Getting Started

You must have a Bing Maps Key for Windows Store apps. For more information, see Getting a Bing Maps Key.

Download and install Windows 8 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Express.

Bing Maps SDK for Windows Store apps

Important:

For your application to work correctly with Bing Maps, you must perform the following steps. Details for these steps are provided in Add Bing Maps to a Windows Store app. Add a reference to the Bing Maps SDK for C#, C++, or Visual Basic. Set the Active solution platform in Visual Studio to one of the following options. C#, Visual Basic: ARM, x86 or x64 C++: ARM, Win32 or x64 If you are using C# or Visual basic, you must add a reference to Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Package.

To learn how to create a Windows Store app and display a map in Visual Studio 2012, see Create a Windows Store app Project.

To reference Bing Maps from an existing Windows Store app, see Add Bing Maps to a Windows Store app.

A list of code examples in the API Reference is provided in Code Examples. You can also download complete samples at Bing Maps Samples.

The Bing Maps SDK for JavaScript is based on Bing Maps AJAX Control 7.0. To learn how to add Bing Maps to a Windows Store app using JavaScript, see Developing a Windows Store app using JavaScript and the Bing Maps AJAX Control, Version 7.0 documentation. You can also download complete samples at Bing Maps Samples.