Common Parameters and Types

Note

Bing Maps for Enterprise service retirement

Bing Maps for Enterprise is deprecated and will be retired. Free (Basic) account customers can continue to use Bing Maps for Enterprise services until June 30th, 2025. Enterprise account customers can continue to use Bing Maps for Enterprise services until June 30th, 2028. To avoid service disruptions, all implementations using Bing Maps for Enterprise REST APIs and SDKs will need to be updated to use Azure Maps by the retirement date that applies to your Bing Maps for Enterprise account type.

Azure Maps is Microsoft's next-generation maps and geospatial services for developers. Azure Maps has many of the same features as Bing Maps for Enterprise, and more. To get started with Azure Maps, create a free Azure subscription and an Azure Maps account. For more information about azure Maps, see Azure Maps Documentation. For migration guidance, see Bing Maps Migration Overview.

The Bing Maps REST Services use many common parameters and types. The topics in this section describe these common parameters and types.

In this section

Topic	Description
Base URL Structure	Use the base URL for making calls to the Bing Maps REST Services.
Culture Parameter	Use the culture parameter to set the culture so that items such as map labels and route directions are in the desired language.
Output Parameters	Use the output parameter to specify the format of the response, such as JSON or XML.
User Context Parameters	Use the user-context parameters to specify information about the user, such as the user’s location.
Asynchronous Requests	Use the user-context parameters to specify information about the user, such as the user’s location.
Location and Area Types	Use the location types to define a location or geographical area.
Pushpin Syntax and Icon Styles	Use the pushpin syntax to specify pushpins on a map.
Supported Culture Codes	Use the list of supported culture codes to determine the languages supported by the Bing Maps REST Services.