Ricky's Microsoft Maps Blog
Large Polyline Blurring Bug Workaround for Windows 8
Recently I wrote a blog post on How to Create Custom Shapes in Windows Store Apps. This post was...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 03/28/2014
How to Create Custom Shapes in Windows Store Apps (C#)
In the Bing Maps SDK for Windows Store Apps there are five main types of data that you can add to...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 03/26/2014
How to Create Heat Maps in Native Windows Store Apps
Heat maps, also known as density maps, are a type of overlay on a map used to represent data using...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 03/12/2014
Fix: IE11 Mouse events in Bing Maps V7
The Bing Maps V7 map control has a small issue with IE11. The mouse events for polygons, polylines,...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 03/07/2014
Free eBook: Location Intelligence for Windows Store apps
I am happy to announce the release of my book “Location Intelligence for Windows Store Apps”....
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 03/04/2014
Make Clickable Shapes in the Native Bing Maps Control
The native Bing Maps Windows Store control has two types of shapes: polygons and polylines. These...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 01/23/2014
Upgrading Bing Maps Apps To Windows 8.1
The Bing Maps Windows 8.1 Store SDK brings a lot of improvements over the Bing Maps Windows 8 SDK....
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 01/22/2014
Bing Maps Racing Game
As a fun little side project over the weekend I’ve put together a simple racing game out of Bing...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 01/20/2014
Clustering Pushpins in Windows Store Apps
Clustering of pushpins in Bing Maps consists of grouping together nearby locations into clusters. As...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
Draggable Pushpins in Bing Maps (.NET)
When building a Bing Maps application, you may want to give the user the ability to drag a pushpin....
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
How to Share Maps Using the Share Charm in Windows Store Apps
Depending on the type of application you are creating, you may find it useful to be able to share a...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
Augmented Reality with Bing Maps in a Windows Store App
Update: See chapter 9 of my free ebook on creating Location Intelligent Windows Store apps for an...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
Geocoding With the Search Charm
In this blog post we are going to create a simple mapping application that allows the user to search...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
Bing Maps for Travel
Bing Maps has been an integral component for many travel companies across the globe. Whether it be...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
Connecting a SharePoint List to Bing Maps
I have seen a lot of different ways to integrate Bing Maps with SharePoint. Some more complex than...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
Geocoding a SharePoint List Item
Bing Maps is often integrated into SharePoint sites to display different types of information, from...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
Geocoding and Routing in Bing Maps Windows Store Apps (JavaScript)
In this blog post we are going to look at how implement Geocoding and Routing using the Bing Maps...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
Venue Maps in Windows Store Apps (JavaScript)
Within Bing Maps you have the ability to view Venue Maps. Venue Maps are often thought of as maps of...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
Bing Maps for Windows Store Apps Training Kit
Bing Maps for Windows Store apps combine the power of Windows 8 and Bing™ Maps to provide an...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
Geocoding and Routing in Bing Maps Windows Store Apps (Native)
In this blog post we are going to look at how implement Geocoding and Routing using the Native Bing...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
Modules in Bing Maps for Windows Store Apps (JavaScript)
The Bing Maps V7 AJAX control is designed as a modular framework and the Bing Maps for Windows Store...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
Getting started with Bing Maps Windows Store Apps (Native)
If you follow this blog regularly, there is a strong chance that you are familiar with Bing Maps and...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
REST Services in Bing Maps Windows Store Apps (JavaScript)
When using Bing Maps, you may find that you need to access a REST based web service from time to...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
Viewing Census Data on Bing Maps
Every ten years the US Bureau of the Census counts the people in the US and collects a number of...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
ESRI Shapefiles and Bing Maps WPF
In one of my previous blog posts I talked about several different ways of overlaying ESRI shapefile...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
ESRI Shapefiles and Bing Maps
ESRI Shapefiles are a popular file format for storing geospatial data. The format was created by...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
Using Bing Maps in WinForms
In the past using Bing Maps inside a WinForm required using a web browser control and creating a...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
Client Side Point Based Clustering
Several years ago I wrote an algorithm for Bing Maps that used grid based clustering. Grid base...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
Vertex Reduction–One of my secret weapons
I have a number of secret weapons that I have discovered over the years working with Bing Maps.One...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
Multiple Pushpins and Infoboxes in Bing Maps V7
In Bing Maps an Infobox (or popup) is just another entity that you can treat just like a pushpin....
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
GeoRSS support for Bing Maps v7 AJAX control
The Bing Maps v7 AJAX control was recently released. It’s smaller and much faster. Unfortunately...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
Optimize Map Layers in Bing Maps Silverlight
Recently I wanted to load a large number of polygons on a Silverlight map. Anyone who has added a...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
Reverse Geocoding over a Search Area
Some times it may be useful to reverse Geocode multiple coordinates in a specific area in order to...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
Dynamic Tile Layers in the Bing Maps Silverlight Control
Yesterday I was scheduled to present at Microsoft Reading unfortunately things came up at work and I...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013
MultiPolygon & MultiLineString Classes for Bing Maps Silverlight
Update: Check out the optimized version of this library available here. When SQL 2008 came out one...
Author: Ricky_Brundritt Date: 11/08/2013