Bing Maps for Playbook

Hello community: does bing maps for playbook give spoken directions? Or track your location?

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Call it, google, bing or Nokia maps....Everything xxxx..!!!
That's a pretty comprehensive list. Not much left, except you missed Apple maps, now they really do "need some attention". (avoiding your unpleasant 'merkin phrase). Not having a phone that has more than a numeric keypad I haven't seen Blackberry maps, are they better?
Seems such a waste of fuel and effort and aviation time for everyone to repeat what Google have already done just for competitive advantage. Build a new street and they all have to fly over it again (on a sunny day of course, not cloudy like Apple did. Couldn't see half of England)

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how to integrate bing map for including or displaying multiple locations at the same time

Have you aware of the geolocation field that's been introduced with SharePoint 2013? You can store location data within a list and then integrate this within Bing. The second tutorial on this Bing team blog will show it well.
https://www.bing.com/blogs/site_blogs/b/maps/archive/2013/03/26/connecting-a-sharepoint-list-to-bing-maps.aspx
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How to use offline map for windows store app using c# and xaml

Hi friends,
I want to integrate offline map in my windows store app but I am not able to achieve that.
Below is my requirement:
When a user wants to go somewhere where she/he doesn't want to use wi-fi or mobile data but wants to use map to assist her/him to roam around. For this I want to give an option to download the map for that region/area before leaving for that place and there
she/he can use map even in offline.
Is it possible that I can achieve this using Bing maps?
If yes then tell me the processes to follow.
If no then can I achieve this using "Here" or by using any other API or by tweaking any way?
Note: I am showing maps in case of online and user can search for directions or any places in that. I am using Bing maps for that.
Thanks,
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Hi Sandeepmsandy,
There is no available code sample for this scenario. You may write your own.
Step 1: Get pdf URL from sqlite database. Please refer to the following MSDN blog and see a code sample.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/robertgreen/archive/2012/11/13/using-sqlite-in-windows-store-apps.aspx. Note, you need to retarget the project to 8.1 and then get two sqlite packages from NuGet before building this sample.
Step 2: Use some special classes to get file from serer.
HttpWebRequest can help download small pdf files. For more information to see
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsapps/en-US/de96a61c-e089-4595-8349-612be5d23ee6/download-file-with-httpwebrequest?forum=winappswithcsharp. It’s easy for use, but if you want to download the larger or many files, it’s recommend to use
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Bing "Map It" not showing up in any window accept when imputing a contact for the first time

Bing's "Map It" function that is supposed to be present in office 2013 through emails is not... ive tried many different tests trying to input the addresses in different formats and there is no ability to get a map to the location. Maybe i am
just missing something? Also i was wondering if there is a way to get the "map it" function to work through the calender? It would be ideal if i could pull maps up when looking at an event that i have scheduled (all my events include the address
of each job as they are scheduled jobs for my employees).

bing maps link only displays in Outlook 2013 (or OWA) if an address is detected in the message. This only works if you have an Exchange 2013 email account.
Map it button is in contacts and works with all accounts.
If you want to have a map link in the calendar, you need to use VBA. I have a sample macro at
http://www.slipstick.com/developer/use-vba-to-map-a-contacts-address/ that maps contacts using different services. It could easily be changed to map appointments (which i think
i will do next).
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How do I create a Bing Maps route that stays on a U.S. Route number for tourism/scenic purposes?

How do I create a Bing Maps route that stays on a U.S. Route number for tourism/scenic purposes? I want to go from point a to point b while staying as much as possible on a US route number, such as US 6 or US 20 or US 101 or US 40, (and the defunct
US 66).
Instead of dragging points back to the road every time it pulls you onto a faster route, can I just say "use RT20 as much as possible?"
Or as simple as choosing a point on a US Route and selecting the entire length as a trip. The idea is to plan trips throughout the USA avoiding interstates, and staying on the actual original routes.
I am posting this here at request from Microsoft Support Engineer as a more complex request.

This is already on the feature request list from one other person. This would take a lot of work to implement from a technical side of things. given that only one other person has requested this, there isn't much of a business case for this yet.
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Bing maps useless outside US?

