Is there a way to access the Bing Maps geocoding API via REST?

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Is there a way to access the Bing Maps API via REST to obtain geocoding information from an address? This is something that's trivial to do with Google and Yahoo; what I'm looking for is functionality like this, from Yahoo:

http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/rest/V1/geocode.html

(Specifically, see the sample request URL on that page, but also imagine that URL with a simple "location" parameter rather than separate street, city, state, and zip parameters.)

I've found examples of using other parts of the Bing API via REST, but nothing that accesses the Maps API, or specifically, the geocoding functionality.

Their XML Response DTD published anywhere? http://schemas.microsoft.com/search/local/ws/rest/v1 redirects to an error page! — newbee, Sep 22 '11 at 15:01
There is a new API from Yahoo which replaces the one you mentioned: http://developer.yahoo.com/geo/placefinder/ — Robert Niestroj, Sep 07 '12 at 13:31

score 15 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 28 '10 at 14:50

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Apparently, there now is a Bing Maps REST API: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff701713.aspx

answered Jun 28 '10 at 14:50

leogdion

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Lookie there -- they finally added one! – delfuego Jun 29 '10 at 11:24
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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered May 05 '11 at 00:21

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Here is an example with codes... http://zachsgeospatial.blogspot.com/2011/05/geocoding-via-bing-maps-rest-api.html I hope it will be helpful to you

answered May 05 '11 at 00:21

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 16 '09 at 13:20

As far as I know, the SOAP client is the only one provided to access the geocoding service. I was expecting a REST access too because yahoo and google allow that, but I didn't find anything about it. Note however that I didn't find anything mentioning it wasn't possible to access the Bing Maps web services via REST, so there may be one....

score -2 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 14 '09 at 15:29

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Use the Bing Maps Geocode Service: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc966793.aspx

answered Nov 14 '09 at 15:29

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Um, nope, Shawn -- that's a SOAP web service, not REST. As I explained in the question, I'm looking for REST. – delfuego Nov 17 '09 at 15:17
Yeah, was thinking you could wrap the SOAP web service with a REST API – Shawn Miller Nov 20 '09 at 17:27
(No offense meant, really, but I'm not sure how I could have intuited that intention from your response...) – delfuego Nov 23 '09 at 16:46

Is there a way to access the Bing Maps geocoding API via REST?

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