[Solved] RadMap on Win 8 Touch Desktop

[Andrew]

Hi,
I am just on the cusp of purchasing 2 renewals for DevCraft Complete but I need to understand whether the above will work on a desktop?
We are creating some large touch screen apps in the business (95" screens and larger) and would like maps on there with full gesture control.
The touchscreens are running Win 8.1 and perform well in a normal win 8.1 tiled environment - but I need full mapping functionality in the application.
When I tried to add the map control into the xaml it said it was not supported in a windows App project? or am I just doing something wrong?

Thanks in advance for any help you may offer

[Tsvyatko]

Hi Andrew,

You can create new windows store application and add Map reference similar to the process explained here - http://www.telerik.com/help/windows-8-xaml/radcontrolsforwin8-introduction-createapp.html
Keep in mind that RadMap uses native code (Direct 2D rendering) and thus is platform specific (Change the solution platform to x86 for PC or ARM for WinRT tablet). For more information check the attached image. 

Let me know if this helps.

Regards,
Tsvyatko
Telerik

 

 

[Andrew]

Thank - I got the samples working ok now.

One other question - I have used shp /dbf files for geospatial work extensively in the past but only for overlays.
If I want an underlying Map Provider like OSM / Bing / Google etc can this be done in the same way you can do it with the rad maps for WPF?

Like this.....
<telerik:RadMap.Provider>
    <telerik:BingMapProvider ApplicationId="Bing_Map_Key" Mode="Aerial" IsLabelVisible="True"/>
  </telerik:RadMap.Provider>


Thanks

[Andrew]

Hi Tsvyatko

Please could you let me know about using the map provider?

Thanks

[Rosy Topchiyska]

Hello Andrew,

Unfortunately, the current version of the RadMap control supports only *.shp files as a source for the rendered shapes. Other map providers are not supported.

You can take a look at these articles from our online documentation with more information about the RadMap control and its shape layers:

• Getting Started
• MapShapeLayer

I hope this is useful. Please, let us know if you have further questions.

Regards,
Rosy Topchiyska
Telerik