Bing Spatial Data Services
The Bing™ Spatial Data Services Application Programming Interface (API) provides a Representational State Transfer (REST) interface that can geocode, store and query spatial data. This simple REST interface accomplishes tasks by setting parameters in a URL and then submitting the URL as an HTTP request. The HTTP response returns the results of the request.
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| If you would like to request access to Bing Spatial Data Services, contact Bing Maps for Enterprise and provide your Bing Maps Account ID (if you have one) and top level domains (for publicly-accessible sites). You can find your Bing Maps Account ID for your Bing Maps Account on the Bing Maps Account Center. Enterprise users can also use the Bing Maps Account Center to geocode, edit and upload entity data to a new or existing data source. You can also download and delete data sources. For more information, see Creating and Managing Data Sources. |
With the Bing Spatial Data Services, you can:
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Geocode and Reverse-Geocode large numbers of locations with the Geocode Dataflow API.
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Store and query sets of properties for an entity type that you define, such as set of retail stores or restaurants. The Load Data Source Dataflow creates a data store called a data source for an entity type that you define and uploads entity data to that data source. The data schema and input data you provide can be specified by using XML or as a set of values separated by commas, tabs or pipe (|) characters. After a data source is created, use the URLs in the Query API to make queries. You can Query by Area, Query by Property and Query Near a Route. You can also Query by ID.
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Download geocoded entity data from your data source with the Download a Data Source Dataflow.
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Delete a data source. For more information, see Delete a Data Source.
You must be an enterprise customer and you need Bing Maps Keys to use the Bing Spatial Data Services. For more information about how to get Bing Maps Keys, see Getting a Bing Maps Key. To become an enterprise customer, email maplic@microsoft.com.
If you are reading this documentation online, you can download the Bing Spatial Data Services CHM file or PDF file for offline viewing.
Transaction accounting is provided when you use the Bing Spatial Data Services. For more information about billable and non-billable transactions for the Bing Spatial Data Services, see Usage Transactions.
In this Section
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Provides information to help you get started with the Bing Spatial Data Services. |
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Outlines the latest features added to the Bing Spatial Data Services. |
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Includes descriptions of public data sources that you can query. |
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Describes the HTTP errors that can occur when you use the Bing Spatial Data Services APIs. |
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Defines limits on the total number of dataflow and data source jobs, such as the number of jobs that can be in process at the same time. |
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Describes the API that returns a list of all dataflow and data source jobs submitted in the last 15 days. |
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Describes the API that geocodes sets of spatial data. |
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Describes the API that creates and manages data sources. |
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Describes the API that queries a data source. You can query for entities in a given area, along a route, or search by entity property or ID. |
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Provides a set of helpful links and references for the developer. |
