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Bing Maps Web Control SDK retirement

Bing Maps Web Control SDK is deprecated and will be retired. Free (Basic) account customers can continue to use Bing Maps Web Control SDK until June 30th, 2025. Enterprise account customers can continue to use Bing Maps Web Control SDK until June 30th, 2028. To avoid service disruptions, all implementations using Bing Maps Web Control SDK will need to be updated to use Azure Maps Web SDK by the retirement date that applies to your Bing Maps for Enterprise account type. For detailed migration guidance, see Migrate from Bing Maps Web Control SDK and Migrate Bing Maps Enterprise applications to Azure Maps with GitHub Copilot.

Azure Maps is Microsoft's next-generation maps and geospatial services for developers. Azure Maps has many of the same features as Bing Maps for Enterprise, and more. To get started with Azure Maps, create a free Azure subscription and an Azure Maps account. For more information about azure Maps, see Azure Maps Documentation. For migration guidance, see Bing Maps Migration Overview.

The map has a number of keyboard shortcuts built in that make it easier to use the map. These work when the map has focus.

2D Map

To Press
Pan the map Arrow keys
Switch to Road view r
Switch to Aerial view with roads/labels turned off a
Switch to Aerial view with roads/labels turned on h
Switch to Birds eye with roads/labels turned off o
Switch to Birds eye with roads/labels turned on b
Switch to Ordnance Survey view (when map set to en-GB) s
Zoom in Plus sign (+) or *Equals sign (=)
Zoom out Minus sign (-) or *Underscore (_)
Zoom into area Shift + mouse drag on map to draw area

* These key shortcuts usually share the same key on a keyboard. These were added to improve the user experience, such that it doesn’t matter if the user uses the shift key or not for these shortcuts.

Streetside

To Press
Advance to next panorama Up/Down arrow keys
Rotate panorama Left/Right arrow
Zoom in Plus sign (+)
Zoom out Minus sign (-)

Drawing Tools Module

To Press
Stop any active drawing/editing Esc