Geocoding requires reference to Map?

[Ken]

Hi,

I tried playing with the RadMap a bit today and it's really cool. However, I noticed that when doing a geocoding if I don't set the MapControl property for the provider I get some exception. Is this property really required? I mean, in a MVVM scenario you'd usually not have a reference to the map control in the ViewModel.

Thanks!

[Andrey]

Hello Adrian,

This behavior is a result of the integration between services and map control made for usability purposes.
The geocoding, routing and search services are designed for using with RadMap control instance. They use RadMap data such as distance unit to provide requests using already specified properties of RadMap. Also the response contains useful information like to the "best view" rectangle for returned data. It required the MapControl, because it depends on a size of the map viewport.

Could you, please, explain your scenario in more details, so we can provide you with further assistance?

Greetings,
Andrey Murzov
the Telerik team

[Ken]

Hi Andrey,

My scenario is a pretty straightforward case of MVVM. I have a view which contains the RadMap and a view-model for it. The view-model would ideally make the webservice-calls and expose results as properties (e.g. Location, RoutePoints etc) to which the view/RadMap binds.

Currently I have it working but for this I'm using the Bing services directly and was just a bit confused about the map dependency (also, the exception didn't help much).

So I guess this behavior is by design :)

Thanks,
Adrian

[Andrey]

Hello Adrian,

We will change this behavior in the future releases. You can check when this functionality will be available using our PITS:

http://www.telerik.com/support/pits.aspx#/public/silverlight/2986

Best wishes,
Andrey Murzov
the Telerik team