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Utilizing Silverlight Maps to Spread the Gospel Effectively

Discover how Silverlight Maps enhances the user experience in sharing the Gospel. Michael Speers, Director of Web Services at Shadow Mountain Ministries, discusses the advantages of using Silverlight as a browser plug-in for creating rich internet applications (RIAs). This technology allows for scalable vector graphics and HD video integration, improving data visualization for mission outreach. Learn about our case study, which consolidated over 100 missionary pages into one interactive app, making it easier to explore and understand our mission efforts.

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Utilizing Silverlight Maps to Spread the Gospel Effectively

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  1. Plotting the Spread of the Gospel with Silverlight Maps Michael Speers Director of Web Services Shadow Mountain Ministries mspeers@shadowmountain.org http://maps.shadowmountain.org

  2. What is Silverlight? Browser plug-in for building RIA's.   Looks to enhance the user interface beyond where HTML can go. Scalable vector graphics and animation. HD Video Michael Speers Director of Web Services Shadow Mountain Ministries mspeers@shadowmountain.org

  3. What is Silverlight? Xaml Code behind Xap Other resources Michael Speers Director of Web Services Shadow Mountain Ministries mspeers@shadowmountain.org

  4. Why use Silverlight? Our use case Since it runs in a browser… One App has replaced approximately 100 individual Missionary pages in Arena. Increase the usefulness of data by showcasing it in a way that might otherwise be hard to see. Developer perspective: Brings .NET Framework for features running in the browser. Cross platform* and cross-browser** *, ** - Next slide for drawbacks Michael Speers Director of Web Services Shadow Mountain Ministries mspeers@shadowmountain.org

  5. Drawbacks No plugin for the iDevices or Android No plugin for Linux from Microsoft (Open Source Solution for Silverlight on Linux - http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight) Michael Speers Director of Web Services Shadow Mountain Ministries mspeers@shadowmountain.org

  6. Getting Started http://silverlight.net Silverlight SDK http://bingmapsportal.comMap SDKBing Maps Key VS 2010 ships w/ Silverlight 3 Can Add Silverlight 4 Developer Tools Michael Speers Director of Web Services Shadow Mountain Ministries mspeers@shadowmountain.org

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