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...
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...
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...
Date: 09/06/2017
The main release branch of the Bing Maps Version 8 (V8) Web Control has been regularly updated over...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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....
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...
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/...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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....
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
Date: 04/04/2014