How to: Connect a Map Control to the OpenStreetMap Search Service

• Nov 13, 2018

This example demonstrates how to add an image layer displaying map tiles from the OSM service and an information layer that searches for a place on the map using the OSM search service. It uses the following classes:

Class	Description
ImageLayer	Displays map images obtained from map image data providers.
OpenStreetMapDataProvider	The class that loads map images from a web resource that provides data in the OpenStreetMap format.
InformationLayer	A layer that is used to display additional information above the map.
OsmSearchDataProvider	Provides the search options using the Open Street Map service.

View Example

MainForm.cs

private void OnFormLoad(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    mapControl.Layers.AddRange(new LayerBase[] {
        new ImageLayer {
            DataProvider = new OpenStreetMapDataProvider {
                TileUriTemplate = "YOUR_WEB_SERVICE.com/{1}/{2}/{3}"
            }
        },
        new InformationLayer {
            DataProvider = new OsmSearchDataProvider { }
        }
    });
}

MainForm.vb

Private Sub OnFormLoad(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
    mapControl.Layers.AddRange(New LayerBase() {
        New ImageLayer With {
            .DataProvider = New OpenStreetMapDataProvider With {
                .TileUriTemplate = "YOUR_WEB_SERVICE.com/{1}/{2}/{3}"
            }
        },
        New InformationLayer With {
            .DataProvider = New OsmSearchDataProvider
        }
    })
End Sub