ThinkGeo WPF v8.0 - BingMapsLayer, can not download BingMapsMetadata.xml

[Joao_Paulo_G]

We have a project in an older version of ThinkGeo. BingMapasLayer recently stopped working because it could not download BingMapsMetadata.xml.

Can anyone help me?

[Ethan]

Hi Joao,

Sometimes this XML cannot be downloaded succeed, it should because Bing have some new strategy, because it cannot be reproduce stably.

Please view this topic, it looks other user provide solution for it:

BingMapsMetadata file not downloading

Hello Brian, The ticket never really resolved anything. It just started working again after going back and forth with ThinkGeo and Microsoft. We just ran into this again this week. It stopped working on our servers in Oregon but other places in the US it worked. I couldn’t get it to create the xml file locally but if i turned my VPN on to change my IP location it would work again. I implemented a fix on our end that bypasses the ThinkGeo control being in charge of creating the xml file. Because…

Regards,

Ethan

[Joao_Paulo_G]

Thank you!

The recommended solution for creating a code to download the BingMapsMetadata.xml file works.

[Ethan]

Hi Joao,

I am glad to hear that’s helpful.

Regards,

Ethan