I live in Poland, but Bing maps cannot find ANY streets! Street names can be seen on the maps, but search simply doesn't work. "No results found" for ANY address. Google maps had no problems with this. I also travel to Sweden frequently. Here search fails as soon as you use any accented characters. And it doesn't find alternative spellings. For instance, searching for an address like "Ö-street" using "O-street" would have worked in Google maps, but Bing map fails.
This makes Bing maps absolutely useless outside the US!!! Pretty poor!!!!!
Is HP not expecting US users to travel outside their country then? And does HP not care about users in non-English countries? I guess so.
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I can confirm that - Bing maps are useless in Poland. I don`t know why but it`s not possible to search using street names (on desktop & pre2 version).
@LazPL: did you try contacting with MS support? Maybe they know something?

FireFox 3.6.13. BING Maps are being blocked. New Problem

I am using Windows XP Pro. FireFox 3.6.13.
I am having a new problem using Bing Maps.
When I first go to the Bing Maps page, I can see the map of the U.S. as usual. When I enter the name of a single specific location (e.g. a city name or a street address), the map images will Not display. The screen is blank where I should see a map; however, the information about the location appears on the left side of my screen just the same. I noticed that the image may appear for no more than one second and then disappear. Reloading the page gives me the same result.
However, this problem does Not occur if I start from the map image of the U.S. and just zoom in on an area. The map appears normally even when I continue to zoom.
Likewise, the problem does Not occur if I use Get Directions and enter a starting point and destination. The map images appear normal.
It is only a a problem when I do a search for a single specific location (e.g. city or street address).
This problem just started about two weeks ago and occurs only when using FireFox. It does Not happen when I use Internet Explorer.
Thank you.

See if anything here helps you. <br />
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Images+or+animations+do+not+show

Problem with obj\x86\Debug\Bing.Maps\Themes\Generic.xbf

Hi, I updated an app I had from windows 8 to windows 8.1, I updated the bing map sdk to 8.1 so I could use the latest dll's, but since then, randomly sometimes appears the next message:
It disappears when you clean the solution and you reload it again, but anytime soon, it appears again. It doesn't seem to follow any pattern, I tried to uninstall and install it again, but nothing seems to solve the problem. It's very annoying because sometimes
it appears every 5 minutes, and I waste lot of time cleaning and rebuilding the solution... any clues ? Thanks!
Fernando Urkijo Cereceda

To solve this problem do this steps
1-in your project search for files name "Generic.xbf"
2- copy one of these files that will appear in search result to this this path
obj\x86\Debug\Bing.Maps\Themes\
in your project then build your app again
see this video explain more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go704egNJqs

How to calculate the area of polygon in WPF Bing map?

Hi everyone, I have a polygon on Bing Map WPF and want to calculate its area in square feet. I used a list contained all points of the polygon to calculate using this formula: area += (point.X * nextPoint.Y - point.Y * nextPoint.X)/2. However, the result
is too large. For example, I calculated a rectangle of 57ft and 80ft and the result was 58000. It's supposed to be 4560. Do I need to convert points to feet? Could you help me to solve this? Thanks a lot.
Here is my code:
double area = 0;
double area2 = 0;
for (int numPoint = 0; numPoint < inputPoint.Count - 1; numPoint++)
System.Windows.Point point = inputPoint[numPoint];
System.Windows.Point nextPoint = inputPoint[numPoint + 1];
area2 += point.X * nextPoint.Y - point.Y * nextPoint.X;
area = area2 / 2;

Calculating the area of a polygon on a map is very complicated as the world is a sphere and you are actually trying to calculate the area of a polygon stretched on the surface of a sphere. Since you are using WPF I'd suggest to make things easy and make
use of the spatial library available in SQL server. All the spatial functionalities in SQL server are available as a dll which you can use in your WPF application. You can easily use this library to calculate the area of a polygon accurately and do a lot of
other really powerful things as well. To start off with, if you have SQL instelled you can find the SQL Spatial Library (Microsoft.SqlServer.Types) located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Shared directory. If you
don't have SQL Server installed you can download the express version for free from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/editions/2012-editions/express.aspx
Take a look at this hands on lab for information using SQL spatial tools in .NET:
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SSRS 2008 R2 Bing Maps

When I try and use Report builder and Bing Maps Layer I get the below error message. I talked to my network guys and they said I am not being blocked. Any clue what my issue is?
The Request Failed with the error message
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC ' -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01
Transitional//EN"
"Http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd
<html>
<head>

