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

Question

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.

Sicyon

Their XML Response DTD published anywhere? schemas.microsoft.com/search/local/ws/rest/v1 redirects to an error page! – Preselector

There is a new API from Yahoo which replaces the one you mentioned: developer.yahoo.com/geo/placefinder – Conner

Answer 1

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

Chasidychasing

Lookie there -- they finally added one! – Sicyon

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Answer 2

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

Repellent

Answer 3

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....

Bacchic

Answer 4

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

Circulate

Um, nope, Shawn -- that's a SOAP web service, not REST. As I explained in the question, I'm looking for REST. – Sicyon

Yeah, was thinking you could wrap the SOAP web service with a REST API – Circulate

(No offense meant, really, but I'm not sure how I could have intuited that intention from your response...) – Sicyon