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dev.virtualearth GET request succeeds in browser but returns empty JSON string in a program

This question is NOT about the Windows API, but no other category comes close and…

Bing Web Search
Bing Web Search
A Bing service that gives you enhanced search details from billions of web documents.
85 questions
Windows Maps
Windows Maps
A Microsoft app that provides voice navigation and turn-by-turn driving, transit, and walking directions.
198 questions
asked 2023-05-29T14:41:01.5033333+00:00
Mike Landis 1 Reputation point
edited the question 2023-05-30T01:24:45.83+00:00
Xiaopo Yang - MSFT 7,106 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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How to cite Bing Maps API

Hi. I am using Bing Maps API for reverse geocoding in my master thesis. I show the results that I get from the API (the addresses) in one of the pictures. My question is: is it ok, that I use the results in a thesis? If so, how do I cite them? The url…

Azure Maps
Azure Maps
An Azure service that provides geospatial APIs to add maps, spatial analytics, and mobility solutions to apps.
379 questions
Windows Maps
Windows Maps
A Microsoft app that provides voice navigation and turn-by-turn driving, transit, and walking directions.
198 questions
asked 2023-04-07T12:46:15.97+00:00
Miha Rejec 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2023-05-28T09:51:27.9+00:00
Miha Rejec 0 Reputation points
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How to color clustering numbers in Bing Maps

Hello. I'm using clustering, and white seems to be the default text color. I want to change it to black, how can I do it?

Windows Maps
Windows Maps
A Microsoft app that provides voice navigation and turn-by-turn driving, transit, and walking directions.
198 questions
asked 2021-12-01T07:21:20.073+00:00
SEONOK KIM 1 Reputation point
edited an answer 2023-05-26T16:28:42.88+00:00
IoTGirl 2,426 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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How Up-to-Date is the data returned by the PointsOfInterest Data Source?

Hi, Regarding the public data sources referenced by the Bing Spatial Data Services page (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bingmaps/spatial-data-services/), how up-to-date is the data that is returned by the PointsOfInterest data source (i.e.,…

Windows Maps
Windows Maps
A Microsoft app that provides voice navigation and turn-by-turn driving, transit, and walking directions.
198 questions
asked 2023-05-22T15:31:24.1166667+00:00
Ken Bowman 106 Reputation points
answered 2023-05-25T23:35:58.3533333+00:00
Ken Bowman 106 Reputation points
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Routes with Bing Maps API: what is the correct format of postcodes in Europe ?

I use the Bing Maps webservice from an Excel sheet to calculate the distances between 2 points (post codes only) in Europe. Strangely this works for Belgium but often gives errors for other European countries. See printscreen attached. The formula I use…

Windows Maps
Windows Maps
A Microsoft app that provides voice navigation and turn-by-turn driving, transit, and walking directions.
198 questions
asked 2023-05-12T15:00:22.14+00:00
Jean-Christophe G 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-05-25T17:00:06.6866667+00:00
LeelaRajeshSayana-MSFT 3,536 Reputation points
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Error code 500 with Bing Maps Multi Itinerary Optimization API

Hi, I have a problem with the Bing Maps Multi Itinerary Optmization API. I am using Power Automate to send a POST request to the MIO API, with the following URI:…

Windows Maps
Windows Maps
A Microsoft app that provides voice navigation and turn-by-turn driving, transit, and walking directions.
198 questions
Azure Maps
Azure Maps
An Azure service that provides geospatial APIs to add maps, spatial analytics, and mobility solutions to apps.
379 questions
asked 2023-05-11T09:07:59.1233333+00:00
Stock Control 5 Reputation points
commented 2023-05-17T00:03:05.1533333+00:00
IoTGirl 2,426 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Bing Map TimeZone API not returning timeZoneDisplayAbbr

I rely on this API to give me an abbreviation for the timezone and a specific lat/long. It's worked regularly but this specific API call is not including the timeZoneDisplayAbbr value that I regularly get. Does anyone know what is wrong about this call…

Windows Maps
Windows Maps
A Microsoft app that provides voice navigation and turn-by-turn driving, transit, and walking directions.
198 questions
asked 2023-05-13T21:28:59.4166667+00:00
Aaron Benzick 20 Reputation points
accepted 2023-05-15T19:39:19.0833333+00:00
Aaron Benzick 20 Reputation points
2 answers

Bing Maps REST API why is location-data returning Medium confidence instead of High for well-established address?