Hi,
Do you receive the error when you run the report in Report Builder 3.0 or open the report in the Report Manager?
Generally, if the report cannot connect to the Bing Map server, the error message “The remote name could not be resolved: ‘dev.virtualearth.net’” will be
displayed on the map layer. Can you see the message?
If so, please check your LAN Settings of the server. For example, if you need to access the Internet through a proxy server in your company, please enable it by the following steps:
1.
Open the Internet Options of Internet Explorer.
2.
In the Connections tab, click the LAN settings button.
3.
Check the options in the Proxy server section and type in the Address and Port.
We can also configure the proxy server only for the Report Server. Please backup and open the web.config file of Report Server, and then add the following settings between </runtime>
and </configuration> node.
<system.net>
<defaultProxy enabled="true">
<proxy bypassonlocal="True" proxyaddress="http://<ProxyServer>:<port>" />
</defaultProxy>
</system.net>
Thanks,
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Zoom level in WPF Application consuming Bing Maps Web Services

Hi,
I am having trouble in setting the zoom level for the map with 7 pushpins (P1 through P7). The map is centered with point P1. I want all the push pins to show on the map. I have set the zoom level as follows.
Zoom Level 15 - if the points (P2...P7) are within 1 mile from P1
Zoom Level 14 - if the points (P2...P7) are between 1.1 and 1.5 miles from P1
Zoom Level 10 - if the points (P2...P7) are > 1.5 miles from P1.
If there a better way (like autozoom) to do this?
Thanks.
Regards, Venkat

Rick,
I have attached the map generated using SOAP services.
I tried to generate the same map using REST services as follows.
http://dev.virtualearth.net/REST/v1/Imagery/Map/Road?mapSize=640,480&pp=36.150928,-83.439971;10;S&pp=36.171645820140839,-83.410888686776161;32;S1&pp=36.168693,-83.415779;32;S2&pp=36.185192,-83.435401;32;S3&pp=36.140907,-83.472549;23;L1&pp=36.174339,-83.425415;23;L2&pp=36.17805,-83.433433;23;L3&key=BingKey&format=jpeg
The REST services map looks like its zoomed in compared to the SOAP services map. However the road/street names are missing. Is there any way to get the road/street names in the REST services map like in the online bing maps? Please advise.
SOAP SERVICES MAP
REST SERVICES MAP
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Bing Maps on IE 11 browser, The mouse click event is only working when we have compatibility mode on.

I have tried out the code in this article in ASP.Net web forms with c# and javascript.
I am using Ajax to call the C# from Javascript and load the data from database.
I have used following article to show the pushpins and there infoboxes.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rbrundritt/archive/2013/11/08/multiple-pushpins-and-infoboxes-in-bing-maps-v7.aspx?CommentPosted=true#commentmessage
My code works great on IE 11 , when I have compatibility mode on,
but when compatibility mode is off, the mouse click event is not being received by the Javascript function.
Is this expected behavior of bing maps, Are there any workarounds for this problem?
Thanks
Nate

Hi Ricky, I have tried using Chrome and I see the same issue. The mouse events are not being captured.
Here is my code
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<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolderBody" runat="server" >
<asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager" runat="server"
EnablePageMethods="true" />
<div id="MapHolder" style="; width:1000px; height:800px; " />
<asp:Literal ID="Literal1" runat="server">
</asp:Literal>
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ID="Content3" ContentPlaceHolderID="ScriptSection" runat="server">
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ecn.dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/mapcontrol.ashx?v=7.0">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" >
var map = null, infobox, dataLayer;
$(document).ready(function () {
GetMap();
function GetMap() {
// Initialize the map
map = new Microsoft.Maps.Map(document.getElementById("MapHolder"),
{ credentials: "lincensekey", zoom: 2 });
dataLayer = new Microsoft.Maps.EntityCollection();
map.entities.push(dataLayer);
var infoboxLayer = new Microsoft.Maps.EntityCollection();
map.entities.push(infoboxLayer);
infobox = new Microsoft.Maps.Infobox(new Microsoft.Maps.Location(0, 0), { visible: false, offset: new Microsoft.Maps.Point(0, 20) });
infoboxLayer.push(infobox);
PageMethods.GetLocations(RequestCompletedCallback, RequestFailedCallback);
function AddData(MapPoints) {
for (var i = 0, len = MapPoints.length; i < len; ++i)
var pushpin = new Microsoft.Maps.Pushpin(new Microsoft.Maps.Location(parseFloat(MapPoints[i].lat),parseFloat(MapPoints[i].lon))
icon: MapPoints[i].group,
height: 50, width: 60, text: MapPoints[i].city
pushpin.Title = MapPoints[i].name;
pushpin.description = MapPoints[i].desc;
Microsoft.Maps.Events.addHandler(pushpin, 'click', displayInfobox);
dataLayer.push(pushpin);
function displayInfobox(e) {
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infobox.setLocation(e.target.getLocation());
infobox.setOptions({ visible: true, title: e.target.Title, description: e.target.description });
function RequestCompletedCallback(result) {
result = eval(result);
AddData(result);
function RequestFailedCallback(error) {
var stackTrace = error.get_stackTrace();
var message = error.get_message();
var statusCode = error.get_statusCode();
var exceptionType = error.get_exceptionType();
var timedout = error.get_timedOut();
alert("Stack Trace: " + stackTrace + "<br/>" +
"Service Error: " + message + "<br/>" +
"Status Code: " + statusCode + "<br/>" +
"Exception Type: " + exceptionType + "<br/>" +
"Timedout: " + timedout);

