Check Bird’s eye Coverage Availability

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The Microsoft.Maps namespace has a static function that can be used to check if Bird’s eye imagery is available in at a specified location.

Name Return Type Description
getIsBirdseyeAvailable(loc: Location, heading: Heading or number, callback: function(isAvailable: boolean)) Checks to see if Birdseye imagery is available at a specified location and heading.

The following code demonstrates how to check if bird’s eye imagery is available for a specified location and then loads the map into bird’s eye or aerial mode accordingly.

var map;
var loc = new Microsoft.Maps.Location(45.464210, 9.190396);

Microsoft.Maps.getIsBirdseyeAvailable(loc, Microsoft.Maps.Heading.North, function(isAvailable) {
    map = new Microsoft.Maps.Map(document.getElementById('myMap'), {
        center: mapLocation,
        mapTypeId: isAvailable ? Microsoft.Maps.MapTypeId.birdseye : Microsoft.Maps.MapTypeId.aerial
    });

    //Add your post map load code here.
});

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