VectorLayer Class

A layer that contains vector elements (e.g. lines, circles, polygons, or elements loaded from a Shapefile).

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Map

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

Declaration

C#

public class VectorLayer :
    VectorLayerBase,
    IWeakEventListener

VB.NET

Public Class VectorLayer
    Inherits VectorLayerBase
    Implements IWeakEventListener

Example

To load a shapefile to the map do the following.

1. Create a ShapefileDataAdapter object and assign it to the VectorLayer.Data property.
2. Specify the ShapefileDataAdapter.FileUri property of the object.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-automatically-generate-bubble-chart-items-from-a-datasource-t180068.

MainWindow.xaml

<dxm:VectorLayer x:Name="mapLayer" ShapeFill="Gray">
    <dxm:ShapefileDataAdapter FileUri="Data/Countries.shp"/>
</dxm:VectorLayer>

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-customize-a-web-request-for-a-map-web-service-e4806/CS/WebRequest/MainWindow.xaml#L15

</dxm:ImageTilesLayer>
<dxm:VectorLayer>
    <dxm:MapDot Location="54.196353,37.611622" Size="10"/>

how-to-automatically-generate-bubble-chart-items-from-a-datasource-t180068/VB/Wpf_MapControl_BubbleChartDataAdapter/MainWindow.xaml#L9

<!--region #ShapefileLoading-->
<dxm:VectorLayer x:Name="mapLayer" ShapeFill="Gray">
    <dxm:ShapefileDataAdapter FileUri="Data/Countries.shp"/>

how-to-customize-a-choropleth-colorizers-range-distribution-t199939/CS/RangeDistributions/MainWindow.xaml#L26

<dxm:MapControl>
    <dxm:VectorLayer ToolTipPattern="{}{NAME}: ${GDP_MD_EST}" ToolTipEnabled="True">
        <dxm:ShapefileDataAdapter FileUri="/Data/Countries.shp"/>

how-to-implement-a-route-calculator-t190068/CS/MapControl_RouteCalculator/MainWindow.xaml#L20

</dxm:ImageTilesLayer>
<dxm:VectorLayer EnableSelection="False" EnableHighlighting="False">
    <dxm:MapItemStorage x:Name="storage"/>

how-to-manually-generate-map-items-for-the-bing-search-received-location-information-t189452/CS/MapControl_ManualSearch/MainWindow.xaml#L20

<!--region #ManualItemsGeneration-->
<dxm:VectorLayer ToolTipEnabled="True">
    <dxm:MapItemStorage x:Name="storage"/>

Inheritance

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Object

DispatcherObject

DependencyObject

Visual

UIElement

FrameworkElement

Control

MapElement

LayerBase

VectorLayerBase

VectorLayer