Raster Tiles Image generation

[Amritendu]

Hi,
I am new to Telerik Silverlight Controls. Currently I am working on RadMap Control. I am facing a problem in generating raster images using the RadMap. I could not find a way to create an InformationLayer Reader object which can show Raster images on the Rad Map. I am using Bing Map provider in this scenario.

I have successfully implemented this using Bing Maps. Please have a look at this link: http://www.mapforums.com/creating-bing-maps-tile-layers-sql-server-2008-fly-12208.html. This is what I am going to achieve.

Actually my goal is to smoothen the performance by using raster graphics instead of vector graphics(i.e. Polygons, Rectangles etc.). A considerable amount of vector images(approx, 20000) is slowing down the basic operations(panning / zooming) and exploring the map is becoming a headache.

My question is, is there any way I can do this in RadMap? Or do I have to resort to other means? Any help is appreciated.

[Andrey]

Hello Amritendu,

You should design your own custom provider for using images which are generated on server side. The RadMap allows to use a few map providers at the same time. You can add a custom provider to the Providers collection like the following:

<UserControl x:Class="MyCustomProvider.MainPage"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:telerik="http://schemas.telerik.com/2008/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:MyCustomProvider"
    mc:Ignorable="d"
    d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="400">
    <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
        <telerik:RadMap Name="radMap"
                        ZoomLevel="7"
                        Center="40,-100">
            <telerik:RadMap.Providers>
                <telerik:BingMapProvider ApplicationId="ENTER YOUR BING MAPS KEY HERE"
                                         Mode="Aerial" />
                <local:MyCustomMapProvider />
            </telerik:RadMap.Providers>
        </telerik:RadMap>
    </Grid>
</UserControl>

For more information please take a look at the following documentation topic:
http://www.telerik.com/help/silverlight/radmap-howto-custom-provider.html

Kind regards,
Andrey Murzov
the Telerik team