MapCustomElement Class

The class used to draw any custom element on a map.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraMap

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraMap.v20.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Map

Declaration

C#

public class MapCustomElement :
    MapPointer

VB.NET

Public Class MapCustomElement
    Inherits MapPointer

Related API Members

The following members return MapCustomElement objects:

• MapHitInfo.MapCustomElement

Remarks

The following image shows an example of a map custom element.

Important

The custom element does not provide any default image and the element displays only a text if the image is not specified.

Example

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-create-different-map-shapes-t139819

Form1.cs

var customElement = new MapCustomElement() { Location = new GeoPoint(50, 50), Text = "This is a MapCustomElement object" };
var image = new Bitmap(imageFilePath);
customElement.Image = new Bitmap(image, new Size(40, 40));
ItemStorage.Items.Add(customElement);

Form1.vb

Dim customElement = New MapCustomElement() With {.Location = New GeoPoint(50, 50), .Text = "This is a MapCustomElement object"}
Dim image = New Bitmap(imageFilePath)
customElement.Image = New Bitmap(image, New Size(40, 40))
ItemStorage.Items.Add(customElement)

Inheritance

Object

MapItem

MapPointer

MapCustomElement