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Microsoft® Bing™ Maps provides the power behind Bing Maps, an online mapping service that enables users to search, discover, explore, plan, and share information about specific locations. The Bing Maps Platform, which includes an AJAX map control, a Silverlight map control, as well as Bing Maps REST Services, Bing Spatial Data Services and Bing Maps SOAP Services provides unique opportunities for developers to incorporate both location and local search features into their Web applications.

Article	Description
Bing Maps Tile System	Describes the projection, coordinate systems, and addressing scheme used by the Bing Maps Tile System.
Understanding Scale and Resolution	Explains how to determine the scale and resolution of an image.
SSL Certificate Validation for Java Applications	Explains how to download and install SSL certificates for Java applications.
Show Spatial Data Search Results on a Map	Explains how to create an HTML page that performs a data source search using and the Bing Spatial Data Services and displays the results on a map. Examples for creating an interactive map using the Bing Maps AJAX Control, Version 7.0 map control and for creating a static map using the Bing Maps REST ServicesGet a Static Map API are both shown.
Searching for Traffic Incidents Along a Route	Shows how to create a sample web page application that uses the Bing Maps AJAX Control, Version 7.0 and the Bing Spatial Data Services to show traffic incidents along a route on a map.
Parsing REST Services XML Responses (C#)	Shows how to parse XML responses returned by the Bing Maps REST Services using C#.
Parsing REST Services JSON Responses (C#)	Shows how to parse JSON responses returned by the Bing Maps REST Services using C#.
Accessing the Bing Maps REST Services using PHP	A step-by-step tutorial that shows how to write a PHP application that uses the Bing Maps REST Services.
Accessing the Bing Spatial Data Services using PHP	A step-by-step tutorial that shows how to write a PHP application that uses the Bing Spatial Data Services.
Migrating from Tokens to Keys	This topic outlines how to migrate code that currently uses the Bing Maps Token Service for authentication to code that uses a Bing Maps Key.

Bing Map Ajax Control Articles

Understanding Bing Maps

Article	Description
Bounding Box, Radius, and Polygon Search	Shows how to perform Bounding Box, Radius and Polygon searches against data that is stored in a shape layer.
Finding Information	Shows how the use the Find control and the VEMap.Find Method method to get location information and to customize results.
Getting a Precise Location in Bing Maps	Shows how to use geocoding functionality in the Bing Maps AJAX Control 6.3 to find the precise location of an address.
Importing and Mapping Data	Shows how to import shapes into a map from three different types of resources: GeoRSS, Bing Maps, and KML. This article also describes how to use custom icons.
Working with 3D	Describes the Bing Maps3D map control and shows how to use it. This article also explains how to import 3D objects that are made using the VE3DVIA tool.
Working with Events	Shows how to capture and respond to events when you use Bing Maps.
Working with Shapes	Shows how to use the pushpin, polyline and polygon shapes to display information on a map.
Working with Shape Layers	Shows how to use layers as containers for one or more shapes that can be managed as a group.

Integrating and Extending Bing Maps

Article	Description
Building Your Own Tile Server	Describes how to use custom image data with Bing Maps.
Client Side Clustering	Describes how to use the VEShapeLayer.SetClusteringConfiguration Method to cluster pushpins on a map.
Integrating MapPoint Web Services with Bing Maps	Shows how to use ASP.Net to access the MapPoint Web Service and display the results on a Bing Maps map using the following methods: FindServiceSoap.FindNearby Method, FindServiceSoap.FindByProperty Method, FindServiceSoap.FindByID Method, and FindServiceSoap.FindNearRoute Method.
Integrating OGC Web Mapping Services	Shows how to display Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) data with Bing Maps.
Performance and Load Testing in Bing Maps	Provides testing and performance guidance for your Bing Maps application.

Upgrading Your Application

Article	Description
Migrating from Bing Maps AJAX Control 6.3 to 7.0	Contains migration tables to use when converting your Bing Maps AJAX Control 6.3 code to Bing Maps AJAX Control 7.0 code.
Converting Earlier Versions to Version 6.3	Explains how to upgrade an application from versions 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Bing Maps AJAX Control 6.3 to Version 6.3.
Converting from Version 5 to Version 6.3	Explains how to upgrade an application from version 5.0 of the Bing Maps AJAX Control 6.3 to Version 6.3.

Using Previous Versions

The articles in Using Previous Versions are written for a prior version of the Bing Maps AJAX Control 6.3.

Bing Maps SOAP Services Articles

Article	Description
Accessing the Bing Maps SOAP Services Using PHP	A step-by-step tutorial that shows how to write a PHP application that uses the Bing Maps SOAP Services.
Developing a Silverlight Application Using Bing Maps SOAP Services	A step-by-step tutorial that shows how to use the Bing Maps SOAP Services and the legacy MapPoint Web Service in an interactive Silverlight application.. Note: This example does not use the Silverlight control. For an example that uses the Silverlight control see Calculating a Route Using Bing Maps Web Services
Developing a .NET Application Using Bing Maps SOAP Services	A step-by-step tutorial that shows how use the Bing Maps SOAP Services in a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) desktop application.
Developing a Mobile Application Using Bing Maps SOAP Services	A step-by-step tutorial that shows how to use the Bing Maps SOAP Services in a mobile device application.

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