Add spatial objects on top of bing maps

[elgabbas]

Hello,

I found this package very interesting for me. However, it is possible to use the resulting map as a base map for other spatial objects. I need to plot sf objects (points/polygons) on top of the resulting map. Is it possible?

Thanks.

[elipousson]

With the standard Bing Maps imagery, it is definitely doable. I'd look at this mapboxapi function as a possible model (the function may be a little broken in the main repo but you could check out my repository for the updated code. I'd recommending checking the Bing Static Map API documentation to see if it has comparable features as the Mapbox API.

Using the Birds Eye imagery is definitely more difficult. You can access a bounding box for the underlying imagery but I'm not sure there is good metadata on the bearing and pitch of the imagery and you'd need that extra information to adjust the geometry of an sf object for an overlay. Potentially you could use something like the {layer} package to do this?

Let me know if you figure this out!