Bing Maps
The Bing Maps documentation set provides information on the APIs that power Bing Maps, an online mapping service that enables users to search, discover, explore, plan, and share information about specific locations. By using traditional road maps, labeled aerial photo views, low-angle high-resolution aerial photos, and proximity searching capabilities, Bing Maps provides unique opportunities for developers to incorporate both location and local search features into their Web applications.
Get Started Using Bing Maps
For information about getting started with Bing Maps, including choosing the Bing Maps API that best suits your application needs, getting a Bing Maps Account, and finding developer resources, see Getting Started with Bing Maps.
Information about Bing Maps transaction reporting can be found in Viewing Bing Maps Usage Reports.
Bing Maps APIs
The Bing Maps APIs include:
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The Bing Maps for Windows Store apps incorporates the latest road maps, aerial views, and low-angle high-resolution images into Windows 8 Windows Store apps. |
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The Bing Maps AJAX Control, Version 7.0 is the latest Bing Maps Java Script API. Combine the AJAX map control with the Bing Maps REST Services and the Bing Spatial Data Services to create powerful Web sites and mobile applications with the latest imagery and location functionality. An interactive SDK for Bing Maps AJAX Control 7.0 is at http://www.bingmapsportal.com/isdk/ajaxv7. |
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The Bing Maps AJAX Control 6.3, Version 6.3 is a Java Script API that integrates maps and location functionality into your Web site. |
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With a rich, gesture-based UI provided by Seadragon, the Bing Maps iOS Control is an Objective-C control for embedding maps directly into native iOS apps. |
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The Bing Maps Silverlight Control combines the power of Silverlight and Bing Maps to create an immersive mapping experience. You can find the Interactive Silverlight SDK at http://www.microsoft.com/maps/isdk/silverlight. |
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The Windows Phone version of the Bing Maps Silverlight Control allows developers to make the enhanced mapping experience of Silverlight available to Windows Phone users. |
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The Bing Maps SOAP Services is a set of programmable SOAP services that allow you to integrate maps and imagery, driving directions, distance calculations, and other location intelligence into your applications, business processes, and Web sites. |
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The Bing Maps REST Services uses REST URLs to perform tasks such as creating a map with pushpins, geocoding an address, retrieving imagery metadata or calculating a route. |
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The Bing Spatial Data Services uses REST URLs to geocode and reverse-geocode large sets of spatial data and to create and query data sources. A data source contains sets of data for a user-defined entity type that has a spatial component. For example you can create a data source for a set of stores and then query this data source to find stores near a location. |
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The Bing Map App SDK Beta contains the binaries, documentation, and sample projects for the Bing Map App API. This SDK allows you to develop your own map apps as well as public “pluggable” functionality that can be used by others. Map apps allow users to explore and find information and then display results on a map. Map apps can be uploaded and showcased on the Bing map apps page. |
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The Bing Maps WPF Control SDK lets developers integrate Bing Maps into rich Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications. Using a software + services approach, the Bing Maps WPF Control retrieves the latest Bing Maps imagery for your WPF application using Bing’s cloud-based architecture. The Bing Maps WPF Control SDK also supports Microsoft Surface touch interface for creating rich touch-enabled applications. To start using the Bing Maps WPF Control, download the Bing Maps Windows Presentation Foundation Control SDK. |
Additional Resources
The following additional developer resources are available:
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A collection of technical topics and coding techniques for the Bing Maps developer. |
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Contains information about Bing Maps geographic coverage. |
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Contains information and links for transit agencies that are used by Bing Maps APIs to provide transit routes. |
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A collection of blog posts by the Bing Maps Team about new releases, Bing Maps features and many other topics. |
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Discussion forums where you can ask questions and get answers about the Bing Maps APIs. |
