MapTypeId Enumeration
Bing
This enumeration is used to specify the type of map style that should be displayed by the map. It is specified as Microsoft.Maps.MapTypeId.[Name] where [Name] can be any of the following values.
| Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
aerial | The map displays aerial imagery. | ![]() |
canvasDark | A dark version of the road maps. | ![]() |
canvasLight | A lighter version of the road maps which also has some of the details such as hill shading disabled. | ![]() |
birdseye | High resolution aerial imagery taken at 45 degrees to the ground, from 4 different directions. | ![]() |
grayscale | A grayscale version of the road maps. | ![]() |
mercator | The map does not display any imagery. Use this option if you want to display custom imagery instead of Bing Maps imagery. | |
ordnanceSurvey | The map displays Ordnance Survey imagery. Ordnance Survey imagery is only available in the UK. Bing Maps provides the 1:25,000 OS Explorer Map and 1:50,000 OS Landranger maps. When the map is panned or zoomed out of range, road map imagery will be displayed. Map culture must be set to en-GB. | ![]() |
road | The map displays road imagery. | ![]() |
streetside | Provides streetside panoramas from the street level. | ![]() |
To make Bing Maps more accessible, high contrast support has been added. When the user’s computer is in high contrast mode, a high contrast version of the road maps will be displayed.

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