How to import JSON Files into Azure Maps from Bing Maps

Question

How do you import JSON files into Azure Maps? I can not find a link in the program that enables this function.

Answer 1

I ran into this same issue before when moving data from Bing Maps into Azure Maps, and the reason you can’t find an “Import JSON” button is because Azure Maps doesn’t support direct JSON uploads in the portal.

The only way to import JSON (GeoJSON) is through the Data Upload API or the Conversion API.

In practice you have two options:

If your file is GeoJSON, use the Azure Maps Data Upload API to upload it into a dataset.

If your file is a Bing Maps JSON format, first convert it to GeoJSON using the Azure Maps Conversion API, then upload it.

There is no UI-based importer in Azure Maps. Everything goes through the APIs.

Answer 2

You could take a look at https://samples.azuremaps.com/?search=JSON as there is a "Well Known Text", WKT, module that might take your files as is. There is also a drag and drop sample that takes a file through a UI experience but Adam is correct, Azure Maps does not offer the exact same feature set as Bing Maps.