Problem in resizing bing map.

I have given 100% width to the div in which I am loading bing map. But map convert it into pixel and I am unable to shrink the map when get resize.

The map doesn't convert the width to pixels. It only returns pixels if you ask for it's width. Here is an example of a full screen map that resizes as you resize the browser:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ecn.dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/mapcontrol.ashx?v=7.0&mkt=de-de"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var map;
function GetMap()
map = new Microsoft.Maps.Map(document.getElementById("myMap"), {
credentials: "YOUR_BING_MAPS_KEY"
</script>
<style>
html, body {
width:100%;
height:100%;
margin:0;
padding:0;
</style>
</head>
<body onload="GetMap();">
<div id='myMap' style=";width:100%;height:100%;"></div>
</body>
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Unable to add bing maps to projects references

I am making a windows store app ( 8. 1 ) with visual studio 2013 and I am following this guide https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn456475.aspx .
Now I installed the bing maps sdk
http://i.imgur.com/je6Fxgd.png
But when I want to add it as a reference I do not see it in the reference menu
http://i.imgur.com/VIcD5ol.png
They are also not under any other tab.
But I know that it is installed. When I look under C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.1\ExtensionSDKs\Bing.Maps.Xaml\1.313.0825.0\ I see a lot of stuff
DesignTime
extension.vsixmanifest
License.rtf
redist
references
SDKManifest.xml
Xaml-200x200.png
Xaml-32x32.png
And some .dll files in the subdirectories. When I try to add those ( in the add-reference window under browse ) I get an error "A reference to ~ could not be added. Please make sure that the file is accessible, and that it is a valid assembly or COM
component."
I really don't know what to do.
Oh and yes, I restarted my visual studio 2013 and computer multiple times and yes, I made everything compile for x86.

That sample and SDK are for Windows 8.1 only...
For Windows Phone 8.1 applications the Map control is part of the base references.
see:
Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Maps and
Windows.Services.Maps namespaces.
The "Using Bing Maps in Universal Apps" has examples for both Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1
Eric Fleck, Windows Store and Windows Phone Developer Support. If you would like to provide feedback or suggestions for future improvements to the Windows Phone SDK please go to http://wpdev.uservoice.com/ where you can post your suggestions and/or cast
your votes for existing suggestions.

Bing Maps in SSRS behind proxy

Hi guys,
This is in regards to showing Bing maps in SSRS 2008 R2 behind a proxy. The server in question does not have access to DNS so I have entered a hosts entry for dev.virtualearth.net and also
set the web.config file to use the proxy. The map is now displaying a 404 for each tile rather than cannot access dev.virtualearth.net. Please can you advise what other changes I would need to make to get this working.
Thanks,
Richard

Hi Richard,
Actually, if you want to display Bing map on the server report behind a proxy, you have to configure proxy server for Reporting
Services. Otherwise you will receive this error message “ The remote name could not be resolved:’dev.virtualearth.net’”, I think the root cause of your issue is incorrect method for setting proxy server, Please follow below steps to
reset it:
1. Find out web.config file at this location: <drive name>\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSRS10_50.<instance name>\Reporting
Services\ReportServer
2. Add the following xml fragment between </runtime> and </configuration>node:
<system.net>
<defaultProxy enabled="true" useDefaultCredentials="true">
<proxy bypassonlocal="True" proxyaddress="http://<Your Proxy Server>" />
</defaultProxy>
</system.net>
Note: If your proxy server is
itgproxy.redmond.corp.microsoft.com, just type in proxyaddress="http://itgproxy.redmond.corp.microsoft.com" />
3. Save the file, and click the server report, I think you could see the Tile layer.
If you have any question, please feel free to ask.
Thanks,
Challen Fu [MSFT]
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