Windows 10: Now See the Road Ahead with Traffic Camera Images on Bing Maps

Brink · Apr 22, 2019

The Bing Maps Routing and Traffic Team is constantly working to make navigation and route planning easier! Hot on the heels of our previous announcement about traffic coloring, the Bing Maps team is proud to announce that we have made it possible for users to access traffic camera images along a planned driving route! You can now see traffic camera icons along a short to moderate-length route. By clicking on a traffic camera icon, you can view the latest image from the traffic camera at that location.

Confirming Traffic Conditions

In the example below, the orange colored segment of the route indicates that traffic on I-405 South is starting to get backed up. With traffic camera images now available, you can confirm local traffic conditions with just a click of the camera icon along the route.

Checking Extreme Weather Road Conditions

Gaining access to the traffic camera imagery not only helps with checking for traffic, accidents and general navigation, but can be invaluable to users when traversing areas impacted by extreme weather conditions, such as heavy snowfall, wind storms, flooding, etc.

Getting to and from the resort for your annual ski trip can become both challenging and dangerous when the roads are covered with snow and ice. This past February, Washington state was hit with unprecedented snowfall. Many sections of road near the Snoqualmie Pass were rendered impassible because of record amounts of snow, resulting in motorists getting stuck and stranded. With traffic camera images now accessible along the route, you can quickly check for dangerous road conditions before heading out.

In the example below, it snowed throughout the day at Alpental on April 13. The traffic camera image shows that the road was clear and safe for driving at 5:48 PM despite the snowfall.

Getting a look at the road ahead can help you avoid heavy traffic and tricky road conditions, so be sure to check out the “traffic” option with camera imagery on Bing Maps when you are routing your next trip at https://www.bing.com/maps/.

- Bing Maps Team
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Source: https://blogs.bing.com/maps/2019-04/...s-on-bing-maps

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Cluster Head · Apr 22, 2019

MS Rolls Out Real-Time Traffic Camera Feature to Help You .....

Microsoft Rolls Out Real-Time Traffic Camera Feature to Help You Avoid Traffic Jams

The update includes no less than 35,000 traffic cameras

Bing Maps is not as widely used as some other mapping services, such as Google Maps, for example, but Microsoft’s still investing a lot of resources and work into its own service, so new features arrive on a regular basis.

Today, for instance, the company has introduced traffic camera support for Bing Maps, making it possible to watch real-time images from cameras across 11 countries. Microsoft hasn’t specifically mentioned which are these 11 countries, but the United States is definitely among them.

To view real-time cameras on Bing Maps, click the Traffic button to see the traffic layer and zoom in until you see a small camera icon on the map. There’s an option that displays the recently viewed cameras, so you can always go back to one that you’ve previously loaded.
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Read more: http://news.softpedia.com/news/micro...s-496642.shtml

JonFountain · Apr 22, 2019

No roads on my maps!

A simple but infuriating problem I can't seem to solve. There are no roads on my maps. Road names yes....roads no. I have downloaded the European map pack but that has changed nothing. Oddly when I select the aerial view roads correctly overlay the map.
Equally oddly in traffic mode the traffic is correctly displayed.

Any help would be appreciated.

PS I have run the App troubleshooter but it found nothing wrong..

Brink · Apr 22, 2019

Geocoding and Routing improvements added to Bing Maps

Geocoding and Routing are core services in mapping platforms. Today, the Bing Maps team is happy to announce improved algorithms and increased coverage support for these services, which also directly improve the coverage of many of the new Bing Maps Fleet Management APIs, such as the Isochrone and Distance Matrix APIs which rely on routing data.

Geocoder Improvements

The Bing Maps team has spent several years developing a new backend geocoder, which provides improved matching logic and the ability to make faster data updates. This new geocoder went into production earlier this year, and the Bing Maps developer APIs were seamlessly updated on the backend, thus instantly migrating all users to the new geocoder without any code changes required by them.

In addition to creating a new backend geocoder, the team has been working hard on increasing the support for geocoding globally. Bing Maps ranks the level of geocoding support for each country using the following criteria:

Rooftop – Addresses are resolved to the latitude/longitude coordinate at the center of the address parcel (property boundary). Rooftop has the highest level of accuracy support. Its coverage varies by country.

Address – Addresses are interpolated to a latitude/longitude coordinate on the street.

Street Name – Addresses are resolved to the latitude/longitude coordinate of the street that contains the address. The address number is not processed.

Basic – Geocoding support is limited and primarily only accurate to the city level. If an address is valid, Bing Maps attempts to resolve it, but a result is not guaranteed.

The number of countries in which Bing Maps has Rooftop or Address level detailed coverage has grown from 82 to 109 countries.

[table][tr][td]Highest Level Support[/td] [td]# of Countries[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Old Coverage[/td] [td]New Coverage[/td] [td][/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Rooftop[/td] [td]17[/td] [td]46[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Address[/td] [td]65[/td] [td]63[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Street Name[/td] [td]12[/td] [td]46[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Basic[/td] [td]159[/td] [td]98[/td] [/tr] [/table]

Detailed geocoding coverage information can be found here.

Routing Service Improvements

Bing Maps provides routing for the following modes of transportation: cars, trucks, walking and public transit. Bing Maps provides both real-time and predictive traffic based routing. The team is constantly tweaking and improving the algorithms and data to provide more efficient and accurate routes. Bing Maps ranks the level of standard routing support for each country using the following criteria:

Good - The country/region has detailed road data available in most populated centers and most of these have been verified for accuracy. Coverage is updated frequently. Remote areas may lack some road information.

Fair - At a minimum, the country/region has major road data available as well as some detailed road data. Most often, these roads have not been verified for accuracy. Coverage is updated over time. Please visit the map to assess if the current version meets the needs of your application.

Major Roads Only - At a minimum, the country/region coverage includes major roads. These roads have not been verified for accuracy. Coverage is updated over time. Please visit the map to assess if the current version meets the needs of your application.

The number of countries in which Bing Maps has good routing coverage has grown from 58 to 116 countries.

[table][tr][td][/td] [td]# of Countries[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Old Coverage[/td] [td]New Coverage[/td] [td][/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Good[/td] [td]58[/td] [td]116[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Fair[/td] [td]82[/td] [td]54[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Major Roads Only[/td] [td]113[/td] [td]83[/td] [/tr] [/table]

Detailed routing coverage information can be found here.

Truck Routing

Truck routing support was just recently added to Bing Maps and is supported in 80 countries.

Detailed truck routing coverage information can be found here.

If you have any questions or feedback about Bing Maps, please let us know on the Bing Maps forums or visit the Bing Maps website to learn more about the Bing Maps platform.

- Bing Maps Team
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Source: Geocoding and Routing improvements added to Bing Maps | Maps Blog

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