DXMap™ for Silverlight
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New Map Control for Silverlight
DevExpress DXMap introduce different map types, support for animation effects and amazing interactivity.
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DXperience v2011 vol 2 includes our newest Silverlight Control Library – the DXMap Suite. This initial version ships with support for two online data providers: Bing Maps and OpenStreet.
Bing Maps
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OpenStreet Maps
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In addition, the following key features are available to you.
Navigation Elements
The DXMap control provides a number of UI elements that empower your end-users to scroll, zoom in and out, as well as see detailed information about the current view. Note that you can optionally show or hide any of these elements and customize their appearance. The following navigation elements are included:
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Scroll Buttons
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Zoom Trackbar
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Coordinates Panel
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Scale Panel
Multiple Layers
The DevExpress Map control can simultaneously show an unlimited number of map layers. Each layer displays information either as images (Image Tile Layer) or as vector elements (Vector Layer). This allows you to show shapes above image tiles or show maps from different data providers on a single map view:
Support for Shapefiles
With its first release, DXMap provides support for the Shapefile format. Note that our map control is capable of loading both shape contours and supplementary information from shapefiles. With this capability, you can display map regions painted in different colors and also show any other additional information in tooltips.
Vector Layer Features
The DXMap control ships with the following built-in vector elements:
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Line
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Rectangle
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Ellipse
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Polyline
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Polygon
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Path
You can also display any Visual Element on a map and therefore draw anything you require. For example, the following image demonstrates a flight tracking radar using the DXMap control.
In addition, the DXMap control supports shape highlighting and hit-testing. These two features enable end-users to select any shape on a map and show additional information for it.
For more information about DXMap for Silverlight, feel free to contact us at info@devexpress.com.
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