What this book covers

Chapter 1, Introduction to Bing Maps AJAX Control Version 7, explains how to embed a map on a web page. It shows the way to create a custom theme by changing its interactive controls with a simple dashboard.

Chapter 2, Diving into Bing Maps AJAX Control Version 7, explains how to add interactivity to the map, by drawing custom polygons and pushpins and attaching different events to them.

Chapter 3, Introduction to Bing Maps REST Services, introduces the Locations API and reverse geocoding addresses from coordinates of any point of the map.

Chapter 4, Diving into Bing Maps REST Services, covers the Routes API and ways of fetching and displaying on the map route information between multiple places. It takes a look at different data formats that are exposed by this interface.

Chapter 5, Spatial Data Services, introduces geocoding addresses by setting up automated jobs on the Bing Maps servers. It examines techniques of monitoring the jobs, and on their completion, parsing the response.

Chapter 6, Diving into Spatial Data Services, focuses on an experimental part of Bing Maps, the Geodata API. It presents ways of obtaining geographical information about various types of administrative areas, from postcode to region or country.

Chapter 7, Enriching Bing Maps with Overlaying User Data, wraps up the book with a web application that turns the map into an interactive chart by means of user data visualizations.