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1) Does anyone know or can point to good examples of accessing BirdsEye view using Python through Bing Maps API?
2) Alternatively, could you let me know how I can amend the below code to access the required BE view pictures of the selected location (in this case Bellevue Washington):
url = "https://dev.virtualearth.net/REST/V1/Imagery/Map/BirdsEye/Bellevue%20Washington?&key=" + bingMapsKey
print(url)
filename = 'maps_default.png'
urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, filename)
I = misc.imread(filename)
plt.imshow(I)
plt.show()
I found a similar question asked in 2012 without any relevant answers, so hoping someone else can help.

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