How to Build a Mobile-friendly Asset Management Platform

How to Build a Mobile-friendly Asset Management Platform

Whether you’re an operator managing a fleet from a desktop or an agent completing a sequence of deliveries with a mobile app, great asset tracking software should work seamlessly across a range of different devices. Learn how to build mobile-friendly asset management and tracking software designed for your business with this Bing Maps API guide.
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Batch Geocoding and Batch Reverse-Geocoding with Bing Maps

Batch Geocoding and Batch Reverse-Geocoding with Bing Maps

Geocoding and reverse geocoding are services that Bing Maps provides in SDKs, such as the Web Control, Windows, iOS and Andriod as well as in REST API web services. This process takes text descriptions or addresses and outputs accurate geographic coordinates that correspond to a given physical location. What happens if you are about to start a project and you have to geocode thousands of addresses? Or what if you have a...
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Follow the Soccer Madness Anywhere with Bing Maps

Follow the Soccer Madness Anywhere with Bing Maps

As the world gets ready to celebrate the most popular sport in the world, Bing has you covered. We’re providing you with a unique view into the world of "futbol" right in Bing and Bing Maps. Spatial Data Search capabilities continue to be a focus for Bing and these experiences are the latest example of how we’re bringing information to maps to make more informed choices.
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Creating a Store Locator (With Examples!)

Creating a Store Locator (With Examples!)

Create a robust store locator for your business with this Bing Maps API guide, including examples, and achieve more with a truly seamless mapping experience. A well-functioning store locator is one of the most important features a commercial website can have, particularly for brick-and-mortar stores. It’s easy to create your own store locator with Bing Maps API’s developer resources, including examples and documentation.  
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Live and In Person October 5th, 2022! ISV Partner Day in Reading, UK.

Live and In Person October 5th, 2022! ISV Partner Day in Reading, UK.

We're very excited to be able to invite you to join our MapEMEA partner, GreyMatter at Microsoft’s newly refurbished office in Reading for ISV Partner Day on October 5th, 2022. This fantastic in person event presents a unique opportunity to network with Microsoft speakers, as well as experts from the Grey Matter team and representatives from some of our most in-demand partners. 
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Accessing the Bing Maps REST services from various JavaScript frameworks

Accessing the Bing Maps REST services from various JavaScript frameworks

On the Bing Maps forums we often come across developers who have difficulty accessing the Bing Maps REST services using different JavaScript frameworks such as jQuery, Angular, React, or Blazor. One common point of confusion is that passing in a REST service request URL into the address bar of a browser works, but passing that same URL into a method in JavaScript doesn’t. 
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