Opening the map app in cmd.exe
Specify coordinates
Open the map at the coordinates with lattitude 47.36667 and longitude 8.55 (which is in Zurich).
cp stands for center point. C:\> start bingmaps:?cp=47.36667~8.55
Add a zoom level
The parameter
lvl can be used to specify a zoom level. It is added with &. Because the & has a special meaning in cmd.exe, the & needs to be escaped with a ^.
The following invocation sets the zoom level to 11:
C:\> start bingmaps:?cp=47.36667~8.55^&lvl=11
Using aerial style
Setting the parameter
sty to a displays the map in aerial style: C:\> start bingmaps:?cp=47.36667~8.55^&lvl=16^&sty=a
3D style
sty can be set to 3d for a 3d view.
The parameter
pit specifies the pitch, hdg the heading: C:\> start bingmaps:?cp=47.36667~8.55^&lvl=19^&sty=3d^&pit=60^&hdg=120
Bounding boxes
The
bb parameter allowsw to specify a bounding box. The following example uses Switzerland's which are lattitude from 45.7769477403 to 47.8308275417 and longitude from 6.02260949059 to 10.4427014502: C:\> start bingmaps:?bb=45.7769477403_6.02260949059~47.8308275417_10.4427014502
