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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I recently had an email conversation with Brian Fisher regarding
licensing of the Virtual Earth Map Control and the Bird’s Eye Viewer. After
talking to the licensing folks at Microsoft, here is what I found out.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>First, you need to be a licensed user of Pictometry in order
to use the Bird’s Eye application. For most counties, who have purchased
Pictometry, this is not an issue. However, for a city like <st1:City
w:st="on">Blaine</st1:City>, we are doing a little more research to see if the license
agreement that we signed with <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Anoka</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> to use Pictometry will
suffice. If not, we need to get written permission from Pictometry and possibly
pay a fee. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Second, separate from the Pictometry license is the Virtual Earth
license. In reading their terms of use (<a
href="http://www.microsoft.com/virtualearth/product/terms.html">http://www.microsoft.com/virtualearth/product/terms.html</a>),
it looks like government agencies cannot use the application with paying for a separate
license. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:15.75pt'><strong><b><i><font size=1 color=maroon
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:maroon;
font-style:italic'>(ii)</span></font></i></b></strong><em><b><i><font size=1
color=maroon face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:maroon;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal'> Commercial or
Government use: </span></font></i></b></em><i><font size=1 color=maroon><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;color:maroon;font-style:italic'>If you would like to
develop or host an Application that is designed to access and use the service
for commercial or government use, you must enter into a separate MWS/VE
agreement. The only exception to our restriction on commercial or government
use under this agreement, is the 90 day evaluation period described in section
(iii) below. Microsoft considers commercial use of this service to include:<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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size=2 color=maroon face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><i><font size=1 color=maroon
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:maroon;
font-style:italic'>Licensing or selling Applications that use or access the
Service; or <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
9.0pt;margin-left:34.5pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:11.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><i><font size=1 color=maroon
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:maroon;
font-style:italic'>Offering goods or services for a fee through your
Application, or promoting locations at which such goods or services are offered.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We have Volume Licensing here at <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Blaine</st1:place></st1:City> and I am waiting to hear back from them
with a quote. When I receive something, I will pass that along as well. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am passing this along for everyone’s benefit so that
we are all in compliance with licensing. If anyone else has had any other
information passed along to them, please feel free to refute me. I want to
be comfortable in using all of the tools available for GeoMOOSE to pass information
along to the public, as I am sure we all are.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Jeremy Johnson, GISP</span></font></i></b></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>G.I.S. Coordinator</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>City of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Blaine</st1:place></st1:City></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10801 Town Square</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Dr Ne</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Blaine</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">MN</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">55449</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(763) 717-2639</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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