BingMapDataProvider.Kind Property

Gets or sets a value specifying the type of images to be displayed on a map.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Map

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Map.v20.1.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.Wpf.Map, DevExpress.Wpf.Map

Declaration

C#

public BingMapKind Kind { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Kind As BingMapKind

Property Value

Type	Description
BingMapKind	A BingMapKind enumeration value.

Available values:

Name	Description
Road	The map shows road schemas.
Area	The map shows photo images of the Earth’s surface.
Hybrid	The map shows a combination of Earth images and road schemas.

Example

This example demonstrates how to connect to the Bing Maps web service using the BingMapDataProvider object.

Note that if you run this sample as is, you will get a warning message saying that the specified Bing Maps key is invalid. To learn more about Bing Map keys, please refer to the How to: Get a Bing Maps Key tutorial.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/dxmap-getting-started-lesson-1-connect-to-bing-maps-e3606.

MainWindow.xaml

<Window xmlns:dxm="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/map"  
        x:Class="Wpf_MapControl_Lesson1.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
    <Grid>
        <dxm:MapControl CenterPoint="45,18" ZoomLevel="4" >
            <dxm:MapControl.MiniMap>
                <dxm:MiniMap Alignment="TopRight">
                    <dxm:MiniMap.Behavior>
                        <dxm:FixedMiniMapBehavior CenterPoint="45, 18"/>
                    </dxm:MiniMap.Behavior>
                    <dxm:MiniMapImageTilesLayer>
                        <dxm:BingMapDataProvider BingKey="YOUR BING KEY"/>
                    </dxm:MiniMapImageTilesLayer>
                </dxm:MiniMap>
            </dxm:MapControl.MiniMap>
            <dxm:ImageLayer>
                <dxm:ImageLayer.DataProvider>
                    <dxm:BingMapDataProvider BingKey="YOUR BING KEY"/>
                </dxm:ImageLayer.DataProvider>
            </dxm:ImageLayer>
        </dxm:MapControl>
    </Grid>
</Window>

Related GitHub Examples

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XAML

how-to-automatically-load-a-cartesian-data-shapefile-to-geo-map-t208827/CS/LoadPrjData/MainWindow.xaml#L35

<dxm:ImageTilesLayer>
    <dxm:BingMapDataProvider Kind="Road" BingKey="YOUR BING KEY"/>
</dxm:ImageTilesLayer>

how-to-get-information-about-a-geopoint-using-the-bing-geocode-web-service-e4258/CS/GetLocationInformation/MainWindow.xaml#L23

<dxm:ImageTilesLayer.DataProvider>
    <dxm:BingMapDataProvider Kind="Road" BingKey="{Binding Source={StaticResource YourBingKey}}"/>
</dxm:ImageTilesLayer.DataProvider>

how-to-perform-the-search-operation-for-multiple-locations-t558593/CS/MapSearch/MainWindow.xaml#L14

<dxm:ImageLayer>
    <dxm:BingMapDataProvider Kind="Area" BingKey="INSERT BING KEY"/>
</dxm:ImageLayer>

how-to-get-routes-to-the-destination-point-using-the-bing-map-route-data-service-e4250/CS/CalculateRoutesFromMajorRoads/MainWindow.xaml#L92

        BingKey="{Binding Source={StaticResource bingKey}}"
        Kind="Road" />
</dxm:ImageTilesLayer>