Bing Maps

Integrate Bing Maps with PHP

Microsoft provides Virtual Earth Integration Kit for PHP to integrate Bing Map Applition into PHP pages. Microsoft’s Virtual Earth is an example of an element of the Microsoft platform which can be consumed by and integrated into PHP web sites. The Virtual Earth API is exposed through a Javascript library making it straightforward to integrate into any web based application. There are multiple choices for environment set up: Linux/Apache, Windows/Apache or Windows/IIS. Both IIS and Apache use port 80 as default port. Therefore, if you have both server running on your machine, you may want to change one of the port to avoid conflict. Also, you will need PHP 5.2 and MySql for set-up. ...

Project Nimbus: One Marina Boulevard Map Application

Project Nimbus is an effort to get more data sets online and accessible for innovators to build on. With the available data sets we have, the Project Nimbus team wanted to create an application which not only uses data just from one provider but mashing up different data sets together to make handy applications. We came out with this application to help you locate us better! Enter the location you are coming from and the application will route you straight to us showing you the traffic images along the route. What’s more? When you do visit us, it gives you an overview of the restaurants around Microsoft Innovative Centre Singapore to satisfy your hunger. How was the application implemented? 1. Get an application key – Email projectnimbus@live.com.sg to get your key. 2. Add in the AccountKey & UniqueUserID into the request header. ...

Add Bing Maps Streetside to your Web Application

The local Singapore street view map will be provided by Microsoft soon on Bing Maps. It will be a good time for you to think of plugging Streetside view to your webpage or application to enhance your customer experience. If you have read Chris Pendleton’s Bing Maps Blog, you may find out some problems with the initial installation part. This article provides more details on installations and future developments. Firstly, there are three things you need to install as references to run Bing Maps on Silverlight. ...