Bing maps

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The Bing maps web part enables displaying of a map with defined location markers using the Bing maps service. It uses Bing maps API, which is described in detail in the following location: http://www.microsoft.com/maps/isdk/ajax/.

 

The Bing maps widget is derived from the web part. It provides the same functionality and look, while only a limited set of properties can be configured.

 

You can find an example of use of the web part on the Corporate Site sample website, on the /Examples/WebParts/Maps/Bing maps page. In the screenshot below, you can see how the web part looks on page load. It shows the location markers (learn here how to display them on the map). The map is zoomed according to the settings made by the Large view scale property and its middle point is on the coordinates specified by the Default latitude and Default longitude properties.

 

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The screenshot below shows how the web part looks when one of the location markers is clicked. The map gets zoomed according to the value of the Detailed view scale property and a tooltip is displayed, showing the heading loaded from the document type field specified in the Tooltip field property and the rest of the content loaded using the transformation specified in the Transformation property.

 

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If you enable the Enable keyboard shortcuts property, the following shortcuts can be used to control the map:

 

R - switch to Road view
A - switch to Aerial view
H - switch to Aerial view with labels
O - switch to Bird's eye view
B - switch to Bird's eye view with labels

 

Plus Sign (+) - zoom in
Minus Sign (-) - zoom out

 

Detailed descriptions of all properties of the web part can be found in Kentico CMS Web Parts Reference or directly in the Web part properties dialog after clicking the Documentation Documentation link at the top right corner of the dialog.

 

Page url: http://devnet.kentico.com/docs/5_5r2/devguide/index.html?geomapping_bing_maps.htm