The following code will quickly fetch an image from BING maps. Use your own BING API key. The latitude and longitude below shows Red Rocks Amphitheatre near Denver, Colorado.
import urllib2
bingkey = "Get a Bing Maps API Key"
lat = 39.665401
lon = -105.205824
size_x = 300
size_y = 300
zoomLevel = 17
base_url = "http://dev.virtualearth.net/REST/v1/Imagery/Map/Aerial/%s,%s/%s?mapSize=%s,%s&key=%s" \
% (lat,lon,zoomLevel,size_x,size_y,bingkey)
f = urllib2.urlopen(base_url)
image = open('bing_image.jpg',"wb")
image.write(f.read())
image.close()
