pwshPlaces - Bing Maps Advanced

Consider exploring the pwshPlaces Bing Maps Basics page first to gain a comprehensive understanding of the tool and its features before proceeding to the advanced page.

API Caching

There doesn't seem to be anything in the terms of service the explicitly forbids local caching of Bing Maps data.

This means that doing something like this should be fine:.

Create a locally cached copy of restaurants nearby. Then use Get-Random to source the local cache and pick a random place to eat each day!

#--------------------------------------------------------------
# scrape and locally cache local restaurants
Import-Module Convert
Import-Module pwshPlaces

$scrapePath = $env:Temp

$locale = Invoke-BingGeoCode -Query 'New Braunfels, TX' -BingMapsAPIKey $env:BingAPIKey

$searchBingNearbyPlaceSplat = @{
    Type           = 'Restaurants'
    PointLatitude  = $locale.Latitude
    PointLongitude = $locale.Longitude
    MaxResults     = 20
    BingMapsAPIKey = $env:BingAPIKey
}
$areaRestaurants = Search-BingNearbyPlace @searchBingNearbyPlaceSplat

ConvertTo-Clixml -InputObject $areaRestaurants -Depth 100 | Out-File "$scrapePath\localRestaurants.xml"
#--------------------------------------------------------------
# where should we eat today?
$myLocalRestaurants = Get-Content -Path "$scrapePath\localRestaurants.xml" -Raw | ConvertFrom-Clixml

Get-Random $myLocalRestaurants