Release History

Bing

The following is a release history for the Bing Maps REST Services starting with January, 2014.

Date and API	Release notes
April 15, 2014 Get Road Shield Images	New API that returns a road shield image when you provide road request parameter values from a Routes API response.
April 15, 2014 Calculate a Route	A routeAttributes parameter is added. This takes one or more of the following values: excludeItinerary: Specifies to not return itinerary items in the response. routePath: Specifies to return a set of coordinates (latitude/longitude) that define the route. This route attribute gives the same result as setting routePathOutput=Points in the request and is now the recommended way to get route path coordinates (see note below). A mfa (metadata for alternate routes) is added. When set to 1 (true), detailed route instructions (itinerary items) are not included in the response for alternate routes. Route sub-leg fields are added to provide summary information for the route leg segments between start and end waypoints and any intermediate via-waypoints
January 7, 2014 Get a Static Map Locations API	Forty (40) new static map pushpin icon styles were added (IDs 73-112) Add include=cios2 in your Locations API request, to return the two-letter ISO 3166 country code for each address in the response. The country code appears in the CountryRegionIso2 field.
January 7, 2014 Locations API	Add include=cios2 in your Locations API request, to return the two-letter ISO 3166 country code for each address in the response. The country code appears in the CountryRegionIso2 field.

Date and API

Release notes

April 15, 2014

New API that returns a road shield image when you provide road request parameter values from a Routes API response.

April 15, 2014

A routeAttributes parameter is added. This takes one or more of the following values:
- excludeItinerary: Specifies to not return itinerary items in the response.
- routePath: Specifies to return a set of coordinates (latitude/longitude) that define the route. This route attribute gives the same result as setting routePathOutput=Points in the request and is now the recommended way to get route path coordinates (see note below).
A mfa (metadata for alternate routes) is added. When set to 1 (true), detailed route instructions (itinerary items) are not included in the response for alternate routes.
Route sub-leg fields are added to provide summary information for the route leg segments between start and end waypoints and any intermediate via-waypoints

January 7, 2014

Forty (40) new static map pushpin icon styles were added (IDs 73-112)
Add include=cios2 in your Locations API request, to return the two-letter ISO 3166 country code for each address in the response. The country code appears in the CountryRegionIso2 field.

January 7, 2014

Add include=cios2 in your Locations API request, to return the two-letter ISO 3166 country code for each address in the response. The country code appears in the CountryRegionIso2 field.