Bing Maps

This is the longest of the sessions but packed full of great information and code on Location Services and the Bing Map Control. Rob and Andy start with a Location Services overview followed by GPS vs. WiFi, vs. Triangulation. The final section provides coverage on the new Bing Map Control.The…

Although Chris Pendleton previously reported on a Bing Maps plugin for WordPress back in July, Johannes Kebeck of the Bing team recently came across an alternative: the Silverlight Bing Maps plugin. Developed by Regart.net, this plugin lets you install an interactive maps on your WordPress site…

When the Bing Team announced that they were holding a contest for developers to create new Bing Map applications, called the “King of Bing Maps,” the blogosphere soon erupted with news of one of the entries: the Taxi Fare calculator. The Taxi Fare Calculator app was developed by Ricky…

In another great example of Microsoft tying its different services together, Windows Live Hotmail now integrates with Bing Maps. According to the Bing team, when you create a new email, one of the new options on the Insert Menu in Hotmail is “From Bing.” It sits to the right of the standard…

Bing Maps has just launched a new “hyperlocal” Bing Maps application, the Portland-based “Food Cart Finder.”  As the name implies, this map app helps the hungry spot one of the city’s many mobile food carts in real-time. At present, it tracks over 250 food carts in this test venture. If…

As you may recall, Bing recently held a contest asking for developers to submit their applications using the Bing Maps SDK- called the King of Bing Maps. They received tons of entries but there can only be ONE winner. Today, we announce that winner, show you some of the top runners and also…

Customizable, embeddable Bing Maps are now available to WordPress bloggers by way of a new plugin. The “Bing Maps for WordPress” plugin created by Rich Gubby lets you easily insert mini maps into your blog posts using a [bingMap] shortcode in your posts. You don’t have to worry about how the maps…

Bing Maps has added “OpenStreetMap” as the newest layer available to its online mapping service. It’s also available as a standalone Bing Map App from the Bing Maps gallery. OpenStreetMap (OSM), for those of you unfamiliar, is a project to create an open-source, freely editable map of the…

How much will that taxi ride cost you? A new Bing Maps application can give you the answer. The Taxi Fare Calculator app was developed by Ricky Brundritt for the King of Bing Maps competition. As you may imagine, the app lets you enter in a starting address and end address and then see…

No, not Street “Side” view, Street “Slide” view. Engadget (via MIT’s Technology Review) uncovered a cool Microsoft Research project called “Street Slide” view. The project attempts to create a new interface for viewing the street-level photos used in online applications like Bing Maps Streetside…