# Server-side Programming

**RadMap** provides a set of server-side properties and events that can help you configure the look and behaviour of the control.

## General RadMap Properties

**Table 1** demonstrates some general properties of the **RadMap**:

| Property                                                           | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **CenterSettings** - Inner properties: **Latitude**, **Longitude** | The map center. Coordinates are listed as \[Latitude, Longitude]. Inner properties - Gets or sets the Latitude of the map center; Gets or sets the Longitude of the map center.                                       |
| **ClientDataSourceID**                                             | Gets or sets ID of ClientDataSource control that is used for client side binding.                                                                                                                                     |
| **ControlsSettings**                                               | The configuration of built-in map controls.                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **DataSource**                                                     | Gets or sets the object from which the data-bound control retrieves its list of data items..                                                                                                                          |
| **DataSourceID**                                                   | Gets or sets the ID of the control from which the data-bound control retrieves its list of data items.                                                                                                                |
| **LayerDefaultsSettings**                                          | The default configuration for map layers by type.                                                                                                                                                                     |
| **LayersCollection**                                               | Gets the layers collection.                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **LayersDataSource**                                               | Gets or sets the object from which RadMap retrieves its layers.                                                                                                                                                       |
| **LayersDataSourceID**                                             | Gets or sets the ID of the control from which the map control retrieves its list of layers.                                                                                                                           |
| **MarkerDefaultsSettings**                                         | The default options for all markers.                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **MarkersCollection**                                              | Gets the MapMarkersCollection with the static markers to be displayed on the map.                                                                                                                                     |
| **MaxZoom**                                                        | The maximum zoom level. The default value is 19.                                                                                                                                                                      |
| **MinSize**                                                        | The size of the map in pixels at zoom level 0. The default value is 256.                                                                                                                                              |
| **MinZoom**                                                        | The minimum zoom level. The default value is 1.                                                                                                                                                                       |
| **Pannable**                                                       | Controls whether the user can pan the map.                                                                                                                                                                            |
| **Wraparound**                                                     | Specifies whether the map should wrap around the east-west edges.                                                                                                                                                     |
| **Zoom**                                                           | Gets or sets the initial zoom level.Typical web maps use zoom levels from 0 (whole world) to 19 (sub-meter features). The map size is derived from the zoom level and minScale options: size = (2 ^ zoom) \* minSize. |
| **Zoomable**                                                       | Controls whether the map zoom level can be changed by the user.                                                                                                                                                       |

## ControlsSettings Properties

For configuring the built-in RadMap controls through ControlsSettings, you can use the properties listed in **Table 2**:

| RadMap.ControlsSettings Properties                       | Description                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Attribution**                                          | Configures or disables the built-in attribution control.                                                                                                                                               |
| **AttributionSettings** - Inner properties: **Position** | Configures or disables the built-in attribution control. Inner properties - The position of the attribution control. Predefined values are "topLeft", "topRight", "left", "bottomRight", "bottomLeft". |
| **Navigator**                                            | Configures or disables the built-in navigator control.                                                                                                                                                 |
| **NavigatorSettings** - Inner properties: **Position**   | Configures or disables the built-in navigator control. Inner properties - The position of the navigator control. Predefined values are "topLeft", "topRight", "left", "bottomRight", "bottomLeft".     |
| **Zoom**                                                 | Configures or disables the built-in zoom control (+/- button).                                                                                                                                         |
| **ZoomSettings** - Inner properties: **Position**        | Configures or disables the built-in zoom control (+/- button). Inner properties - The position of the zoom control. Predefined values are "topLeft", "topRight", "left", "bottomRight", "bottomLeft".  |

## RadMap Events

**Table 3** lists common RadMap events to which you can subscribe.

| Event             | Description                                            |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| **DataBinding**   | Fired when the server control binds to a data source.  |
| **DataBound**     | Fired after the server control binds to a data source. |
| **ItemCreated**   | Fired when item is created during data binding.        |
| **ItemDataBound** | Fired when item is data bound during data binding.     |

## See Also

* [Overview](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/controls/map/overview)

* [Getting Started with RadMap](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/controls/map/getting-started/overview)

* [Telerik.Web.UI.MapLayer API Reference](https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/aspnet-ajax/api/server/Telerik.Web.UI/MapLayer)

* [Telerik.Web.UI.MapMarker API Reference](https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/aspnet-ajax/api/server/Telerik.Web.UI/MapMarker)