Thursday, September 10, 2009

Create a Bing Maps account (Bing Silverlight Map Control)

Visit https://www.bingmapsportal.com.

Click the link "Create a Bing Maps account". You would land up opening the https://login.live.com, where you have to Login using the Windows Live ID.
Once you are done with this, you would be presented the Accout Details sceen on the bingmapsportal Site.Input all the fields as desired.

Click the link "Create or view Bing Maps keys" and input the ApplicationName and the URl.Note, the application running on you localhost and on the live server should have difference Credential/Key.

Once that is done copy the generated key and paste it as the CredentialsProvider of the Bing Silverlight Map COntrol. You can now view the Map on your Bing Silverlight Map Control.

CredentialsProvider="AmInmiEJcmmrHZ238dWFiT1Y3-nEtt2c2D0_jFvCdACSDzAyAsm3081KMVpIcefB" x:Name="map1"

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