponding to the button clicked. Components: 1 x red LED 1 x yellow LED 1 x green LED 3 x 330Ω resistors 1 x HDMI TV/Monitor 1 x breadboard and serveral male-to-female connector wires 1 x Raspberry Pi 2 with loaded Windows 10 for IoT (If you want to know how to provision the…

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Developing for Windows 10 for IoT Core with Windows Universal Apps

Developing for Windows 10 for IoT Core with Windows Universal Apps

Developing Windows Universal Apps for Windows 10 IoT Core is no different than develop it for other Windows 10 applications. In this article, I will focus building a Windows Universal Apps that can run on Windows, Tablets and Raspberry Pi 2. This has not related to the GPIO connectors on the board itself, that part will be covered in my later articles. What you need: A machine that run the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview (currently is build 10130) You…

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Setup Windows 10 for IoT on Raspberry Pi 2

Setup Windows 10 for IoT on Raspberry Pi 2

What you need: Windows 10 Insider Preview Raspberry Pi 2 board Power supply with 5V / 1.0A (recommended use a powerbank) 8Gb or higher micro SD Card (recommended Class 10 or higher) HDMI cable TV / Monitor with HDMI input Ethernet cable Step 1 – Download Windows 10 for IoT Visit to Windows IoT Download, select the build that you want. In this topic, we will select Windows 10 IoT Core for Raspberry Pi 2. Sign in to Windows Embeded…

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