Bing Maps
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Bing Maps is Microsoft's web-based mapping and navigation service offering road maps, aerial imagery, directions, and location-based search.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bing Maps canonical | 2 |
| Bing Maps AJAX Control | 1 |
| Bing Maps API | 1 |
| Bing Maps REST Services | 1 |
| Bing Maps SOAP Services | 1 |
| Bing Maps Tile System | 1 |
| Bing Maps WPF Control | 1 |
| Live Search Maps | 1 |
| MSN Virtual Earth | 1 |
| Windows Maps app | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T528572 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bing Maps Context triple: [MapQuest, competitor, Bing Maps]
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A.
MapQuest
MapQuest is an early online mapping and driving directions service that became one of the first widely used web-based navigation tools.
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B.
Google Maps
Google Maps is a web-based mapping and navigation service by Google that provides detailed maps, real-time GPS navigation, traffic conditions, and location search worldwide.
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C.
MAP
MAP was the abbreviated name used for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Aircraft Production, the World War II government department responsible for overseeing and increasing aircraft manufacturing.
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D.
Apple Maps
Apple Maps is Apple's proprietary mapping and navigation service that provides turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic data, and location search across Apple devices.
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E.
OSMG
OSMG is the abbreviation for the Order of St Michael and St George, a British order of chivalry awarded for distinguished service in foreign affairs or service abroad.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bing Maps Target entity description: Bing Maps is Microsoft's web-based mapping and navigation service offering road maps, aerial imagery, directions, and location-based search.
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A.
MapQuest
MapQuest is an early online mapping and driving directions service that became one of the first widely used web-based navigation tools.
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B.
Google Maps
Google Maps is a web-based mapping and navigation service by Google that provides detailed maps, real-time GPS navigation, traffic conditions, and location search worldwide.
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C.
MAP
MAP was the abbreviated name used for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Aircraft Production, the World War II government department responsible for overseeing and increasing aircraft manufacturing.
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D.
Apple Maps
Apple Maps is Apple's proprietary mapping and navigation service that provides turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic data, and location search across Apple devices.
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E.
OSMG
OSMG is the abbreviation for the Order of St Michael and St George, a British order of chivalry awarded for distinguished service in foreign affairs or service abroad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
online mapping platform
ⓘ
web mapping service ⓘ |
| commercial | true ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| formerName |
Bing Maps
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Live Search Maps
Bing Maps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
MSN Virtual Earth
|
| hasAPI |
Bing Maps
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Bing Maps AJAX Control
Bing Maps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Bing Maps REST Services
Bing Maps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Bing Maps SOAP Services
Bing Maps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Bing Maps Tile System
Bing Maps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Bing Maps WPF Control
|
| integratedIn |
Microsoft Office
ⓘ
Power BI ⓘ Bing Maps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Windows Maps app
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| launchYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| offers |
custom map styling
ⓘ
developer SDK ⓘ embed maps ⓘ spatial data services ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| partOf |
Bing
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Bing
|
| provides |
3D maps
ⓘ
aerial imagery ⓘ bird’s-eye imagery ⓘ business search ⓘ driving directions ⓘ geocoding ⓘ location-based search ⓘ reverse geocoding ⓘ road maps ⓘ route planning ⓘ satellite imagery ⓘ street maps ⓘ traffic information ⓘ transit directions ⓘ walking directions ⓘ |
| requires | internet connection ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
distance measurement
ⓘ
multiple waypoints routing ⓘ street-side imagery ⓘ venue maps ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform |
Android
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ iOS ⓘ web browser ⓘ |
| uses |
Bing
ⓘ
surface form:
Bing search engine
|
| website | https://www.bing.com/maps ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bing Maps Description of subject: Bing Maps is Microsoft's web-based mapping and navigation service offering road maps, aerial imagery, directions, and location-based search.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
MSN Virtual Earth
this entity surface form:
Live Search Maps
this entity surface form:
Bing Maps REST Services
this entity surface form:
Bing Maps AJAX Control
this entity surface form:
Bing Maps WPF Control
this entity surface form:
Bing Maps SOAP Services
this entity surface form:
Bing Maps Tile System
this entity surface form:
Windows Maps app
this entity surface form:
Bing Maps API