Welcome to the Bing Maps Windows and Windows Phone Map Controls forum. This forum is moderated by Bing Maps MVPs and Microsoft staff and is the definitive place to ask (and answer) development questions relating to Bing Maps for
Windows & Windows Phone. There are currently two options to develop Metro style apps for Windows:
- C#, C++ or Visual Basic
- Javascript using Bing Maps AJAX Control V7.0
If you have a question about Windows 8 development unrelated to Bing Maps try posting it in the
Windows 8 forums for a faster response.
Before you ask a new question please search within this forum to see if your question has been asked and already answered. This saves you time, and if you found the answer useful you can “Vote as Helpful” to make sure others can find it
as well.
We also encourage you to share your work, when you post a new topic change it from “ask a question” to “start a discussion” and share your latest app, blog post, video or article.
When asking or answering questions please remember the forum code of conduct, we’re all Bing Maps enthusiasts with different levels of experience and language. Please give everyone a fair go.
Getting started:
Step 1. Get an account Choose “Metro style apps” for the key type.
Step 2.
Download the bits from the Visual Studio Gallery. Or directly from the Extension Manager of Visual Studio 11.
Step 3. Read the Reference API docs
Step 4. Download the samples from the visual studio gallery.
Step 5. Read the terms of use
Bing Maps for Windows Store Apps Training Kit:
https://bingmapstrainingkit.codeplex.com/
Further Reading:
Read the announcement on the Bing Maps Blog
Tim Heuer’s “use the Bing Maps in your Winsows 8 XAML applications”
Running Windows Metro style apps on a remote machine (dev on your desktop, test on multitouch slate)
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