Bing Maps Spatial Data Services
Bing Maps for Enterprise stops working on Basic (free) account keys
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Calls to its endpoints on Bing Maps Spatial Data Services stopped working on June 30, 2025.
What to use instead of these calls
Move geocoding, routing, and map calls to Azure Maps at atlas.microsoft.com using an Azure Maps account key or Microsoft Entra ID. Staying on Bing Maps requires a paid Enterprise licence, whereas moving to Azure Maps requires an Azure subscription and a new key.
Staying on Bing Maps needs a paid Enterprise licence; moving to Azure Maps needs an Azure subscription and a new key.
In Bing Maps Spatial Data Services's words
After June 30, 2025, Basic keys in Basic accounts will no longer function. This includes access to APIs like Geocoding, Routing, and Spatial Data Services and the Bing Maps SDKs
Facts
- API
- Bing Maps Spatial Data Services
spatial.virtualearth.net - Kind
- Removal
- Takes effect
- June 30, 2025
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Who it affects
- Basic (free) account keys
- Source
- Announcement
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Bing Maps Spatial Data Services's own pages
Questions
When does this change take effect?
Calls to its endpoints on Bing Maps Spatial Data Services stopped working on June 30, 2025.
What happens to calls after June 30, 2025?
They have failed since June 30, 2025.
How do I find the calls this hits in my code?
Okapi reads your repository, finds the calls this change hits and opens a pull request with the fix. It never commits to your branches: every change comes as a pull request you review.
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