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How to: Connect to the Bing Geocode Service

This example demonstrates how to provide the capability for end-users to click on a map and get detailed information about this location, thanks to the Bing GeoCode web service.

Note that if you run this sample as is, you will get a warning message saying that the specified Bing Maps key is invalid. To learn more about Bing Map keys, please refer to the How to: Get a Bing Maps Key tutorial.