class Geocoder::Lookup::Bing

def base_url(query)
  url = "#{protocol}://dev.virtualearth.net/REST/v1/Locations"
  if !query.reverse_geocode?
    if r = query.options[:region]
      url << "/#{r}"
    end
    # use the more forgiving 'unstructured' query format to allow special
    # chars, newlines, brackets, typos.
    url + "?q=" + URI.escape(query.sanitized_text.strip) + "&"
  else
    url + "/#{URI.escape(query.sanitized_text.strip)}?"
  end
end