Bing Maps: Your Platform for Location-Based Solutions

The BingTM Maps Platform brings location data to life by making it easier to visualize, under-

stand, and analyze. The rich imagery, quality geospatial data, and leading-edge technology

of Bing Maps is used by thousands of organizations, governments, and developers worldwide.

Choose from a robust set of APIs to build innovative applications that quickly display data,

engage users, and improve business insight. Bing Maps offers several licensing and pricing

plans, including free options. Find details at www.microsoft.com/maps.

Start Developing with Bing Maps. The latest APIs streamline the development process so that richly detailed and useful Bing Maps applications are easier to create than ever before.

Web/Mobile Controls Bing Maps AJAX Control 7.0: Integrate maps and location functionality into websites easily using this JavaScript API. The Bing Maps AJAX Control 7.0 enables you to build mapping applications that render multiple points three times faster than our previous version. For API reference topics and code samples, visit: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg427610.aspx

Bing Maps Silverlight® Control: Create a powerful and differentiated mapping experience—including the latest location and local search features along with multimedia, Deep Zoom, and other Silverlight objects in native Microsoft® .NET code. Explore the Silverlight Control at: www.microsoft.com/maps/isdk/silverlight

Bing Maps Control for Windows® Phone 7: Bing Maps is fully integrated into the Windows Phone 7 Developer Toolkit as the default map control on Windows Phone 7. The map control is designed to make it easier to build Windows Phone 7 mobile apps.

Bing Map App SDK: Create your own custom Map App and make your work available through the Bing Map App Gallery. There is no charge for hosting/serving and you gain immediate access to the broad audience of Bing.com/maps. www.microsoft.com/maps/developers/mapapps.aspx

Web Services Bing Maps REST Services: Use REST APIs to perform tasks such as creating static maps with pushpins/routes, geocoding addresses, or calculating simple or optimized routes for driving, transit, or walking scenarios. Bing Maps REST Services can also be integrated with other Bing Maps APIs. And if you’re building for mobile platforms, Bing Maps REST APIs provide you a familiar and flexible toolset for almost any device.

Bing Spatial Data Services: Quickly and easily geocode or reverse geocode large sets of addresses or latitude/longitude data using this REST API. Use these services to perform spatial queries like “find nearby” on your own data sets.

Bing Maps SOAP Services: Get SOAP/XML web service access to static map images (.gif, .jpeg, and .png), one-box search, geocoding/reverse geocoding, and routing. These services also integrate with features in the Bing Maps Silverlight Control to provide you with a complete web mapping feature set.

Learn More Get the latest news and resources for developing on the Bing Maps platform at www.microsoft.com/maps/developers.

Learn about Bing Maps licensing and pricing plans, including free options at www.microsoft.com/maps/product/licensing.aspx.

Find SDKs and the latest articles about developing with Bing Maps, guidance on using the map controls, and documentation for all the platform components on MSDN® at msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd877180.aspx.

Localization Support AJAX Silverlight REST Spatial Data SOAP

Driving Directions: Czech – Czech Republic, Danish – Denmark, Dutch – Netherlands, English – Australia, English– Canada, English – India, English – United Kingdom, English – United States, Finnish – Finland, French – Canada, French – France, German – Germany, Italian –Italy, Norwegian (Bokmal) – Norway, Portuguese – Brazil, Spanish – Mexico, Spanish – Spain, Spanish – United States, Swedish – Sweden

Not applicable

Not applicable X Not

applicable X

Map Labels: English – United States, French – Canada, French – France, German – Germany, Italian – Italy,Japanese – Japan (only available in the Map Control), Spanish – Mexico, Spanish – Spain, Spanish – United States

X X X Not applicable X

Geocoding: Czech – Czech Republic, Danish – Denmark, Dutch – Netherlands, English – Canada, English – United States, Finnish – Finland, French – Canada, French – France, German – Germany, Italian – Italy, Japanese – Japan, Norwegian (Bokmal) – Norway, Portuguese – Brazil, Spanish – Spain, Spanish – United States, Swedish – Sweden

Not applicable

Not applicable X X X

Platform Support AJAX Silverlight REST Spatial Data SOAP

Browser Support: Windows Internet Explorer® 6, Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 2, Firefox 3, Safari 2 (Mac), Safari 3 (Mac) X X X X

Which Bing Maps APIs Are Best for Your Needs?

