Bing Maps V8 Web Control: How to enable landmarks (Shopping centers, hotels, restaurants, etc)

Question

I want to display all the nearby landmarks such as shopping centers, restaurants, hotels, petrol pumps, etc. on the map created using Bing Maps V8 Web Control like how https://www.bing.com/maps/ shows. But I cannot find a configuration or setting to enable it.

This is how I want my map to look (from bing.com/maps) with all the landmarks:

This is how it currently looks when I render the default map using Bing Maps V8 Web Control:

Answer 1

Hello pratikmayekar-1214,

You are not comparing equivalent items.

1. Bing.com/maps is a Maps experience built but the Bing Team. The Business data you see on that maps is an overlay done by the Bing Places team for the Bing.com experience
2. Microsoft.com/maps is the API set for Bing Maps for Enterprise. While it is the map behind the experience in point 1, it does not have the Bing Places data. It does have POI like mountains and parks but not business details such as hours and websites.

You do have the option to build such an experience yourself, the following links show how to access business data:

Bing Maps
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bingmaps/spatial-data-services/public-data-sources/pointsofinterest
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bingmaps/spatial-data-services/public-data-sources/poi-entity-types
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/maps/local-search

Azure Maps:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/tutorial-search-location
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/search/get-search-poi

Sincerely,
IoTGirl

Answer 2

Hello Folks,

We have announced the unification of Bing Maps for enterprise with Azure Maps (https://blogs.bing.com/maps/2024-05/Microsoft-Announces-Vision-for-Next-Generation-of-Enterprise-Maps) so our recommendation for a scenario like this is to look at Samples.AzureMaps.com such as https://samples.azuremaps.com/?search=POI&sample=get-nearest-pois-to-a-set-of-addresses or https://samples.azuremaps.com/?search=POI&sample=load-pois-as-the-map-moves.

Sincerely,

IoTGirl