Bing Maps WPF Control

Mike Tanner 20 Reputation points
2024-06-06T19:54:48.38+00:00

With Bing maps Enterprise being deprecated, is the Bing Maps WPF Control also being deprecated and if it is, is there somthing to replace it with?

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A Microsoft app that provides voice navigation and turn-by-turn driving, transit, and walking directions.
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  1. rbrundritt 18,786 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2024-06-10T15:33:34.6066667+00:00

    The Bing Maps WPF SDK was deprecated a long time ago, and the SDK download link in the docs has been dead for at least 5 years. That said, there are a few options:

    1. I'm looking into this still so not 100% sure, but I believe there is a way to swap out the tile layers in the WPF control. At the end of the day that's the main Bing Maps service it uses. I think the main issue may be around the warning that popups up with invalid credentials as I'm not sure if there is a way to hide that yet. I'll circle back if I figure that out.
    2. Much of the same recommendations for the UWP map control would apply to WPF apps as well. Basically, consider on of the many open-source native map control alternatives or embed the Azure Maps Web SDK into a web view. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1685343/uwp-apps-using-mapcontrol-per-bing-map-enterprise
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