Bing Maps V8 Released
This calendar week Microsoft released v8 of the JavaScript API for Bing Maps. The newest version of the API uses HTML5 to assistance homecoming vector information much quicker.
Bing Maps v8 besides introduces a publish of novel meat features.
The novel core features added to the Bing Maps API are:
- Additional Map Styles - land at that spot is a nighttime too grayscale map means available (but I can't discovery whatever reference to them even then inwards the documentation)
- Streetside Imagery - allows yous to easily add together Bing Maps 360 grade panoramic imagery to your maps
- Vector Map Labels
- Text Data Generator
- Point Compression
As good every bit these meat features Bing Maps has a publish of new modules (plug-ins):
- Autosuggest - dynamic automatic address suggestions for geo-searches
- Drawing Tools
- Clustering - automatic clustering for large numbers of map markers
- Heatmap - automatic heatmap generation from information points
- GeoJSON - import too export of GeoJSON data
- Spatial Data Services - allows yous to use Bing Spatial Data Services every bit the backend for your map data
- Spatial Maths - allows yous to perform many GIS operations on your spatial data
The best means to explore to a greater extent than or less of these novel features is inwards the Bing Maps Development Center.
The Bing Maps Development Center includes a actually useful ready of code examples for the Bing Maps API. All the code examples include a alive code editor which allows yous to experiment amongst these novel features alive too at nowadays encounter your code changes seem on a Bing Map.