# Select the area from a list closest to a location — Bing Maps

Botize method — `bing_maps.closest` (action).

Pick from a list the area closest to a given location using Bing Maps.

This is an action: it runs as a step of a task. Several can be chained.

## Fields you set

The field's internal name, its type and the values it accepts. These fields accept `{{...}}` tags from earlier steps.

- `postal_code` *(string)* — Postal Code
- `country` *(string)* — Country
- `admin_district` *(string)* — Admin District
- `locality` *(string)* — Locality
- `address` *(string)* — Address
- `query` *(string)* — Text String
- `language` *(string, one of: ""; "ES")* — Results language
- `succeeded_url` *(string)* — Succeeded result URL (in XML format)

*(Fields derived from the configuration form.)*

## Output variables

Data this step makes available. Reference them in later steps with the double-brace tag.

- `{{bing_zip}}` *(text)* — Postal Code
- `{{bing_country}}` *(text)* — Country
- `{{bing_locality}}` *(text)* — Locality
- `{{bing_address}}` *(text)* — Address
- `{{bing_latitude}}` *(decimal)* — Latitude
- `{{bing_longitude}}` *(decimal)* — Longitude
- `{{bing_admin_district}}` *(text)* — Admin District (province)
- `{{closest_id}}` *(text)* — Closest Id
- `{{closest_distance}}` *(decimal)* — Distance to the closest area (m)

## This app

Every trigger and action for Bing Maps: https://botize.com/en/app/bing_maps.md

## How to build this

An AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor…) can create and edit these tasks in the user's account through the Botize MCP connector, included in every plan:

    https://webhook.botize.es/mcp

- Connection guide: https://botize.com/en/mcp
- Agent map: https://botize.com/llms.txt
- New account: https://botize.com/en/join (500 free operations, no card)

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Machine-readable summary for AI assistants. Human version: https://botize.com/en/method/bing_maps/closest