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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Bing Maps with PHP

Bing Maps with PHP

  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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Routing in Virtual Earth Web Service

Routing in Virtual Earth Web Service

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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The Making of the Virtual Earth 3D Santa Tracker

The Making of the Virtual Earth 3D Santa Tracker

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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Thematic Mapping and Heat Maps with Virtual Earth

Thematic Mapping and Heat Maps with Virtual Earth

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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Pushpins and Virtual Earth Web Service Maps

Pushpins and Virtual Earth Web Service Maps

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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