Bentley Map SS4 Bing Maps

I've added a Video showing the step from generating the Bing Maps Key to creating the Workspace variable and attaching Bing Map using Raster Manager.

With Bing Map terms and conditions, are corporate users allowed to freely print and distribute Bing Map content in drawings?

Is it possible (within terms and conditions) to use one key for all corporate MicroStation users instead of each MicroStation user to create their own Bing Map account?

Thanks

If you look in the MicroStation Forum, there is at least one other person who is experiencing this issue... Is there any mechanism to turn on some type of "tracing" that may indicate where the issue lies?

Hi. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a mechanism to add additional tracing at the moment. After reviewing the implementation we believe we have an explanation. Since all other requirements are respected (being logged in, having a coordinate system defined etc) the other potential reason for failure would be usage of a proxy. Can you confirm whether your machine is configured to handle http requests through a proxy? If you normally go through a proxy and do not have direct access to the internet, this would explain the failure to connect and the error message. If that is the case then unfortunately the current Bing maps implementation will not work as it does not support proxies. I understand that it was working previously but the implementation seems to have changed. In the meantime, if you are working with Microstation you could possibly go back to Update 7 as a workaround.

Hi,

As Martin explain above, we are very confident that we have found the problem.
I can propose a work around that I think will temporary work.
There is a Microsoft web site where you can generate a trial license.
As far as I know, this license will last for 90 days.
Please follow the steps below.

Getting a Bing Maps Key:
1)    Create a new Microsoft Account with your e-mail address.
2)    Go to: http://www.bingmapsportal.com/
3)    Click “New User”.
4)    Sign-in using the Microsoft Account that is linked to your e-mail.
5)    Create a Bing Maps account.
6)    Once the Bing Maps Account is created, click on “Create or view keys”.
7)    Create a “Trial” key.

Setup:
1)    In MicroStation, create a new Configuration Variable named “MS_RASTER_BINGMAP_KEY”
2)    Assign the value of the Bing Maps Key to the configutation variable.
3)    You are ready to use Bing Maps.

Alain Robert said:

virtually no code change has been made there between Update 7 and 8.

Well. SOMETHING has changed. And that change has "broken" what was working in Update 7.

Martin Roy said:

the other potential reason for failure would be usage of a proxy.

So this is what changed from Update 7 to Update 8? We *do* use a proxy. Thanks for the confirmation that the change from Update 7 to Update 8 kills Bing Map access when using a proxy. I'd rather NOT go back to Update 7.

Martin Roy said:

the other potential reason for failure would be usage of a proxy.

So this is what changed from Update 7 to Update 8? We *do* use a proxy. Thanks for the confirmation that the change from Update 7 to Update 8 kills Bing Map access when using a proxy. I'd rather NOT go back to Update 7.