The Bing Maps Forums

The Bing Maps Forums

By Ricky Brundritt, EMEA Bing Maps Technology Solution Professional The Bing Maps MSDN forums are one of the best places to ask a question if you need help developing with Bing Maps. 
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Four New Bing Maps Web Control Modules

Four New Bing Maps Web Control Modules

By Ricky Brundritt, EMEA Bing Maps Technology Solution Professional In September of 2011 we started the Bing Maps v7 Module Code Project. The purpose of this project is to create a single place where developers can find and share useful modules that expand the functionality of the Bing Maps Web API. 
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Pistachios, Türkiye and Travel

Pistachios, Türkiye and Travel

What do pistachios, Türkiye, and travel have in common? In a recent post on the New York Times’ Frugal Traveler blog, we learn that a city called Gaziantep located in southeastern Turkey is the self-proclaimed pistachio capital, and apparently a trip there is lovely and quite affordable. Want to find out more? Visit the Bing Maps site.
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New Module for Web Adds Support for Long Routes

New Module for Web Adds Support for Long Routes

Need to calculate routes with more than 25 waypoints when using our Web control? “King of Bing” Ricky Brundritt has created a module to do just that!  Check out his blog post for more information. Thanks Ricky, another great module for the web!  What module are you building? What would you like to build? Let us know!
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Announcing the Bing Maps WPF Control

Announcing the Bing Maps WPF Control

Since rejoining the Bing Maps team, I’ve been heads down focusing on the developer experience for Bing Maps. What is WPF? The Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) provides developers with a unified programming model for building rich Windows smart client user experiences that incorporate UI, media, and documents.
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Introducing the Bing Maps Web control

Introducing the Bing Maps Web control

Today we have the distinct pleasure of announcing the release of the new Bing Web map control v7 (V7). It seems to be the year of 7s at Microsoft and we’re excited to carry on the reputation that V7 does indeed denote something very special. Let’s start off with discussing V7 performance: – V7 is less than 1/3 the size of our v6.3 control.
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Bing Maps in HeyGov! Helps Governments Manage 311 Issues

Bing Maps in HeyGov! Helps Governments Manage 311 Issues

,I’d like to highlight HeyGov!, a solution that uses MapDotNet, Bing Maps, and Azure to communicate and manage 311 issues for governments and citizens. Earlier this year, ISC won a Windows Azure contest for the best US Public Sector Application and used the winning application as the foundation for HeyGov!.
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