Bing Maps Resources

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This is a simple list of the various resources available for your development needs.

Sign up for you developer account here:

https://mappoint-css.live.com/mwssignup

Official Microsoft:

• Bing Maps SDK on MSDN
• Virtual Earth Interactive SDK
• Virtual Earth Forum on MSDN
• Microsoft MapPoint Web Service API on MSDN
• Silverlight Control CTP
• VIRTUAL EARTH SERVICE API TERMS OF USE
• Geographic Coverage Details
• Streetside Technology Preview
• Windows Live Maps for Mobile
• SQL Server 2008 Spatial Forum

Community sites:

Follow me on twitter for latest Bing Maps news as it happens: http://twitter.com/BingMapsDev

• Liveside.net - great news and articles about windows live
• Geoweb Guru - news and in depth Geo Articles
• MP2K - the magazine for MapPoint

Community Projects:

• WinForms Control - A must for anyone looking at using VE in a windows forms app.
• Silverlight Control - Open Source mapping control support VE Web Service.
• WPF / Surface Control – Open Source WPF control with support for the multi-touch Surface computer
• VE Intellisence – Intellisence for VS2008 for the AJAX control
• VE Toolkit – Extras for the AJAX control including MVC
• Virtual Earth Maps on SharePoint – Part of the larger Community Kit for SharePoint

ESRI:

• VE interactive SDK
• Silverlight/WPF Control
• Inclusion of VE in ArcGIS 9.3.1

Tools:

• Intellisence for Visual Studio 2008
• MSR MapCruncher for Virtual Earth
• Virtual Earth Location Finder
• Spatial Extensions for SQL Server 2005
• General Polygon Clipper library
• Determining if a point lies on the interior of a polygon
• Build your own URL for maps.live.com

Blogs:

Get all the VE blogs in one feed of the All blogs Aggregated

• Virtual Earth, a developer blog
• Virtual Earth 3D (msdn - 3d control code in c#)
• Virtual Earth For Government
• Hannes's Virtual Earth Blog
• Virtual Earth Platform Blog
• Keith Kinnan Blog (VE Dev)
• Virtual Earth / Live Maps
• Heptazane's Stump
• Soul Solutions
• Virtual Earth 3D (spaces)
• Ricky's VE Blog
• Chris Pietschmann
• Mike Garza
• VirtualBirdseye
• Geoff Emery VE Blog

Exams:

• VE6.0

Free GIS Data Sources:

• GeoCommons
• Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files
• Country Files (GNS)
• GeoNames Data Access
• U.S. Board on Geographic Names

 

Answer 1

I renamed the "Virtual Earth" Category on my Blog to "Bing Maps", so the above link to my (Chris Pietschmann) blog is broken. The correct link is below:

http://pietschsoft.com/category/Bing-Maps.aspx

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Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Platform
Blog: http://pietschsoft.com | Web.Maps.VE - ASP.NET AJAX Virtual Earth Server Control

Answer 2

Hi ,

I am working on microsoft virtual map control.

how to zoom virtual maps when user select two cities with line mark.

Could you help me on this? if you have any code, could you share to me

Thanks,

Murali

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Murali Krishna.Konanki

Answer 3

I renamed my VE category too, now my blog (FR) can be accessed here to get Bing Maps information:

http://blogs.developpeur.org/nicoboo/archive/tags/Bing+Maps/default.aspx

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MVP - Windows Live Platform / Bing Maps - My blog (FR): http://blogs.developpeur.org/nicoboo/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/nicolasboonaert/

Answer 4

Adding a link to the Bing Maps Android SDK: http://bingmapsandroidsdk.codeplex.com/

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Answer 5

Easy way to add Bing Maps to CRM for Beginners http://support.risualblogs.com/blog/2011/04/06/implement-bing-maps-in-crm-2011-2/

Answer 6

I'm sorry i'm new on this forum.

I search a services or link for have correct address from word.

For sample if i use this link

http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=" + Address+ "," + City  + "&output=xml")

i have a list of address with word "Address" in a "City" writy in xml format or json.

I ask:

Do have Bing maps this services or link?

Where i can search?

Thank you vary much!

Francesco Valentino

Answer 7

#1. Please do not post questions on the end of an existing sticky resources thread. Questions should be asked by clicking the "Ask a Question" button to start a new thread in the forum. http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/newthread?forum=vemapcontroldev

#2. http://maps.google.com ? This is a Bing Maps forum.... perhaps try asking in a Google Maps forum instead?

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Answer 8

#1 I'm sorry, ihave see Bing Maps Resource and i think that was a correct thread for search resource for bing maps.

#2 I don't search Google Maps function for i have ask if existe a similar function in bing maps.

 

however i'm sorry.

 

Francesco Valentino

Answer 9

Ok - I understand now. I think you're after the REST locations API. Examples of use and responses here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff701714.aspx

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