Start building your location-based application today! Get a Bing Maps account at www.bingmapsportal.com.

Geocoding AJAX Silverlight REST Spatial Data SOAP

Geocoding. Get the most accurate locations around the world through one geocoding interface and leverage datasets with MapView, Reverse IP, and Culture.

X X (bulk) X

Reverse Geocoding. Find the closest street address based on latitude and longitude coordinates derived from a GPS, mobile device, or map-click events.

X X X

International Geocoding. Enable users to find international addresses. Reverse geocoding is available anywhere Bing Maps has routing.

X X X

Accurate Results. Geocode with high accuracy using parcel geocodes to pinpoint the address location. This covers 71 million unique addresses—55 percent of all addresses in the United States.

X X X

Routing/Directions AJAX Silverlight REST Spatial Data SOAP

One-Click Directions. Provide directions to a single location from all major roads, including route options such as shortest time, shortest distance, or traffic flow.

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Expose Route Geometry. Access route geometry to perform spatial queries and draw customized routes on maps.

X X

Landmark Hints. Offer customers in the United States and Canada turn-by-turn directions that feature familiar landmarks by name, such as gas stations and fast-food restaurants.

X X

Localized Directions. Localized market data is supported in the API, along with localized maps, walking, and driving directions in 13 languages. (Walking directions are available in the United States and the European Union.)

X X

Search AJAX Silverlight REST Spatial Data SOAP

Proximity Search. Return a list of points of interest based on proximity to a selected location. (Bing Maps AJAX Control only supports searching for Yellow Page listings.)

X

Imagery AJAX Silverlight REST Spatial Data SOAP

Enhanced Bird’s Eye View. Visualize locations from a high-resolution 45-degree oblique perspective and experience smooth zooming and panning across imagery types for a truly immersive viewing experience.(Available in many metropolitan areas. Not available for government customers.)

X X

Imagery (continued) AJAX Silverlight REST Spatial Data SOAP

Aerial Views. Show rich aerial ortho photography images of land and building objects. X X X X

Traffic Flow Data. Show preferred traffic flow data on your maps. X X X X

Maps for Mobile Devices. Build applications with map tiles optimized specifically for mobile devices.

X

X Supported

on WindowsPhone 7Control

Tile Layers. Take advantage of the easy-to-use tile layer interface used for adding, deleting, showing, and hiding tile layers. This allows integration of GIS and other data as a map overlay.

X X

Other Web Mapping Features AJAX Silverlight REST Spatial Data SOAP

Info/Pop-Up Boxes. Shapes can store HTML and CSS content, providing the ability to fully customize the look, feel, and content of information boxes. These boxes can also be shown or hidden programmatically.

X Customizable

via XAML or SDK

Shapes and Shape Layers. Customize and modify pushpins, polylines, and polygons, line colors and widths, and transparencies of shapes, as well as add custom icons. Shape-management capabilities allow grouping of pushpins, polylines, and polygons, and the ability to show or hide a group of shapes, as well as make changes to individual shapes.

X X

Customizable Navigation Controls. Control how users interact with the mapping interface by using different options for the size of navigation controls.

X X

Upload Custom Data/Bulk Geocoding. Enterprise customers can upload and bulk-geocode any of their own spatial data to our cloud and serve it down to their customers, saving overhead and increasing performance.

X

Pushpin Collision Avoidance. Allow users to zoom out on a map to better visualize a cluster of geocoded points. They can also zoom in to get more information on an individual site.

X

Embedded Multimedia. Add video, images, and other multimedia to the map. X

Support Deep Zoom. Add rich map zooming features. X

Which Bing Maps APIs Are Best for Your Needs?

Bing Maps: Your Platform for Location-Based Solutions

The BingTM Maps Platform brings location data to life by making it easier to visualize, under-

stand, and analyze. The rich imagery, quality geospatial data, and leading-edge technology

of Bing Maps is used by thousands of organizations, governments, and developers worldwide.

