Use Bing to geocode and Google maps api to display the map

Friday, November 12, 2010 by Nate Bross

Someone asked on Stack Overflow:

I have an application which is currently using the google map API. I like the maps much better, and I feel like you have more options with google maps. The problem is, Google maps has been very inaccurate when I give it an address to map, while Bing has been 100% on so far. I also like Bings Birds Eye view, but that’s not as important. My question is, can I use the Bing API to take the address that I give it, return a longitude and latitude and then give that to my existing Google map to plot the point. If so, how? I looked on Bing Maps, and I couldn’t find a good way to geocode an address. Below is my current google maps code

var map;
var directionsPanel;
var directions;

function initialize() {
  map = new GMap(document.getElementById("map_canvas"));
  map.setCenter(new GLatLng(41.1255275,-73.6964801), 15);
  directionsPanel = document.getElementById("route");
  directions = new GDirections(map, directionsPanel);
  directions.load("from: ADDRESS 1 to: ADDRESS 2 ");

          map.addControl(new GSmallMapControl());
    map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());

}

I want to replace ADDRESS 2 with the longitude and latitude which Bing gets

I posted the following answer, which was chosen as the accepted answer:

AFAIK, the Bing Maps Ajax Control does not support Geocoding. You will need to use their web services: SOAP or JSON or XML.

Originally posted on Stack Overflow — 0 upvotes (accepted answer). Licensed under CC BY-SA.