Image Overlays with Bing Maps (JavaScript)
Posted by rbrundritt in Bing Maps for Windows Store Apps on May 22, 2013
There are a lot of different types of data that can be overlaid on top of Bing Maps. In this post, we are going to look at how to overlay images on top of the Bing Maps V7 AJAX and Windows Store JavaScript controls. Over the years, I’ve seen a lot of great use cases […]
Case Study: “Aureus” a planning and placement tool using Bing Maps
Posted by rbrundritt in Events & Announcements, Uncategorized on May 2, 2013
Kinetic is an out-of-home media planning and buying agency with 38 offices worldwide, including one in London in the United Kingdom (U.K.). Out of home is the industry term for outdoor advertising, a market worth billions. Formats for outdoor advertising include billboards and street furniture—and in many cases their location is a crucial factor when […]
Upcoming Bing Maps Events – Spring 2013
Posted by rbrundritt in Events & Announcements, Uncategorized on April 23, 2013
Bing Maps Events The following events have been organized by the Bing Maps team. Bing Maps Windows Store Apps Developer Event Date: May 10, 2013 @ 9:30am – 12:30pm Location: Microsoft Cardinal Place, Auditorium, 100 Victoria Street, London SW1E 5JL Bing Maps would like to invite you to our Windows Store Apps Developer Event. […]
HTML5 Canvas Pushpins in JavaScript
Posted by rbrundritt in Bing Maps Basics, General Development on April 10, 2013
One of the more interesting features of HTML5 is the canvas elements. The canvas provides us with a feature rich, low level 2D rendering panel and is supported by all the major web browsers. In this blog post, we are going to create a Bing Maps module that wraps the standard pushpin class to create […]
Bing Maps for Travel
Posted by rbrundritt in Bing Maps Basics, General Development on April 3, 2013
Bing Maps has been an integral component for many travel companies across the globe. Whether it be used for searching for holidays or for agents to help in booking your next trip, Bing Maps has been seen as the platform of choice. Our focus in providing solutions to our customers at an enterprise level and […]
Connecting a SharePoint List to Bing Maps
Posted by rbrundritt in Bing Maps Basics, General Development on March 26, 2013
I have seen a lot of different ways to integrate Bing Maps with SharePoint. Some more complex than others. In this blog post we will look at an easy way to integrate Bing Maps with SharePoint and connect to a SharePoint list. Many of the things shown in this blog post are not limited to […]
Geocoding a SharePoint List Item
Posted by rbrundritt in Bing Maps Basics, Bing Maps REST Services, General Development on March 8, 2013
Bing Maps is often integrated into SharePoint sites to display different types of information, from the location of customers to advance business intelligence information. A common task that needs to be carried out at some point is geocoding the location data so it can be displayed on a map. I’ve seen many different implementations, some […]
