This is very cool.    Want a map that you can quickly display on a mobile application?

Now I believe to the letter of the law you need a Mappoint.Net licence to use this legally.   But that aside,  lets just look at the tech.  for displaying a map from Virtual Earth as a flat image that can be rendered easily on a mobile application.

Like -

I kind of reverse engineered the URL from -

http://api.tiles.virtualearth.net/api/GetMap.ashx?b=r,device.mobile&op=0,,52.1439066666667,0.0902583333333333&c=52.1439066666667,0.0902583333333333&w=175&h=175&z=14

If you look at the URL,  you can see that I have a long/lat for both the centre of the map and a pushpin.

Very easy to add to any mobile line of business application.   Just check with your licensing people first before using in anything production.