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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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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What's New in the Web Map Control

What's New in the Web Map Control

Today we are officially introducing three new modules and several new features for the Web map control.  The new modules add some very handy features, and they really show off the dynamic module loading capabilities of the by adding functionality when you need it, and getting out of the way when you don’t. 
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Bing Maps for WordPress – Take 2

Bing Maps for WordPress – Take 2

A while ago Chris Pendleton had blogged about Bing Maps for WordPress. In his post he described a plugin that was developed by Rich Gubby using the Bing Maps Web Control.  Just yesterday I discovered now another Bing Maps plugin for WordPress developed by Regart.net. You can download the plugin directly from the WordPress Plugin Directory. 
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Bing Maps and Hotmail come together

If you are using the web-client of Hotmail or Office Live you may already have discovered it: Hotmail integrates now with Bing Maps. When you create a new email, you can now insert various types of content from Bing, including Bing Maps: 
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Overlaying Parcel Boundaries on Bing Maps

Overlaying Parcel Boundaries on Bing Maps

In coordination with Digital Map Products (DMP), developers can now easily overlay over 100 million US parcels to more easily identify boundaries between properties. Using a simple, native method in Bing Maps and DMP’s ParcelStream API with just 7 lines of code (yes, SEVEN) you can tap into this wonderful trove of parcel information. 
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REST Easy; Bing Maps Has You Covered

REST Easy; Bing Maps Has You Covered

It was just 6 months ago that the Bing Maps Platform team officially launched support for the Silverlight control. This was in addition to the Bing Maps SOAP Service (via Windows Communication Foundation) and the AJAX Control that have been in use for years now. Today, we’re announcing a REST interface into those wonderful maps, aerial images, and geocoding and routing systems for your grubby coding hands to get all dirty. And, the beauty...
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