Bing Maps Platform 2020

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Bing Maps Platform

Developer(s)	Microsoft
Initial release	2005
Stable release	6.2 / Fall 2008
Engine
Operating system	Windows
Type	Virtual globe
License	Proprietary
Website	www.microsoft.com/maps/

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Bing Maps Platform (previously Microsoft Virtual Earth) is a geospatial mapping platform produced by Microsoft. It provides location data, services, APIs/SDKs, and map controls for developers and enterprises to build location-enabled and map-based solutions. For more information on the history of the Bing Maps Product can be found here. The Bing Maps Platform is a geospatial platform API service from Microsoft. It allows developers to create applications that layer location-relevant data on top of maps. The map imagery includes samples taken by satellite and aerial based cameras (including 45 degree oblique "bird's eye" aerial imagery licensed from Vexcel and Eagleview), Streetside imagery, 3D city models and terrain. Bing Maps Platform also provides a point-of-interest database with a search capability. Microsoft uses the Bing Maps Platform to power the maps experiences for Bing Search users at bing.com/maps.

Bing Maps offers APIs and SDKs that enable developers to build enterprise-grade applications and solutions that have a need for advanced mapping and geospatial functionality. Features of the Bing Maps Platform include:

• Location Data – The Microsoft Maps and Geospatial data team acquires, integrates, processes, publishes and maintains a global geospatial data set. This includes base map data, imagery (satellite, aerial and streetside), Point of Interest (POI) data, building footprints, and more.
• Services – Bing Maps Spatial Data Services and REST Services provide access to map tiles, static map images, geocoding, reverse geocoding, batch geocoding, routing, travel time & distance calculations, driving directions, administrative boundary polygons, traffic data, time zone data, and other geospatial services.
• Map Controls – Bing Maps offers multiple map control options to integrate maps into applications including: Web (JavaScript), mobile (iOS & Android), desktop (UWP and WPF) and mixed reality (Unity).
• Support – Bing Maps Platform publishes product information and announcements on the Bing Maps Blog, offers technical documentation and sample code on Microsoft Docs and GitHub. Bing Maps has a worldwide sales & licensing specialist team and has a technical support team available for Enterprise customers included with a license at no extra cost to the customer.

Imagery

The Bing Maps Platform’s imagery data comes from a variety of sources, such as imagery providers, partners and collected by Microsoft. The imagery data that is part of the Bing Maps Platform acts as a canvas for presenting spatial information, visualizing data, and data used for training AI models (e.g., computer vision).

Ortho Imagery Bing Maps offers ortho imagery that is aerial and satellite based. Aerial ortho imagery is captured by airplanes where mounted cameras point straight down and satellite ortho is captured by satellites. The resolution of Bing Maps ortho imagery varies depending on geography, with the highest resolution being generally 30 CM/pixel resolution (1 foot = 1 pixel) for more densely populated areas and generally 60 CM for less densely populated areas. This type of imagery is available on the Bing Maps Platform with and without labels (e.g., street names).

Bird’s Eye Imagery Bird’s Eye imagery (also known as oblique imagery) is aerial based imagery captured at a 45-degree angle and is provided by Bing Maps imagery partners, captured by a camera system with five cameras mounted to an aircraft. Bird’s Eye imagery allows users to rotate an image 90 degrees to view different vantage points (north, south, east and west) of a location, offering depth perception, particularly for buildings and geography (e.g., mountains). Bing Maps was one of the first web mapping services to offer oblique 45-degree angle aerial imagery, which provides a more detailed view of a location than traditional ortho aerial and satellite imagery.

Streetside Collected by Microsoft, streetside imagery enables users to experience Bing Maps from street level and supplements maps, directions and local search. This type of imagery is collected with a sensor system mounted on a car that captures a 360-degree picture and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data that supports 3D and street level imaging. The sensor system includes three main components:

• Positioning sensors (an integrated GPS/IMU unit) which ensure all data collected is accurately georeferenced
• Panoramic cameras which provide the ability to capture street level imagery in a 360° field of view
• Rotating laser scanners (LiDAR) which collects over a million data points every second to help create things like 3D representations of the environment.

To protect individual security and privacy, the Bing Maps Platform uses automated software and advanced algorithms to detect and blur faces and license plates in imagery. This automated software and advanced algorithms are based on years of Microsoft Research investments in computer vision techniques.

Road maps As the basic type of map offered in the Bing Maps Platform, road maps are designed to be a usable canvas for data across a variety of applications. Styled to draw attention to overlaid data, the map provides the context while the data is the focus. Road maps are vector-based raster images and designed in accordance with accessibility requirements (e.g., color blindness). The road and map label data are sourced from an aggregate of different map data providers that Microsoft uses. The Bing Maps road maps support custom map styles and localized map label options that cover a number of languages and locales.

Latest API Releases

In 2013, the Bing Maps Web Control version 8 (v8) was released to replace the previous version (v6 and v7). In the last two years, Bing Maps has released 14 new services, building out a collection of services.

