Update: First American Data to Power Microsoft “Dallas”
The rest of the rest of the story, via eChannelLine:
[Ray] Ozzie [speaking at Microsoft PDC] also unveiled the next evolution of Microsoft Pinpoint, an online marketplace for Microsoft partners to market and sell their applications. Also available through PinPoint, the company introduced a new information and brokerage service, codenamed “Dallas”, built completely on the Windows Azure platform that enables developers and users to access premium commercial and reference data sets and content on any platform. Datasets current available through “Dallas” include those from the Associated Press, Citysearch, ESRI, NAVTEQ, DATA.gov, First American, infoUSA, NASA, National Geographic Topo!, RiskMetrics Group, the United Nations, WaveMarket, Weather Central, and more. Starting today, “Dallas” is currently available as a limited Community Technology Preview.
I hope Data.gov is free.
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First American’s ParcelPoint data will be offered as part of the new Microsoft Windows Azure and SQL Azure Database-powered information brokerage service codenamed “Dallas” (coverage at The Register.
The brokerage service support “high-value, premium data and third-party applications to provide developers and information workers with visibility and access to multiple data sets and applications.” The ParcelPoint national database contains information on more than 122 million U.S. land parcels. The first offering will include selected California counties.