Sample Address: 339 Avenue A Ronkonkoma, NY Bing Maps REST lookup URL:…

Windows Maps
Windows Maps
A Microsoft app that provides voice navigation and turn-by-turn driving, transit, and walking directions.
198 questions
asked 2023-04-10T16:52:34.12+00:00
RJBreneman 176 Reputation points
commented 2023-04-25T21:27:40.44+00:00
IoTGirl 2,426 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Get physical address' coordinates of concatenated address in Hebrew using excel formula

Hi all, I'm trying to add the coordinates (latitude and longitude) of an address in Excel using this formula: =FILTERXML(WEBSERVICE("https://dev.virtualearth.net/REST/v1/Locations?q="&SUBSTITUTE(K2,"…

Windows Maps
Windows Maps
A Microsoft app that provides voice navigation and turn-by-turn driving, transit, and walking directions.
198 questions
asked 2023-04-23T09:55:28.78+00:00
Tom Azaria 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-04-25T21:26:14.5933333+00:00
IoTGirl 2,426 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

How to disable event to propagate in Bing Maps v8?

I am trying to temporarily disable user's panning ability in a mapping application using Bing Maps v8 (JavaScript). This code sort of works, but I see in the debugger console that I get an error saying "preventDefault is not a function". The…

Azure Maps
Azure Maps
An Azure service that provides geospatial APIs to add maps, spatial analytics, and mobility solutions to apps.
379 questions
Windows Maps
Windows Maps
A Microsoft app that provides voice navigation and turn-by-turn driving, transit, and walking directions.
198 questions
asked 2023-04-05T16:43:30.6833333+00:00
tamasoz 21 Reputation points
commented 2023-04-12T15:44:12.28+00:00
LeelaRajeshSayana-MSFT 3,536 Reputation points
1 answer

Drawing circle in Bing Maps does not work

I am trying to create a code to draw a circle on Bing Maps. I do have a valid API-Key but something in the following code seems to be wrong: When I save the code as .HTM(L), nothing is being displayed. When I omit everything after…

Windows Maps
Windows Maps
A Microsoft app that provides voice navigation and turn-by-turn driving, transit, and walking directions.
198 questions
asked 2023-03-14T13:49:01.7366667+00:00
Chris S 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2023-04-09T19:41:43.3833333+00:00
IoTGirl 2,426 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

Why does Bing MAP API return wrong distance when using routeSummariesOnly?

When I apply the routeAttributes=routeSummariesOnly, the result deviates drastically from the results I get otherwise. When I look…

Windows Maps
Windows Maps
A Microsoft app that provides voice navigation and turn-by-turn driving, transit, and walking directions.
198 questions
asked 2023-03-13T12:55:12.51+00:00
Frederik Kjær Grote 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-04-06T22:04:59.8933333+00:00
Faraz Siddiqui 80 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

How to get Weather Warnings from Bing API Truck Route?

When requesting Truck Routes from this endpoint https://dev.virtualearth.net/REST/v1/Routes/Truck, how do I enable Weather Warnings to be included in the response? Is there a certain parameter that needs to be included in the request? Is it dependent on…

Windows Maps
Windows Maps
A Microsoft app that provides voice navigation and turn-by-turn driving, transit, and walking directions.
198 questions
asked 2023-03-09T14:48:03.7066667+00:00
Nathan Echon 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-04-06T16:58:34.1066667+00:00
IoTGirl 2,426 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

Bing Maps, mussten diese Veränderungen sein?

