Bing maps to get hospitals - xaml

Question

I am trying to fetch all the hospitals for specific cities in India using BING Map APIs for Windows 8 Metro application. However i am not able to fetch the details. Following are the two approaches that are tried
Using NearbyVenueCollection class
NearbyVenueOptions options = new NearbyVenueOptions(loc, 10000);
NearbyVenueCollection nearbyVenues = null;
try
{
nearbyVenues = await MyMap.VenueManager.GetNearbyVenuesAsync(options); ;
}
catch (Exception)
{
}
if (nearbyVenues != null && nearbyVenues.Count > 0)
{
foreach (var nearbyVenue in nearbyVenues)
{
if (nearbyVenue.Metadata.VenueType == VenueType.Hospital.ToString())
{
string name = nearbyVenue.Metadata.Name;
}
}
}
This is not providing the required details.
Using Bing Spatial Data Services
Following is the code snippet
////Create the Bing Spatial Data Services request to get nearby POI
string findNearbyPOIRequest = "http://spatial.virtualearth.net/REST/v1/data/ f22876ec257b474b82fe2ffcb8393150/ NavteqNA/NavteqPOIs? spatialfilter=nearby("
+ loc.Latitude + "," + loc.Longitude + "," + 1000 + ")"
+ "&$filter=EntityTypeID%20EQ%20'" + "8060" + "'& $select=EntityID,DisplayName,__Distance,Latitude,Longitude,AddressLine, Locality,AdminDistrict,PostalCode,Phone&$top=20"
+ "&key=" + BingCredentials;
Uri uri = new Uri(findNearbyPOIRequest);
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(uri);
// GetResponseAsync() returns immediately after the header is ready
WebResponse response = await request.GetResponseAsync();
Stream inputStream = response.GetResponseStream();
XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(inputStream);
XNamespace m ="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata";
XNamespace d = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices";
MapLayer pushpinLayer = new MapLayer();
pushpinLayer.Name = "Push Pin Layer";
var elements = from nodes in doc.Descendants(m + "properties")
select new
{
Name = nodes.Element(d + "DisplayName").Value,
Latitude = nodes.Element(d + "Latitude").Value,
Longitude = nodes.Element(d + "Longitude").Value,
Address = nodes.Element(d + "AddressLine").Value,
};
However i am not getting the required details for cities in India. Can someone help me figure out what need to be done in order to fetch correct details?

Answer 1

The Venue maps are only locations where Bing Maps has indoor floor plans. I'm not aware of any hospitals in India that are available as Venue Maps. The point of interest data in the Bing Spatial Data services is only available in North America and Europe. Your best option for finding locations in India is to use the Bing Maps SOAP Search Service.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc980849.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd221354.aspx