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For questions about the Bing Maps API, a cloud mapping platform provided by Microsoft's Bing. This API is used to power map experiences in Microsoft and third-party applications, including web, Windows Forms, WPF, and UWP applications.

Bing Maps is a powerful cloud based mapping platform provided by Microsoft's Bing.

It powers many map-based services such as the Bing Maps website and a number of Bing applications, including Bing Travel and Bing Weather. It is also often embedded in third-party websites using the Bing Maps API. Bing Maps provides APIs for web, Windows Forms, WPF, Windows Phone apps, and Windows UWP applications.

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Is there a way to access the Bing Maps geocoding API via REST?

Is there a way to access the Bing Maps API via REST to obtain geocoding information from an address? This is something that's trivial to do with Google and Yahoo; what I'm looking for is functionality like this, from…
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Get height of a building from a maps API

It's any public maps API (google, microsoft, openstreet...) that returns the height of the roof for certain points? Imagine: you request some address and the API returns the coordinates, some information and the height of the building, if available.
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Bing maps API key (credentials)

is there anyway to protect the Bing maps API key from being exposed to the client?
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Mapping a set of ZIP codes

I'm working on a delivery service that only delivers within certain ZIP codes (probably, but not necessarily, all contiguous). Given a list of ZIPs, how do I get a map on which those ZIPs' areas are highlighted or outlined?
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How can I retrieve Latitude and Longitude of a postal address using Bing Maps?

I want to be able to retrieve the geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) for a given address. I'm hoping I can do that if I have the full address (street address + city + state + zip). If it matters, I am using Bing Maps. The skeleton…
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What are the advantages / disadvantages of Bing maps over Map Kit on iOS

Microsoft have recently released a Bing maps objective c component. See here and here They mention that have less restrictive terms: We think you will find that the terms of use are less restrictive than what you find with the Apple Map Kit, with no…
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Angular HttpClient issue when calling Bing Maps Locations REST methods

I have an existing call to Bing Maps made with Angular 4 Http service, that is working correctly: this.http.get("{absolute URL of Bing Maps REST Locations, with options and key}") I'm trying to change the call to use the HttpClient service…
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react native google maps alternative

I have a react native project on android. I already installed react-native-maps and all works fine, but I need to run my app on android device without google services (such as TomTom navigator). Is there an alternative to google maps? (bing,…
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Bing API for finding nearby cities

Is there a Bing API for finding nearby cities given a city name or lat/long combination?
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How to get Traffic Data from Bing Maps API?

I am trying to find the API to get the Traffic Flow from Bing Maps, but I can't find it. I see that they have Traffic API but it will only return Traffic Incidents. I found the TrafficManager Class to use Traffic Flow API but I can't find Traffic…
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Bing Map add multiple pushpins

How to do add multiple pushpins to the Bing map v7 through Ajax API.. ? They could be loaded from a array, list, json or anywhere else.. could someone provide a small example? Thank you
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Using Bing Maps REST Services on BlackBerry?

Are there any third party libraries or SDK's - commercial or open source - that would provide a straightforward way to integrate Bing Maps in a BlackBerry application? Now that Bing Maps Mobile is free for use in consumer-facing apps, it's a really…
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HTML 5 - Use element vs. Canvas drawImage

I'm working with a customHTML section, currently I'm using a canvas html5 element. Now, I need to display an image, but not sure if it will be a good idea to draw it in this canvas element or use a html element directly. My first approach is…
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Optimizing Bing Maps Geocode and RouteMapping requests

I have a database containing orders and each order has an associated location. Currentl, when a user is logged in ,I am using Bing Maps API to geocode each order location and then compute driving distance to the logged in user. Based on these…
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Bing Maps Ajax API - get location from address

I'm using Microsoft.Maps API (AJAX control v. 7). I want to display pin for an address. When I use: var loc = new Microsoft.Maps.Location(47.592, -122.332); var pOptions = {icon: 'img/ICN_Bullet_Blue_25x38.gif', text: '1'}; var pin = new…
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