I've noticed that the replacement for Bing Maps will be Azure Maps. Subscriptions to that look unaffordable for ordinary folks (it seems like it could easily cost $2500 / month or more). They are targeting large enterprise organizations.
I would recommend not wasting your time with Azure Maps at this stage, but concentrate on the OpenStreetMapProvider. It currently works fine with most OpenStreetMap tile providers like Stadia, Here, MapBox, MapTiler, MapQuest, GeoApify - even ESRI. Just use the OpenStreetMapProvider already available in RadMap and set the ImageURL to the correct endpoints. There is an open issue with missing tiles for OpenStreetMapProvider - so I think that's where your time would best be spent on updates to RadMap. I suggest just removing Bing altogether as it is deprecated and the service is currently scheduled to be taken down in June of 2025. Your customers should be able to easily transition to OpenStreetMaps with minimal changes and future customers will be attracted to the plethora of available vendors at reasonable prices.
Just my $.02 worth...
By the way - here are several usable end points as of 15 July 2024
OpenStreetMaps (Raw - needs no key): https://{prefix}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{zoom}/{x}/{y}.png
Stadia: https://tiles.stadiamaps.com/tiles/<style>/{zoom}/{x}/{y}.png?api_key=
MapBox: https://api.mapbox.com/styles/v1/mapbox/navigation-day-v1/tiles/256/{zoom}/{x}/{y}?access_token=
MapTiler: https://api.maptiler.com/maps/streets/256/{zoom}/{x}/{y}.png?key=
GeoApify: https://maps.geoapify.com/v1/tile/osm-carto/{zoom}/{x}/{y}.png?apiKey=
Just getting my head around the Winforms version of Map. I wish I had found it two years ago! I was forced to look for something because we wrote an in-house WPF hosted in Winforms franken-application for Bing Maps - now that it's going away I either need to start again - or... Wait ... Telerik as a native Winforms control that works GREAT!
So - yes - please do add Azure (and maybe another OpenStreetMaps tile provider. Other tile providers have some flexibility that OSM does not offer. Azure will likely be expensive.
Hello,
Indeed, Microsoft are moving from Bing Maps to Azure Maps. We must plan a new provider substituting the Telerik.WinControls.UI.BingRestMapProvider working with the new Azure APIs.
Regards,
Hristo
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