How to add a community with addresses to bing maps

Question

Could somebody please simply explain to me how to add a community of 300+ addresses to Bing Maps?

Also, how to correct incorrect body of water mapping currently existing.

I've been trying to get a straight answer out of BING sine January 2013 and provided all the requested information and nothing has been changed. Unfortunately MLS Real Estate website uses Bing and nobody can search our available properties.

thank you,

Answer 1

There is a lot of different ways to display 300+ communities in Bing Maps. The first place to start is the format your data is in. Is it an XML file, in a database, in excel? If it is in XML is in a spatial XML format such as KML, GeoRSS, GPX? If so then use one of the modules: http://bingmapsv7modules.codeplex.com/ If its in a database then you will need to create a webservice to connect your database to the map. Take a look at these articles:

http://www.bing.com/blogs/site_blogs/b/maps/archive/2013/07/31/how-to-create-a-spatial-web-service-that-connects-a-database-to-bing-maps-using-ef5.aspx

http://www.bing.com/blogs/site_blogs/b/maps/archive/2013/08/05/advance-spatial-queries-using-entity-framework-5.aspx

If your data is in excel or some other format and you have an enterprise license then use the Bing Spatial Data Services to host your data and expose it as a spatial REST service.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh698204.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff701734.aspx

In regards to getting bodies of water corrected. When reported to Bing Maps they have to go to the data provider and notify them of the issue. The data provider will then need to capture this data. Bodies of water take a long time to get updated depending on the country, data provider and the sources of data available in the country. If you are an enterprise customer then the primary way to report issues and to get a status update is through the Bing Maps Enterprise Support team. If you do not have there contact information then contact your Bing Maps or Microsoft account manager.

I am familiar with the MLS website. Their implementation of Bing Maps is very basic and could use a lot of improvement. They are definitely not making the most of what's available in the API.

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Answer 2

So it's not simple for somebody who has no experience with this?

My data is in a list, and a map.

You guys should really work on making this easier for the average person who has moved into a new home and their address isn't added yet.

Answer 3

If you have an Enterprise license then things get a lot easier.

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