Scott Guthrie demo’s Darwin image created by Shoothill

17th January 2009

Microsoft Vice President of .Net Development showcases Shoothill Web Application

Scott Guthrie, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft's .Net Developer Division, showcased an image created by the developers here in Shrewsbury to an audience at ReMix UK 08 today in Brighton. The image, created to celebrate the bicentennial of perhaps Shrewsbury's most famous son, is made up of each of the pages of the original first edition of "On the Origin of Species", published in 1859.

Geoff Hughes, Platform Strategy Advisor at Microsoft said, “Shoothill have embraced the concept of Silverlight very quickly and are working on a number of exciting and innovative applications to harness the capabilities provided by the software, and in particular the Deep Zoom functionality. Shoothill is harnessing the power of software on the desktop with software in the "Cloud" to develop rich, compelling interactive user experiences”

The Darwin image that Shoothill has created is made up of each of the 518 scanned pages from On The Origin of Species and contains 180 million pixels.  To view it go to www.shoothill.com/darwin – full instructions on how to use the document are available on the website.

About Shoothill

Shoothill is a highly specialised developer of Geo Spatial business applications using Microsoft Virtual Earth at its core.

We work in many arenas and sectors and our experience has shown that no matter what your business, Shoothill can develop business improvement tools that deliver commercial benefit and competitor advantage

Whether you are using a mapping system already, or wish to look into the possibilities of Geo Spatial application development, Shoothill are the perfect partner.  We will provide impartial and professional advice and give guidance on what technologies are best suited for your business.

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