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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If you’re really looking to jumpstart your Bing Maps development you’re going to want to check out the new web interactive SDK & Samples.
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PHP – did anyone ever find out what this actually was an acronym for? “Personal Home Page” or “PHP Home Page” or something else? Accessing the Bing Maps REST Services using PHP - Bing Maps | Microsoft Learn
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Bing Maps will be presenting with the ESRI and Accela teams at The Accela User Conference.
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This article has been superceeded by Get Bird's Eye Views in Your Next Great Maps App or Web Experience | Maps Blog (bing.com)
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Our good friends in the Windows Team have provided a sample for the latest versions of Windows at Windows-universal-samples/Samples/MapControl at main · microsoft/Windows-universal-samples · GitHub
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I’ve been working on this one for a while and it kind of completes the basics for getting started with the Virtual Earth Web Service. The Routing Service in Bing Maps allows for route calculation and itinerary creation. The following will get you started using the routing service.
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As Santa heads north for his annual slumber and we’re all left with buyer’s remorse and daunting credit card bills we can now reflect on something positive: how Christmas was changed this year for the better with a 3D version of tracking Santa using Microsoft Virtual Earth.
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I’ve had a couple inquiries about heat maps of late, so wanted to ensure people are aware of the capabilities enabled and resources available for creating heat maps with Virtual Earth.Check out some of our great samples at Samples.BingMapsPortal.com
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With the Virtual Earth Web Service not only can you get static maps via the Imagery Service, but you can add some of the default pushpins you see in Live Search Maps to the static map that is returned to you if you set the Pushpins as a part of the request.
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