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What do fellow developers think about the Bing search engine?

I think that Bing from Microsoft is really cool. I have found myself using both Google and Bing almost half and half now. How are other developers using this new search engine? ...

How to show traffic on Bing maps 3D control (WPF)

I'm using Infostrat's WPF wrapper for the Bing maps 3d control (blog here http://blogs.msdn.com/virtualearth3d/ ) and was wondering how to show traffic. I can see this is possible when I hit the 3d button in the browser and click on traffic. The solution is probably to use the AddLayer function which takes a string, but I can't figure ...

How can I draw a road using bing maps api?

Is it possible to draw a road using bing maps js api? Ideally I would supply two georeference points and the trajectory/road would be always on the same road. Basically, I want to highlight a road. ...

Import3DModel replaces the shape below

Hi, I am trying to place an image using Import3DModel. The object is getting placed but if let'z say I am giving the Latitude and logitude of the building, it replaces the building and place the 3-D object imported. Can any one please let me know how can I protect the shape below or in the orginal layer/tile and add the new shape on t...

How to reset default location map of Nerddinner?

It's a simple issue which I want to modify for a long time. Could anyone let me know where I could change the default map location from "USA" to "UK" or other country? Many thanks. ...

What is the technology behind bing? Its own version of map-reduce algorithm or something else?

Bing's search hits are quite impressive, has Microsoft not let anyone in on behind the scenes of their search technology? Tried http://www.discoverbing.com but couldn't find the answer to my question. ...

Java Bing Image Search

Hi All, I have a small application in java which searches images using bing image search. The problem I am facing is that, its getting only first 20 images. May be because when we search on bing.com it populates first 20 images first and then its an infinite scrolling feature. Is there any way to search more than 20 images using bing?...

Retrieve webpage update time through Bing API

I was looking at the Bing API documentation to find out a way to retrieve the last time a webpage was updated but couldn’t find any way to get this information. Google AJAX API seems to be exposing this information for Blogs, News etc but not for normal web pages. Anyone know a way to get this kind of webpage metadata from Bing Search A...

custom colors in bing maps?

I was looking at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26295161/ns/weather/ and noticed that the flash map is provided by bing and have a custom color scheme. I have a similar need to show maps with a black & white colortheme, is it possible using their api or have they made custom tiles ? (doesnt seem feasible to provide tiles for alls maps on...

Silverlight ImageBrush not rendering (with Bing Map Control)

I'm trying to add an image to a Pushpin instance from the Silverlight Bing Map Control, but I can't seem to get it to render (the pushpin renders fine). This is probably a general WPF question rather than anything specific to the Pushpin object. Pushpin pp = new Pushpin(); ... Uri imageUri = new Uri(@"myImage.png", UriKind.Relative); ...

Setting Custom Pushpin z-index in VE SDK 6.2

Okay, I'm trying to be creative with my map. My proof of concept is at www.ambersedibles.com/test.html. What you see is a png layer with a transparent center, so the map is actually behind the green border. Microsoft's BING logo is z-index 30 so you can see it on top of border. The copyright in the lower right hand corner is z-index ...

How to propertly use Bing Translate API?

Hello, I'm using the API of Bing, more precisely - the translation part, and it all works quite well except one thing - auto detection of language. How is that possible? My code is working fine,incase someone needs to look at: function HTTPEncode(const AStr: string): string; const NoConversion = ['A'..'Z', 'a'..'z', '*', '@', '.', '...

Creating RSA keys from known parameters in Java

I'm working on implementing Bing Cashback. In order to verify an incoming request from Bing as valid they provide a signature. The signature is a 160-bit SHA-1 hash of the url encrypted using RSA. Microsoft provides the RSA "public key", modulus and exponent, with which I'm supposed to decrypt the hash. Is there a way to create the Jav...

Bing Maps Transaction Tracking

I have an Enterprise license for Bing Maps which enables me to view my transactions, but what I'd like to be able to is also break the transactions down by user. I'd like to know if certain customers are racking up higher than expected transactions. It's my understanding that the Bing API will allow me to track by client IP, but that do...

How does Bing video search get thumbnails and make previews of videos?

And is it possible for me to do something similar without enormous amount of effort? Background info: I have a large collection of urls from sites like youtube, metacafe etc. I would like to make a page with previews of all of the videos - at least an image of the video, preferably animated gif, or ideally the whole video like Bing does...

How to enable Bing Health services results for search results?

How do I add Bing Health search experience to the search results for a website I manage? It is a hospital website and I would like to add patient ratings and nearby facilities. ...

Why would Bing Maps' VEMap.Find be failing silently?

I'm doing some research on using Bing Maps for a proposed application and I've run into a wall. The general idea is that I want to show the locations of various items we have within X distance to a location. The start point is the US map and we're using the user's click to get lat/long, and using that to pick the nearest city. We'll cent...

Does Bing 2.0 API support multiple queries in 1 request?

Can I send more than 1 search request via JSON SourceType in a Bing 2.0 api call? I'm creating a custom library against Bing because I'm not on .NET. ...

Bing Maps Silverlight Control (Custom Tile Source with a given ZoomRange)

I've noticed by specifying a zom range on a custom tile source has no effect and always requests the tiles at all levels. Is this a bug, or am I missing something? // The bounding rectangle that the tile overlay can be placed within. LocationRect boundingRect = new LocationRect( new Location(48.06282, -122....

Adding search for a private website

I have a login-protected website. It's an internal application and it's not avaiable to the general public hence it's not indexed by any search engine. My application is developed on the Google App Engine. I would like to add a search engine but obviously without the need to public index it. There's any solution avaiable from Google/Bi...