The new Bing Maps Beta adds an immersive new viewing mode and an “application gallery” to further enhance its virtual perspective of the world, Microsoft announced Wednesday. Bing Maps now offers a ...

Bing Maps Beta had plenty of suggestions for things to do around CNET's downtown San Francisco offices, but I had to zoom in very far to find my favorite bar. Maybe that's a good thing.

Using the Bing Maps Distance Matrix API is easy enough, with GET or POST RESTful requests. More complex queries use asynchronous requests, though they only support driving with a start time.

Navigating Bing Maps for Directions, Traffic, and Local Places Made Easy. In the ever-evolving world of digital mapping, Bing Maps has emerged as a robust and feature-rich alternative to other ...

Bing now has 11.3% of the U.S. search market, thanks in no small part, I'm sure, to the fabulous, mind-bending progress of Bing Maps. To see what Bing is up to, check out this TED Talk by ...

Bing Maps’ new Streetside service has the best-quality images of all the services, but if you find a street with actual coverage, you’re lucky.

It’s tempting to compare Bing Maps Beta, Microsoft’s revamped mapping service, to Google Maps. And the two services do have plenty of common features. But once you start exploring Bing Maps ...

Whereas Google Maps seems more interested in getting you to a destination, Bing, by contrast, has seemed more focused on helping you see whether or not you want to be there.

Bing Maps is better than Google Maps on the Web – but Microsoft needs to up its mobile game to make its mapping product the go-to for travelers.

Bing has decided to get out of the map imagery collection business and will rely on licensing deals to power some of its key mapping tools, including 3D and aerial images and the Streetside service.

In an effort to beat Google at mapping, Microsoft Bing will use crowd-sourced photos to create a 3-D virtual worlds in its Maps application, the company has told FastCompany.com.

Basic Mapping: Google Maps vs. Bing Maps. As much as I love some of the cool stuff that Bing Maps offers, I’m usually a Google Maps user. And there’s one main reason for that: ...