Bing Maps SOAP Services Requirements
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In order to use Bing Maps SOAP Services, certain requirements must be met.
Requirements
Bing Maps SOAP Services is a set of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) SOAP services. To make requests to the Bing Maps SOAP Services, you must have:
The ability to send requests and receive responses using Basic Security Profile Version 1.1 (SOAP 1.1 and WSDL 1.1 protocols).
A Bing Maps Platform developer account. For more information see Getting a Bing Maps Key.
Notes
Bing Maps SOAP Services is built on XML and WCF technologies. It has been highly tested for environments using the .NET platform and Visual Studio .NET tools for Web service development. Other environments and toolkits have not been fully tested, but may work with the Bing Maps SOAP Services.