New Map Control features in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

New Map Control features in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

We have updated the Maps platform for the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update to make our maps more performant and visually pleasing. We have also listened the feedback from our users and introduced features such as the ability to import 3D models into the map scene and support for layering and binding of map elements.
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Bing Maps Terms of Use Changes; Benefit Educators, Not-for-Profits and Developers

Bing Maps Terms of Use Changes; Benefit Educators, Not-for-Profits and Developers

I mentioned in my “Bing Maps Silverlight Control 1.0 Released” blog post that we altered the Bing Maps terms of use and it would require a post all on its own. Well, here’s why. We’ve made a bunch of changes which makes things easier to understand, easier to use and easier to get started. The way the mapping industry grew up, depended on counting transactions. A transaction is either (a) a geocoding request/response, a...
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Virtual Earth and WPF (Code Samples)

Virtual Earth and WPF (Code Samples)

WPF still seems to be one of the most popular options for building a Windows Maps Application, Today we recommend wrapping the XAML control in a WPF "wrapper" to get all the benefits of the XAML control with the same utility as WPF.
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