Google Earth is a virtual globe program, allowing viewers to visualize data on top of displayed satellite images of the Earth’s surface. Launched in 2005 and released to the public in 2006, Google Earth fast became a household name hailed as a revolution for humanitarian development, much as Geographic Information Systems (GIS) were several decades ago. According to MapAction, “There seem at present tobe two distinct groups of humanitarian practitioners: those who are already, albeit tentatively,exploiting Google Earth and related geospatial methods in their work,and those whowill be, as soon as they see their first demonstration of its potential.” (MapAction, 2008: 9)
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This document is dedicated for the developer of a plugin for the e-learning program Cryptool 2.0. It describes step-by-step how you can create a new plugin in VS2008. How this can be done is described in this document, building a sample plugin which delivers the functionality for a “new” encryption algorithm.
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1. Work with data in a unified and integrated way.
• Be more productive by using a single approach to querying and manipulating data that’s integrated with the way you write code—in the programming language.
• Language-Integrated Query (line) lets you use a single model to query and transform XML, Microsoft® SQL Server TM, and object data, helping you focus on what you need the data to do rather than how you are going to access the data.
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The AirCRED documentation set is divided into three parts, each focusing on different users needs. ” AirCRED User s Guide: This step-by-step guide describes how to run the AirCRED Web application; specifically, how to use it to generate credit numbers. ” AirCRED Programmers Manual: This manual details the development of the internal AirCRED calculation models and their deployment as a stand-alone Microsoft VisualStudio.Net Internet-based application. It explains the theory of operation and directions for AirCRED s future development and use. ”
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