New Bing map styles

[EdSaunders]

Hi all,

Not sure if this has been covered somewhere else but I couldn't find any posts on it.  Is it possible to access the new Bing Maps styles from the JavaScript API?  Using the following:

http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/demos/ve/ve_layer.html

it's the still old tiles in Sydney, Australia.  Also, related question - does anyone know if it's possible to style the Bing tiles like you can in the Google Maps API?

Thanks for any assistance.

Ed

[KellyHutchins]

According to this Bing  Maps blog post
,  the new style will be the only style available starting May 1, 2011. Here's the relevant text from the blog:

"This opt-in period will end on April 30, 2011 and beginning on May 1, 2011, the new map style will become the default and only road style delivered across all Bing mapping services."

[EdSaunders]

Thanks for the info Kelly, much appreciated.

[MarkHoover]

Kelly, do you anticipate any changes needing to be made to current web apps, or will we wake up on May 1 and see the updated Bing basemaps served up automatically (and in the Basemap Gallery widget as well)?

[MarkHoover]

Kelly, any update on this topic from Bing?  As of today, our web application still shows the older Bing Maps styles.

[StephenLead]

"beginning on May 1, 2011, the new map style will become the default and only road style delivered across all Bing mapping services."

And does this mean we lose the ability to show Map/Satellite views, as in the sample at http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/demos/ve/ve_layer.html ?

Thanks,
Steve

[MarkHoover]

I believe you're reading the quote wrong.  They are deprecating the old road map style in favor of the new one.  The Satellite/Hybrid basemaps should go unchanged.

[StephenLead]

Hi Mark,

I guess it depends on what is meant by the "new" map style. I'm hoping that we'll gain the ability to show the style of map shown on Bing at http://binged.it/jC6Anr

This is very different from the style currently shown in the ESRI Bing maps implementation.

My concern around satellite imagery is that the official Bing Maps URL doesn't seem to have the option to show imagery (unless I'm missing it?).

Cheers,
Steve

[MarkHoover]

Yes, we're referring to the same thing when it comes to the new road map style.

As far as imagery goes, I believe the "Bird's Eye" option is the imagery basemap on Bing now.

[MarkHoover]

Any word on this?