OpenLayers. Layer.Bing

Bing layer using direct tile access as provided by Bing Maps REST Services. See http://msdn.microsoft.com /en-us /library /ff701713.aspx for more information. Note: Terms of Service compliant use requires the map to be configured with an OpenLayers.Control.Attribution control and the attribution placed on or near the map.

Inherits from

OpenLayers.Layer.XYZ

Summary

OpenLayers. Layer.Bing	Bing layer using direct tile access as provided by Bing Maps REST Services.
Properties
type	{String} The layer identifier.
culture	{String} The culture identifier.
metadataParams	{Object} Optional url parameters for the Get Imagery Metadata request as described here: http://msdn.microsoft.com /en-us /library /ff701716.aspx
tileOptions	{Object} optional configuration options for OpenLayers.Tile instances created by this Layer.
protocol	{String} Protocol to use to fetch Imagery Metadata, tiles and bing logo Can be ‘http:’ ‘https:’ or ‘’
Constructor
OpenLayers. Layer.Bing	Create a new Bing layer.
Functions
clone

Properties

type

{String} The layer identifier. Any non-birdseye imageryType from http://msdn.microsoft.com /en-us /library /ff701716.aspx can be used. Default is “Road”.

culture

{String} The culture identifier. See http://msdn.microsoft.com /en-us /library /ff701709.aspx for the definition and the possible values. Default is “en-US”.

metadataParams

{Object} Optional url parameters for the Get Imagery Metadata request as described here: http://msdn.microsoft.com /en-us /library /ff701716.aspx

tileOptions

{Object} optional configuration options for OpenLayers.Tile instances created by this Layer. Default is

{crossOriginKeyword: 'anonymous'}

protocol

{String} Protocol to use to fetch Imagery Metadata, tiles and bing logo Can be ‘http:’ ‘https:’ or ‘’

Warning: tiles may not be available under both HTTP and HTTPS protocols. Microsoft approved use of both HTTP and HTTPS urls for tiles. However this is undocumented and the Imagery Metadata API always returns HTTP urls.

Default is ‘’, unless when executed from a file:/// uri, in which case it is ‘http:’.

Constructor

OpenLayers. Layer.Bing

Create a new Bing layer.

Example

var road = new OpenLayers.Layer.Bing({
    name: "My Bing Aerial Layer",
    type: "Aerial",
    key: "my-api-key-here",
});

Parameters

options

{Object} Configuration properties for the layer.

Required configuration properties

key	{String} Bing Maps API key for your application. Get one at http://bingmapsportal.com/.
type	{String} The layer identifier. Any non-birdseye imageryType from http://msdn.microsoft.com /en-us /library /ff701716.aspx can be used.

Any other documented layer properties can be provided in the config object.

Functions

clone

clone: function( obj )

Parameters

obj

{Object}

Returns

{OpenLayers.Layer.Bing} An exact clone of this OpenLayers.Layer.Bing