MiniMap Class

This class allows showing the mini map on the MapControl.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Map

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Map.v19.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public class MiniMap :
    MapElement,
    IOverlayInfo,
    IMapView,
    IMapViewCore,
    ICoordinateSystemProvider,
    IInvalidKeyPanelHolder,
    IUnitConverterProvider,
    IItemVisibilityCalculatorProvider

VB.NET

Public Class MiniMap
    Inherits MapElement
    Implements IOverlayInfo,
               IMapView,
               IMapViewCore,
               ICoordinateSystemProvider,
               IInvalidKeyPanelHolder,
               IUnitConverterProvider,
               IItemVisibilityCalculatorProvider

Related API Members

The following members return MiniMap objects:

• MapControl.MiniMap

Example

To add a mini map to the map, do the following.

1. Create a MiniMap object and assign it to the MapControl.MiniMap property.
2. Add MiniMapLayerBase class descendant object to the MiniMap.Layers collection to display them on the mini map.
3. Customize the appearance of the mini map. Use the Height, Width and MiniMap.Alignment properties of the MiniMap object.
4. Configure the mini map’s behavior. To do this, specify the MiniMap.Behavior property.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/mapcontrol-mini-map-video-application-t181443.

MainWindow.xaml

<dxm:MapControl.MiniMap>
    <dxm:MiniMap Height="210" Width="280" Alignment="TopRight">
        <dxm:MiniMap.Behavior>
            <dxm:FixedMiniMapBehavior ZoomLevel="3">
                <dxm:FixedMiniMapBehavior.CenterPoint>
                    <dxm:GeoPoint Longitude="146" Latitude="-38"/>
                </dxm:FixedMiniMapBehavior.CenterPoint>
            </dxm:FixedMiniMapBehavior>
        </dxm:MiniMap.Behavior>
        <dxm:MiniMapImageTilesLayer>
            <dxm:BingMapDataProvider BingKey="{Binding Source={StaticResource bingKey}}"/>
        </dxm:MiniMapImageTilesLayer>
        <dxm:MiniMapVectorLayer ShapeFill="Red">
            <dxm:ListSourceDataAdapter DataSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource data}, XPath=Ship}">
                <dxm:ListSourceDataAdapter.ItemSettings>
                    <dxm:MapDotSettings Size="10"/>
                </dxm:ListSourceDataAdapter.ItemSettings>
                <dxm:ListSourceDataAdapter.Mappings>
                    <dxm:MapItemMappingInfo Longitude="Longitude" Latitude="Latitude"/>
                </dxm:ListSourceDataAdapter.Mappings>
            </dxm:ListSourceDataAdapter>
        </dxm:MiniMapVectorLayer>
    </dxm:MiniMap>
</dxm:MapControl.MiniMap>

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-customize-a-mini-maps-layers-t200327/VB/MiniMapLayers/MainWindow.xaml#L22

<dxm:MapControl.MiniMap>
    <dxm:MiniMap Alignment="TopRight">
        <dxm:MiniMap.Behavior>

how-to-customize-mini-map-behavior-and-appearance-t199834/VB/MiniMapProperties/MainWindow.xaml#L32

<!--region #MiniMap-->
<dxm:MiniMap Name="miniMap"
             Alignment="{Binding ElementName=lbAlignments, Path=SelectedValue}"

mapcontrol-mini-map-video-application-t181443/VB/Wpf_MapControl_MiniMapVideo/MainWindow.xaml#L24

<dxm:MapControl.MiniMap>
    <dxm:MiniMap Height="210" Width="280" Alignment="TopRight">
        <dxm:MiniMap.Behavior>

dxmap-getting-started-lesson-1-connect-to-bing-maps-e3606/VB/Wpf_MapControl_Lesson1/MainWindow.xaml#L9

<dxm:MapControl.MiniMap>
    <dxm:MiniMap Alignment="TopRight">
        <dxm:MiniMap.Behavior>

Inheritance

Object

DispatcherObject

DependencyObject

Visual

UIElement

FrameworkElement

Control

MapElement

MiniMap