Choose from a robust set of APIs to build innovative applications that quickly display data,

engage users, and improve business insight. Bing Maps offers several licensing and pricing

plans, including free options. Find details at www.microsoft.com/maps.

Start Developing with Bing Maps. The latest APIs streamline the development process so that richly detailed and useful Bing Maps applications are easier to create than ever before.

Web/Mobile Controls Bing Maps AJAX Control 7.0: Integrate maps and location functionality into websites easily using this JavaScript API. The Bing Maps AJAX Control 7.0 enables you to build mapping applications that render multiple points three times faster than our previous version. For API reference topics and code samples, visit: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg427610.aspx

Bing Maps Silverlight® Control: Create a powerful and differentiated mapping experience—including the latest location and local search features along with multimedia, Deep Zoom, and other Silverlight objects in native Microsoft® .NET code. Explore the Silverlight Control at: www.microsoft.com/maps/isdk/silverlight

Bing Maps Control for Windows® Phone 7: Bing Maps is fully integrated into the Windows Phone 7 Developer Toolkit as the default map control on Windows Phone 7. The map control is designed to make it easier to build Windows Phone 7 mobile apps.

Bing Map App SDK: Create your own custom Map App and make your work available through the Bing Map App Gallery. There is no charge for hosting/serving and you gain immediate access to the broad audience of Bing.com/maps. www.microsoft.com/maps/developers/mapapps.aspx

Web Services Bing Maps REST Services: Use REST APIs to perform tasks such as creating static maps with pushpins/routes, geocoding addresses, or calculating simple or optimized routes for driving, transit, or walking scenarios. Bing Maps REST Services can also be integrated with other Bing Maps APIs. And if you’re building for mobile platforms, Bing Maps REST APIs provide you a familiar and flexible toolset for almost any device.

Bing Spatial Data Services: Quickly and easily geocode or reverse geocode large sets of addresses or latitude/longitude data using this REST API. Use these services to perform spatial queries like “find nearby” on your own data sets.

Bing Maps SOAP Services: Get SOAP/XML web service access to static map images (.gif, .jpeg, and .png), one-box search, geocoding/reverse geocoding, and routing. These services also integrate with features in the Bing Maps Silverlight Control to provide you with a complete web mapping feature set.

Learn More Get the latest news and resources for developing on the Bing Maps platform at www.microsoft.com/maps/developers.

Learn about Bing Maps licensing and pricing plans, including free options at www.microsoft.com/maps/product/licensing.aspx.

Find SDKs and the latest articles about developing with Bing Maps, guidance on using the map controls, and documentation for all the platform components on MSDN® at msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd877180.aspx.

Localization Support AJAX Silverlight REST Spatial Data SOAP

Driving Directions: Czech – Czech Republic, Danish – Denmark, Dutch – Netherlands, English – Australia, English– Canada, English – India, English – United Kingdom, English – United States, Finnish – Finland, French – Canada, French – France, German – Germany, Italian –Italy, Norwegian (Bokmal) – Norway, Portuguese – Brazil, Spanish – Mexico, Spanish – Spain, Spanish – United States, Swedish – Sweden

Not applicable

Not applicable X Not

applicable X

Map Labels: English – United States, French – Canada, French – France, German – Germany, Italian – Italy,Japanese – Japan (only available in the Map Control), Spanish – Mexico, Spanish – Spain, Spanish – United States

X X X Not applicable X

Geocoding: Czech – Czech Republic, Danish – Denmark, Dutch – Netherlands, English – Canada, English – United States, Finnish – Finland, French – Canada, French – France, German – Germany, Italian – Italy, Japanese – Japan, Norwegian (Bokmal) – Norway, Portuguese – Brazil, Spanish – Spain, Spanish – United States, Swedish – Sweden

Not applicable

Not applicable X X X

Platform Support AJAX Silverlight REST Spatial Data SOAP

Browser Support: Windows Internet Explorer® 6, Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 2, Firefox 3, Safari 2 (Mac), Safari 3 (Mac) X X X X

Which Bing Maps APIs Are Best for Your Needs?

Start building your location-based application today! Get a Bing Maps account at www.bingmapsportal.com.