1. Microsoft “BING” Maps Overview
1st July 2009
Tim Fernando

2. Mapping Tiles
Google
Yahoo
Microsoft
Open Street Map
Nasa

3. Advantages of Bing Maps
• Aerial views of British cities
• Superior 3d modelling of some British cities
• More available integration with Microsoft products

4. Microsoft Live Bing Maps
www.bing.com/maps

5. Seemingly not exactly the
same as “multimap from bing”

6. URL API Overview
maps.live.com/default.aspx?
parameter1=test&parameter2=example
Example:
http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&where1=oxford,uk

7. Basic Search
default.aspx?v=2&where1=ox26nn,uk&style=o
Version 2
of API
Location = ox26nn,uk
Style of Map
a = aerial view (satellite)
r = road view
h = hybrid
o = bird’s eye

8. Result!
maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&where1=ox26nn,uk&style=o

9. Determining a URL for a specific map
Specifying the centre point
cp=lat~lon
“lvl” specifies zoom level
15-19 useful for local road views
co-ordinates must be in decimal
degrees and seperated by a tilde (%7E)
default.aspx?v=2&cp=51.760046~-1.260378&lvl=16

10. Determining a URL for a specific location
cp=51.760046~-1.260378&lvl=16

11. Determining a URL for a specific map
by a location search request
For UK search requests add “,uk” to the
end, otherwise your search will probably
end up in the middle of the US!
There appears to be no way to specify
zoom level with this request.
where1=request
default.aspx?v=2&where1=ox26nn,uk

12. Determining a URL for a specific map
e.g. where1=ox26nn,uk

13. Determining a URL for a specific map
Cool feature! But seemingly
inconsistent.
style=typeOfMap
scene=IDOfScene
default.aspx?v=2&style=o&scene=7588739

14. Local Collections
Allows you to keep an “eye out” for things
happening in a particular area.

15. Subscribing to local Collections

16. OxPoints!
New OxPoints now LIVE!
(but still not stable)

17. OxPoints
API Overview - 1
What we support as of today
m.ox.ac.uk/oxpoints/
colleges
departments
carparks
libraries
museums
.format
Example: http://m.ox.ac.uk/oxpoints/colleges.kml

18. API Overview - 2
What we support as of today
m.ox.ac.uk/oxpoints/
/oucs/code
/olis/code
.format
Example: http://m.ox.ac.uk/oxpoints/oucs/ball.kml

19. API Overview
Future api calls? - Let us know what you want!
m.ox.ac.uk/oxpoints/ all .format
Retrieve a list of all OxPoints entities
m.ox.ac.uk/oxpoints/ oucs/oucs-code/occupies .format
Retrieve a list of all entities owned by a oucs/olis code

20. Coming soon
Complex queries
m.ox.ac.uk/oxpoints/
oucs/code1|code2|code3|code4
.format

21. API Key Formats
.format
KML JSON GEOJSON XML

22. Map of Departments in Oxford
Shown using Open Street Map

23. Where we are now and a particular Library

24. Oxford University Car Parks
Displayed on TomTom 930T
http://m.ox.ac.uk/oxpoints/carparks.tomtom

25. Loading KML
Just like Google Maps, you can pass a KML file
(e.g. a collection of points) straight through to
Bing Maps

26. Piping OxPoints into Bing
default.aspx?v=2&mapurl=http://m.ox.ac.uk/oxpoints/colleges.kml

27. More Information
oxforderewhon.wordpress.com
erewhon.oucs.ox.ac.uk
blogs.msdn.com/virtualearth/archive/2008/04/10/live-search-maps-api.aspx
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bit.ly/18cVhQ
OxPoints Twitter tag #oxp