Bing Maps Routes

• Product home: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/maps/bing-maps

• API reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/bingmaps/rest-services/routes/calculate-a-route

• Traffic: yes (via optimize=timeWithTraffic).

Endpoint

GET https://dev.virtualearth.net/REST/v1/Routes/Driving

Parameters used

Key	Value
wp.0	origin "lat,lon"
wp.1	destination "lat,lon"
optimize	timeWithTraffic
routeAttributes	routeSummariesOnly
key	API key

Response fields we persist

• resourceSets[0].resources[0].travelDuration → duration_seconds

• resourceSets[0].resources[0].travelDurationTraffic → duration_in_traffic_seconds

• resourceSets[0].resources[0].travelDistance (km → m) → distance_meters

Caveats

• travelDuration is in seconds but travelDistance is in kilometers — we multiply by 1000 at parse time so storage stays in meters.

• Bing is being migrated into Azure Maps; keep an eye on the deprecation timeline published on Microsoft Learn.