REST Services JSONP Sample
This sample shows how to call the Bing Maps REST services using a JSONP request.
The Bing Maps REST services were initially released many years ago before browsers supported cross domain requests using
CORS
. To get around this
JSONP
requests where made which would tell the server to wrap the response with a JavaScript function. JSONP requests would then be loaded like a JavaScript file rather than queries like a API. The Bing Maps REST services now support CORS as well.