Bing Maps V8 Web Control

The Bing Maps V8 Web Control, Microsoft’s modern web mapping platform, is an application control for building web and mobile applications using JavaScript or TypeScript, that are designed to make business intelligence and data visualization richer and more interactive. The Bing Maps V8 Web Control is built from the ground up with backwards compatibility to the core features of its predecessor, the Bing Maps V7 AJAX Control.

Bing Maps offers flexible pricing and licensing options ranging from stand-alone licenses, Azure-based licenses, and volume license options for existing Microsoft customers. To help decide on the best way to license Bing Maps visit the Licensing Page or Learn more about Bing Maps.

Using the main released version of an SDK is ideal for most applications, but sometimes you just can’t wait for the latest and greatest features, while at other times you are willing to wait longer for features when stability is a top priority, such as in mission critical apps. With the Bing Maps V8 Control, we have three versions (called branches) of the SDK; Experimental, Release and Frozen.

The Experimental branch is updated with new features as soon as they pass an internal code review by the Bing Maps team. These features haven’t been heavily tested and may contain bugs.

The Release branch of the SDK would be the standard version that would be used in applications. After new features have been thoroughly tested in the Experimental branch they graduate to the Release branch. These features should be stable, but there is still the possibility of bug or two.

After a feature has been in the Release branch and any identified bugs have been corrected, it graduates to the Frozen branch. It may take some features months to move from the Experimental branch to the Frozen branch, but by the time it does, most if not all bugs should have been identified and fixed.

There are free developer options up to certain usage limits. For more details, visit the Licensing page and review the Terms of Use for free usage guidance.

There are different licensing options depending on your application needs. To use Bing Maps V8 Web Control, you will need to create a key:

• To create a Basic or Enterprise key, visit the Bing Maps Getting Started page.
• If you have an Azure subscription and prefer a monthly pay-as-you-go service, you can purchase Bing Maps on Azure Marketplace. (Maximum transaction plan not to exceed 500K transactions per month)
• If you are licensing to embed in a software package or service that you will sell to multiple business customers, click here to contact a Bing Maps Distribution Partner.
• If you are unsure of the option that is right for your application, see our Licensing Options.

Pricing varies based on the usage and requirements of the plan, with plans starting as low as $230 per month for 25K transactions/per month. Free plans are available with 10K transactions available per month. Visit the Licensing page and review the Terms of Use for free usage guidance.

Visit the Bing Maps MSDN Library for information on map controls and services. Other helpful resources include the Bing Maps forum and blog.

For developer code samples, click here.

There is no download required. Visit the Bing Maps MSDN Library for information on Bing Maps SDKs click here to view the Interactive SDK. Additionally, for an overview of how to add maps to your application, view the Using Bing Maps video.

If you are experiencing an issue, submit it to the Bing Maps forum. If you are an enterprise-level customer, click here to review the Enterprise Developer Support overview for further guidance.

The Bing Maps AJAX Control Version 7 was deprecated on June 30, 2017. It was superseded by the Bing Maps V8 Web Control.

Migration for a majority of V7 applications will be fairly easily, and in some cases requiring only one line of code to be changed. For more information on how to migrate, please review the Bing Maps V7 to V8 Migration Guide. If you have additional questions regarding migrating to V8, please view our Migration FAQ.

Maps V8 includes key features such as Autosuggest and customized map styles along with improved performance. See what features have been added to our latest version of the control.