In diesem Fall ist es mir zu anstrengend, alles auf Englisch zu übersetzen. Deshalb auf deutsch. Warum, warum wurde das System von Bird's eye view so umgestellt, dass jetzt alle einzelne Bilder wie zu einem Panorama zusammen gestitched erscheinen? Auch…

Windows Maps
Windows Maps
A Microsoft app that provides voice navigation and turn-by-turn driving, transit, and walking directions.
198 questions
asked 2023-03-15T10:55:35.8066667+00:00
Matthes Matthes 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-04-03T18:58:49.47+00:00
IoTGirl 2,426 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

How to filter a card-diagramm by klicking on the countries in the map?

Good morning, i have a problem with my card-diagram (map) in excel. I've got some slicers to visualize the diagramm in different colours etc. I can filter the shown countries in the map by klicking on the countries in the slicers. Now i want to…

Excel
Excel
A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
509 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
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Windows Maps
Windows Maps
A Microsoft app that provides voice navigation and turn-by-turn driving, transit, and walking directions.
198 questions
asked 2023-03-28T07:59:53.52+00:00
Rene Bluemke 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-04-03T18:46:24.44+00:00
IoTGirl 2,426 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

How to find optimize shortest route distance aganist multiple location in UWP bing map control

Problem Statement: Our solution:Below are the line of code we are using to depict shortest path on Map. private async Task<bool> ShowRouteOnMap(MapControl myMap, ObservableCollection<ViewRouteDetailsUIModel> SelectedCustomerList) …

Universal Windows Platform (UWP)
Windows Maps
Windows Maps
A Microsoft app that provides voice navigation and turn-by-turn driving, transit, and walking directions.
198 questions
asked 2023-02-03T09:57:04.3566667+00:00
Lokender Tiwari 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-02-09T18:32:23.4133333+00:00
IoTGirl 2,426 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

BingMapsRESTToolkit nuget package doesn't have the latest versions

The latest stable version available for the BingMapsRESTToolkit is 1.1.4 from nuget.com, while the actual latest release is 1.1.5. I'm wondering if this is ever going to be updated? The nuget was last updated in March of 2018. There's currently someone…

Windows Maps
Windows Maps
A Microsoft app that provides voice navigation and turn-by-turn driving, transit, and walking directions.
198 questions
asked 2023-02-03T21:07:57.84+00:00
Marissa Turnage 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-02-07T14:58:49.5933333+00:00
Clemens Schotte 261 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers

Route API - how to use Current location in URL

hi using this url for example - …

Azure Maps
Azure Maps
An Azure service that provides geospatial APIs to add maps, spatial analytics, and mobility solutions to apps.
379 questions
Windows Maps
Windows Maps
A Microsoft app that provides voice navigation and turn-by-turn driving, transit, and walking directions.
198 questions
asked 2023-01-18T14:10:19.3033333+00:00
Gonen Shoham 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-01-31T07:37:49.39+00:00
IoTGirl 2,426 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

Bing Maps Ordnance Survey UK not working properly

The Ordnance Survey UK is displaying a mixture of OS map tiles and Road map tiles. It's been happening for a number of days now. Can someone from Microsoft fix it please? David

Windows Maps
Windows Maps
A Microsoft app that provides voice navigation and turn-by-turn driving, transit, and walking directions.
198 questions
asked 2023-01-17T16:48:33.9766667+00:00
David Bellerby 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-01-24T23:12:56.08+00:00
LeelaRajeshSayana-MSFT 3,536 Reputation points
2 answers

Bing map polygons are not returned properly for ISO country type

The Bing map with ISO country code does not fetch a proper polygons. For example, I have used SpatialDataService to get the boundary of IND and FRA, but both the resultant polygons are not related to the IND or FRA. Please provide a solution/code to…

Windows Maps
Windows Maps
A Microsoft app that provides voice navigation and turn-by-turn driving, transit, and walking directions.
198 questions
asked 2022-10-04T18:50:30.81+00:00
Ahamed Shajahan 1 Reputation point
answered 2023-01-23T07:41:42.7433333+00:00
IoTGirl 2,426 Reputation points Microsoft Employee