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How can I find the date of the satellite imagery for Bing Maps?

Anonymous
2023-08-31T19:54:15+00:00

How can I find the date of the satellite imagery for Bing Maps? It is not anywhere obvious. I'm currently looking for 35.869202°, -119.412735° but I have multiple other locations too.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-09-01T20:19:50+00:00

    Hi Andrew,

    To clarify, Bing Maps keeps only one set of imagery and it is stitched together like a blanket that wraps the earth. This means all imagery has a date range, not a date and as noted, it is only available if you use the Developer APIs. If you need imagery with dates, I suggest you go to a non-consumer imagery source like Maxar, Vexcel, Earthstar Geographics or other imagery provider for such accuracy.

    Sincerely,

    IoTGirl

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  2. Darhyl Amizola 40,650 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-08-31T20:47:31+00:00

    Hey Andrew!

    Nice to meet you! I'm Darhyl, an Independent Advisor. No worries, let me help you sort this out.

    Based on the information I've gathered; you may want to use the Bing Map Metadata service as it is possible to use vintageEnd. This is the latest date found in an imagery set or for a specific imagery tile.

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/bingmaps/rest-...

    Also, when browsing bing.com maps. If you enable the developer tools in your browser, you can find the "x-ve-tilemeta-capturedatesrange" tag in the response headers with a tile date range.

    For example:

    https://t.ssl.ak.tiles.virtualearth.net/tiles/a...

    Headers:

    x-ve-tilemeta-capturedatesrange 8/18/2014-8/18/2014

    Lastly, please be advised that this community is just a consumer forum. I would highly recommend you post this inquiry in the Microsoft Q&A forum. This is the best place to get answers to your technical questions from experts who have technical knowledge related to Bing Maps:

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/search/?terms...

    You may also check these links for future reference:

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/forum/...

    https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/437491/...

    Note/Disclaimer: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it.

    Thank you for your kindness and understanding! Please let me know if you require further assistance.

    Best regards,

    Darhyl

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