Technical requirements

To follow along with the lab in this chapter, you will need to have completed the labs in the previous chapters. It is recommended that you use a mobile device for testing purposes.

To be able to use APIs from Bing, you will need to have a valid Microsoft account (Live, Outlook, or MSN). Likewise, for Google Maps, you will need to have a valid Google account.

Placing maps into your apps

Maps can be used to show contextual information to your users, thereby allowing you to represent location data in a meaningful way that allows the user to visualize the location rather than just providing textual information. Two of the most popular mapping technologies that we can use are Bing and Google Maps, both of which can be leveraged within Power Apps. You should be aware that commercial use of some mapping services, such as Google, does carry usage costs.

Leveraging Bing Maps

Bing Maps provide a static map API that you can access with a free API key. Simply navigate to...