We are excited to announce that the Bing Maps SDK for Android and iOS is now available for public preview. Experience the power of Bing Maps on mobile! Bing Maps SDK for Android and iOS features new controls powered by a full vector 3D map engine with a number of standard mapping capabilities running with native performance.
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The Bing Maps team is happy to launch the Bing Maps Multi-Itinerary Optimization (MIO) API, a REST service that automates the process of building itineraries for multiple agents (e.g., drivers, sales representatives, professionals, etc.) while also optimizing the routes among all agents to save travel time and distance.
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The Bing Maps Routing and Traffic Team is constantly working to make navigation and route planning easier! Hot on the heels of our previous announcement about traffic coloring, the Bing Maps team is proud to announce that we have made it possible for users to access traffic camera images along a planned driving route!
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Say hello to Maps SDK, a Microsoft Garage project! This latest release brings all the cool things about 3D maps to Unity developers. As a map control for Unity, Maps SDK makes it possible to fold Bing Maps’ 3D world data into Unity-based, mixed reality experiences.
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Get a first-hand look at the latest tools and new features from the Bing Maps team! We are looking forward to meeting you at Microsoft Build 2019 (May 6th through the 8th, at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle Washington).
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One of the many challenges faced by the mapping the world is the availability of ground truth. Today most mappers remotely map an area. Even with the variety of aerial imagery available, the details or perspective of the area being mapped can be lacking. To provide mappers with the most information possible, the Microsoft Open Maps team has created a JOSM plugin.
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There is an old saying that you don’t know where you are going until you get there. With Bing Maps new route coloring feature, you will know right away where the delays will be along your selected route so you can change your route, your plans or your destination based on the route ahead!
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The Bing Maps Team collaborated with Statistics Canada to deliver these 12 million building footprints, released as Open Data!
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The Bing Maps team will be at NAFA 2019 Institute & Expo, known as the largest event for fleet professionals, April 15 – 17 in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Bing Maps Autosuggest is part of the Bing Maps API offering both as part of the Bing Maps V8 Web Control and a standalone REST API service. Autosuggest provides suggestions for roads, addresses, intersections, places, and businesses. This is very useful for companies who have customers typing in addresses/locations where we will suggest and auto complete a business name or address which assists user input and increases accuracy.
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