Release Date	Service Name	Description of Functionality
October 2017	Distance Matrix API	Assists in calculating travel time and distances in many-to-many scenarios with an optional travel-time histogram. Used to optimize routing, the Distance Matrix API service can be used to determine the best route possible, by reordering stops based on the trip’s parameters, including time or distance, mode of transportation, start and end time, predicted traffic, and more.
December 2017	Truck Routing API	Calculates routes that take into consideration the attributes for trucks and commercial vehicles that may not be able to use the same routing services as standard vehicles. Some of the Bing Maps Truck Routing attributes and considerations include: Truck Attributes - height, length, width and turning radius Road Restrictions – maximum bridge/underpass weight and/or height Legal Restrictions – Hazardous materials, waterways, and more Traffic Conditions – Speed limit, construction, lane closures Other Conditions – Strong crosswinds, toll roads, road gradient
December 2017	Isochrone API	Generates a travel-time or travel-distance based polygon for the area that users can reach, using time-specific or distance specific isolines from a specified starting point. It also supports predictive traffic and travel modes of driving (auto or truck), public transit and walking. Additionally, one can combine it with more polygons to view the overlapping areas within the specified time or travel distance, to further optimize travel area of interest.
December 2017	Snap-to-Road API	Takes GPS point data, in the form of latitudes and longitudes, then yields a list of objects that form a route snapped to the likely roads traveled. The service supports interpolating the GPS points, resulting in a route that smoothly follows the geometry of the road for map display purposes, which is a valuable tool when tracking assets and for data visualization. It also returns posted auto and truck speed limit data for the corresponding road a given point was snapped to.
June 2018	Location Recognition API	Provides details about points of interest at or around a specific location (latitude/ longitude coordinates). The API returns the associated address and location info for the latitude/longitude along with points of interest, including details like: Business entities situated at the location, such as restaurants, hotels, parks, gym, shopping malls and more. Natural entities at the location, like beaches, islands, lakes and more. Reverse geocoded address of the input location with neighborhood and street intersection information where available. Type of property (e.g., residential, commercial) situated at the location.
August 2018	Autosuggest API	Returns a list of suggested entities based on a user's partial query. The service can return three possible entity types: Addresses (including roads), Points of Interest, and Businesses, which are currently only available in the U.S. The returned entities can be delimited by country and culture.
December 2018	Local Search API	Displays the closest local business or Points of Interest (POI) to a given location. Functionality includes: Use into the same local business dataset that powers local search on Bing.com Allow users to type queries in a natural, unstructured way with free-form text search (e.g., “hotels near the airport” or “good Thai restaurants that are open right now”). Specify business categories to enable search for a specific type of business (e.g., Search for the generic ‘Shop’ category or the specific types, like ‘furniture stores’ or ‘pet shops’). Search within a specific region using the user’s location when available through a device or other means.
December 2018	Local Insights API	Provides insights into businesses and entities that can be reached by car, on foot, or public transit. Local Insights can help score the attractiveness of a location based on the proximity to points of interest. The API also helps customers take into consideration the predicted traffic for their daily work commutes.
May 2019	Multi-itinerary Optimization API	Automates the process of building optimized itineraries for multiple resources and multiple locations. The API is applicable to various industry use cases from delivery drivers, sales representatives, or consulting professionals. The MIO API can optimize itineraries among all agents and locations to save travel time and distance and also takes into consideration appointment windows, stop duration and capacity support (i.e.: how many objects can a vehicle carry).
May 2019	Unity Map Control Preview	Makes it possible to fold Bing Maps’ 3D world data into Unity-based, mixed reality experiences. This control is drag-and-drop and provides an off-the-shelf 3D map, customizable controls, along with the building blocks for creative mixed reality map experiences.
October 2019	Maps SDK for Android and iOS	Allows developers to create maps with a consistent experience across Web, Windows, and Mobile. The Bing Maps SDK for Android and Bing Maps SDK for iOS are libraries for building mapping applications. The SDKs feature a native map control and an accompanying map services API set, powered by a full vector 3D map engine, to deliver several mapping capabilities. In addition, 3D Native support is brought in from Microsoft's Windows UWP control. With this in place, one can add to both road and aerial views with worldwide 3D elevation data employing the Digital Elevation Model and add content to road maps with their symbolic 3D building. If 3D is not necessary for a particular scenario, the platform still supports a standard Web Mercator projection.
November 2019	Geospatial Analytix Preview	A new geospatial analytics solution offered as a private preview in November 2019. Allows users to utilize location data to derive business insights. Bing Maps GeoAnalytix employs Microsoft’s history in spatial and AI technology and features the functionality to perform complicated analyses using location data without the need for data scientists or developers.

See also

• Bing Maps

Comparable and/or related services

• OpenStreetMap – OpenStreetMap
• Nokia Maps – Nokia’s mapping service
• Esri - Esri ArcGIS
• Google Maps – Google's mapping service
• Apple Maps – Apple's mapping service
• Microsoft Research Maps – public domain (older than five years) satellite imagery via Microsoft servers
• MapQuest
• Yahoo! Maps – Yahoo! Map Web Services

External links

• Bing Maps Enterprise APIs
• Bing Maps Documentation
• Bing Maps Developer account
• Bing Maps V8 Interactive SDK
• Bing Maps Blog

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