bing maps - Points of interest for zip code

Question

I"m looking for way to get list of points of interests like airports, parks, etc. per zip code using Bing maps. Believe me, I search google but it looks like my google is broken since I can't find anything useful. I just need a way to get that info. If there is like a list that would be even better. Any help is appreciated fellows. Is there a simple URL where I can pass in my bing map key, a category and longitude/latitude and get a list of point of interests?

Answer 1

You could use the NAVTEQ point of interest data sources that are in the Bing spatial Data Services here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh478189.aspx

You can use the Query API to filter on the PostalCode property: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg585126.aspx

Here is an example that gets points of interests that are in zip code 98004 and returns the results as XML:

http://spatial.virtualearth.net/REST/v1/data/f22876ec257b474b82fe2ffcb8393150/NavteqNA/NavteqPOIs?&$filter=PostalCode%20eq%20'98004'&$top=250&o=xml&key=YOUR_BING_MAPS_KEY

That said, make sure that your use case does not go against this restriction in the Bing Maps terms of use:

(h)Use Content that consists of points of interest data to generate sales leads information in the form of ASCII or other text-formatted lists of category-specific business listings which (i) include complete mailing address for each business; and (ii) contain a substantial portion of such listings for a particular country, city, state or zip code region.