Windows.Services.Maps
May 30, 2025 ยท View on GitHub
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[Deprecated - see Remarks.] The Windows.Services.Maps namespace contains classes that provide location, routing, and geocoding services.
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Important
The UWP MapControl and Windows Maps platform APIs (Windows.Services.Maps.*) are deprecated and may not be available in future versions of Windows. For more information, see Resources for deprecated features.
Important
Bing Maps for Enterprise service retirement
The UWP MapControl and map services from the Windows.Services.Maps namespaces rely on Bing Maps. Bing Maps for Enterprise is deprecated and will be retired, at which point the MapControl and services will no longer receive data.
For more information, see the Bing Maps Developer Center and Bing Maps documentation.
Your app must be authenticated before it can use the MapControl and map services in the Windows.Services.Maps namespace. To authenticate your app, you must specify a maps authentication key.
See Request a maps authentication key.