Ricky's Microsoft Maps Blog

Bing Maps Launches new Fleet Management APIs

The Bing Maps team just announced three new fleet management API’s; Truck Routing, Isochrones, and...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 12/15/2017

Bing Maps V8 Web Control SDK November 2017 Update

The Bing Maps V8 Web Control has been updated in November with one key feature which lets you...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/16/2017

Drag and Drop GeoJSON files onto Bing Maps V8

GeoJSON is a common file format used for storing spatial data as a JSON object and is easy to import...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 09/06/2017

The main release branch of the Bing Maps Version 8 (V8) Web Control has been regularly updated over...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 08/10/2017

160+ Code Samples for Bing Maps V8 released on GitHub

The Bing Maps team has been working hard on adding features and functionalities to the Bing Maps...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 03/09/2017

Using US Census data with Bing Maps

While creating the code samples for the Bing Maps V8 web control, we wanted to make the samples more...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 02/09/2017

Bing Maps V8 SDK Fall Update

The main release branch of the Bing Maps Version 8 web control (V8) has been in a code freeze over...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 01/19/2017

Bing Maps .NET REST Toolkit Made Open Source

Many developers use the Bing Maps REST services to perform spatial queries such as geocoding an...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 01/12/2017

Bing API's Developer Event - Microsoft London

You don’t have to have data scientists and a huge budget to add intelligence to your own apps to...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/29/2016

Bing Maps V8 SDK September 2016 Update

In this regular update to the Bing Maps Version 8 developer control (V8), we have added a couple of...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 10/13/2016

Bing Maps V8 August 2016 Update

This is the second regular monthly update to Bing Maps Version 8 control (V8) since its release in...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 09/07/2016

Bing Maps V8 July 2016 Update

It’s been just over a month ago since Bing Maps Version 8 (V8) was released, and today we are happy...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 08/10/2016

TypeScript Definitions for Bing Maps V8 Released on GitHub

Last month we announced the general availability of the Bing Maps V8 web control. Today, we are...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 08/04/2016

Bing Maps V8 Web Control Released

Two and a half months ago, at the Microsoft //Build/ Conference, the Bing Maps team announced the...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 06/22/2016

Pushpin Clustering in Bing Maps V8

Last month we announced the preview release of the Bing Maps V8 Web control. This new HTML5 power...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 05/16/2016

New Bing Maps V8 control announced

Today the Bing Maps team announced the release of a new HTML5 powered map control. It is fast,...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 04/05/2016

Local Tile Layers in Bing Maps WPF

Earlier this year the Bing Maps WPF control was updated with a number of performance and bug fixes....

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 08/24/2015

Migrating “My Map” from Google to Bing

Many users have asked about migrating their data to Bing Maps from Google Maps, after recent changes...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 05/19/2015

Recap: Bing Maps at //Build/ 2015

First off we would like to say thanks to those who attended the Bing Maps sessions during //Build/...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 05/07/2015

Adding Opacity and WMS support to tile layers in WP8.1 Maps

The maps in WP8 did not support adding an opacity to a tile layer. The only way around this was to...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 05/06/2015

Join the Bing Maps team at //Build/ 2015

Microsoft //Build/ 2015 is taking place in San Francisco from April 29th to May 1st. If you are...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 04/28/2015

Let the madness begin on Bing Maps

March Madness kicks off this week with the first round of games starting in a few days. Along with...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 03/16/2015

Accessing the Bing Maps REST services from various JavaScript frameworks

On the Bing Maps forums I often come across developers who have difficulty accessing the Bing Maps...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 03/05/2015

Visualizing point-based Business Intelligence data on Bing Maps

It is often said that upwards of 80% of business data has some sort of location based context to it....

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 02/05/2015

Webcast: Visualizing Big Data on Bing Maps

Web Conference Info: Date: February 4th, 2015 Time: 9:00 am to 10:00 am Pacific Presented By: Ricky...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 01/13/2015

How to create bounded tile layers in Bing Maps (JavaScript)

Tile layers are a great way to visualize a lot of data on a map and still have good performance....

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/10/2014

Be smooth: Optimize Bing Maps in multipage Windows Store apps (JavaScript)

Bing Maps is the most widely used map control inside of Windows Store apps. Many simple apps consist...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 10/24/2014

How to add custom auto complete functionality to your map app

More and more developers want to add auto complete to their map applications, and for good reason....

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 10/10/2014

Multiple Measurement Scale Bar in WPF

I recently had some one ask me how to create a custom scale bar in the Bing Maps WPF control. The...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 10/09/2014

Correctly anchoring pushpins to the map

I regularly come across developers who run into issue that when they zoom the map in and out the...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 10/02/2014

Part 2 – Bring your maps to life: Creating animations with Bing Maps (.NET)

In a recent blog post, you saw how to use JavaScript and CSS3 to create custom animations. Now...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 09/29/2014

Cleaning up Visual Studio project folders using PowerShell

Over the years I have created a lot of code samples and demo projects using Visual Studios. I keep...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 09/18/2014

The Art of IntelliSense: Three ways to use IntelliSense with Bing Maps APIs

Do you find that you spend more time digging through documentation trying to figure out what...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 09/04/2014

Working with invalid Geography objects in SQL Azure

I was recently helping some with a project that let the user to draw shapes on the map and upload...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 08/18/2014

Creating animations with Bing Maps (JavaScript)

Bing Maps is a very powerful mapping platform that is often used for creating engaging user...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 08/07/2014

How to Make Use of Maps in Universal Apps

Universal Apps are a pretty hot topic in the world of Windows app development. Universal apps allow...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 06/24/2014

How to Launch Maps in a Universal App

At the Microsoft //Build/ Conference last April, the Windows Phone 8.1 SDK (WP8.1) was released as a...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 06/04/2014

Creating a Universal Templatable Compass Control

At the Microsoft //Build/ Conference last April, the Windows Phone 8.1 SDK (WP8.1) was released as a...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 05/23/2014

How to Create Nicely Formatted Directions in Bing Maps Windows Store apps (.NET)

Not long after the Bing Maps Windows Store apps SDK was first released we published a blog post on...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 05/19/2014

How to Save and Share Map Screenshots in Windows Store Apps (.NET)

A while ago I wrote a blog post on How to Share Maps Using the Search Charm in Windows Store Apps....

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 05/02/2014

Visualize Large Complex Data with Local Tile Layers in Bing Maps Windows Store Apps (C#)

Tile Layers are a creative way to visualize large complex data. By visualizing data as an image the...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 04/23/2014

Image Overlays with Bing Maps (Native)

A while back I wrote a blog posts called Image Overlays with Bing Maps (JavaScript). In this blog...

Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 04/04/2014

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