How to: Get Information About a Geographical Point Using the Bing Geocode Service

• Jun 07, 2019
• 2 minutes to read

This example demonstrates how to manually process received Bing Geocode location information.

• Create a InformationLayer object and add it to the MapControl.Layers collection. Assign the BingGeocodeDataProvider object to the InformationLayer.DataProvider property.
• Handle the BingGeocodeDataProvider.LocationInformationReceived event. In the event handler, implement the request result processing.

Note

If you run the application, and see a window with the following error message: ”The specified Bing Maps key is invalid. To create a developer account, refer to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/maps/create-a-bing-maps-key”, refer to the following tutorial: How to: Get a Bing Maps Key.

MainWindow.xaml

<dxm:BingGeocodeDataProvider x:Name="geocodeProvider"   ProcessMouseEvents="False"
    BingKey="{Binding Source={StaticResource YourBingKey}}" 
    LocationInformationReceived="geocodeProvider_LocationInformationReceived"/>

MainWindow.xaml.cs

private void geocodeProvider_LocationInformationReceived(object sender, LocationInformationReceivedEventArgs e) {
    GeocodeRequestResult result = e.Result;
    StringBuilder resultList = new StringBuilder("");
    resultList.Append(String.Format("Status: {0}\n", result.ResultCode));
    resultList.Append(String.Format("Fault reason: {0}\n", result.FaultReason));
    resultList.Append(String.Format("______________________________\n"));

    if (result.ResultCode != RequestResultCode.Success) {
        tbResults.Text = resultList.ToString();
        return; 
    }

    int resCounter = 1;
    foreach (LocationInformation locations in result.Locations) {
        resultList.Append(String.Format("Request Result {0}:\n", resCounter));
        resultList.Append(String.Format("Display Name: {0}\n", locations.DisplayName));
        resultList.Append(String.Format("Entity Type: {0}\n", locations.EntityType));
        resultList.Append(String.Format("Address: {0}\n", locations.Address));
        resultList.Append(String.Format("Location: {0}\n", locations.Location));
        resultList.Append(String.Format("______________________________\n"));
        resCounter++;
    }

    tbResults.Text = resultList.ToString();
}

MainWindow.xaml.vb

Private Sub geocodeProvider_LocationInformationReceived(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As LocationInformationReceivedEventArgs)
    Dim result As GeocodeRequestResult = e.Result
    Dim resultList As New StringBuilder("")
    resultList.Append(String.Format("Status: {0}" & ControlChars.Lf, result.ResultCode))
    resultList.Append(String.Format("Fault reason: {0}" & ControlChars.Lf, result.FaultReason))
    resultList.Append(String.Format("______________________________" & ControlChars.Lf))

    If result.ResultCode <> RequestResultCode.Success Then
        tbResults.Text = resultList.ToString()
        Return
    End If

    Dim resCounter As Integer = 1
    For Each locations As LocationInformation In result.Locations
        resultList.Append(String.Format("Request Result {0}:" & ControlChars.Lf, resCounter))
        resultList.Append(String.Format("Display Name: {0}" & ControlChars.Lf, locations.DisplayName))
        resultList.Append(String.Format("Entity Type: {0}" & ControlChars.Lf, locations.EntityType))
        resultList.Append(String.Format("Address: {0}" & ControlChars.Lf, locations.Address))
        resultList.Append(String.Format("Location: {0}" & ControlChars.Lf, locations.Location))
        resultList.Append(String.Format("______________________________" & ControlChars.Lf))
        resCounter += 1
    Next locations

    tbResults.Text = resultList.ToString()
End Sub