Questions tagged [uwp-maps]

Windows Maps is a mapping platform provided by Microsoft, offering 3D data, offline maps, streetside imagery, POIs and many other location-aware features. It powers many Microsoft as well as third-party UWP apps.

Windows Maps is a mapping platform provided by Microsoft, offering 3D data, offline maps, streetside imagery, POIs and many other location-aware features. It powers many Microsoft as well as third-party UWP apps.

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XAML element disappears when higher than camera altitude

In UWP MapControl, I have an element (Stackpanel with an icon, nothing special) that I place on the map. When the camera is higher than the element's altitude it is shown on the map, but when the camera goes down below the elements altitude, it…
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How to convert WGS84 Latitude Longitude into X Y Tile's coordinates for UWP MapControl

I am implementing CustomMapTileDataSource feature. So far I can draw custom Tiles on fly with some shapes (see image below). Now I need to draw lines on each Tile which UWP MapControl provides. All my lines are precalculated with WGS82 coordinates…
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Where is UWP MapControl antialiasing property?

I work with UWP MapControl and adding some MapPolylines. And they looks ugly (see pic below) I assume should be kind of antialiasing property but cannot find it here. Please help and thank you! C# var mapPolyline = new MapPolyline(); var…
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UWP MapControl unmanaged memory leak

I have a MapControl where I add MapIcons and Polylines. After a few minutes of work app starts leaking unmanaged memory and goes until 8Gb. Please, help me to find a bug. Thank you! I have used dotMemory profiler. The screenshot below showing…
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use MapLocationFinder offline?

i'm having diffcult time in understanding if you can use this tool offline. As far as i know, you can download maps in windows 10 to use them offline, but on the documentation page the only requirements are to authenticate your app first using a…
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UWP MapControl LocalMapTileDataSource and tile's image custom opacity on fly

I use LocalMapTileDataSource and would like to apply custom opacity for tile's images. As I found there is no way to make it on fly? Here is my code. private void AddLocalMapTileDataSource() { MapZoomLevelRange range; range.Min = 8; …
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PointerMoved event not firing on MapControl when in 3D view

PointerMoved event is not firing when MapControl is 3D view, but when back to 2D or zenithal view is firing again. When on zenithal view, event is fired whenever the mouse is moved over the map control. When in 3D view, event is only fired when the…
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Is there a Geopoint class available for Winforms (or an Analogue thereof)?

In my UWP app, I use a Geopoint class: using Windows.Devices.Geolocation; . . . List locations; In a Winforms app, this is not available - Geopoint is not recognized. Is there an analogous class available for Winforms apps? The same is…
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Uno platform: MapControl in not UWP projects

I have a quite big project developed in UWP, and I'm thinking of migrate to Uno Platform with Android, iOS and MacOS users in mind. The biggest and most important part of the project is a MapControl, but I don't know if when migrating the project,…
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MapControl Field of View non linear

I'm using the MapControl on a UWP project, to simulate a virtual camera on the surface. Around the MapControl I have a set of indicators, like a ruler, showing the heading (azimuth) and the pitch (elevation). Here's a capture. But I've realized…
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Map control -- popup is shown behind pin in UWP

i created a sample UWP application with a map and bind ItemsSource to locations. When i click any location i need to show a TextBlock with clicked pin info, but the TextBlock is going behind the pins. Can someone please look into this and let me…
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Cannot implicitly convert type when adding pin to MapControl

I'm trying to add a pin to a MapControl dynamically but it's not working despite using an import statement (using). new Point(0.5, 1) in NormalizedAnchorPoint = new Point(0.5, 1) returns the following error. What's the correct way to resolve…
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Changing Field of View on MapControl camera changes altitude of camera

I'm creating an application that we can play with MapControl camera changing looking direction (heading), roll angle, looking elevation (pitch) and field of view also (to zoom in or zoom out the scene). When I start narrowing the angle of view, the…
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Using json style sheets in UWP MapControl with Aerial3D view

I'm drawing polygons in the UWP MapControl in Win 10. I saw you can change the appearance of map elements by generating a custom style sheet then assigning styles to elements. I found the Map Style Sheet Editor and created a new style sheet with…
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Get current frame on Microsoft Maps MapTileSource.Play()

I have a MapTileSource which I .Play() on Microsoft Maps. This works well, but I'm wondering how I can get the current frame. I'm not able to find an event or anything. Basically, there is 10 layers. I would like to display the date for each layer…