Map User Control Properties

The properties described below are available to be set when working with a Map User Control.

General Control Properties

Google Provider Properties

• City – coordinates (Latitude, Longitude) of the city represented in grades. They are defined in User control/Map/Mapdefinition.xml.

• Specific Latitude – the value is represented in grades. N/E positive, S/W negative.

• Specific Longitude – the value is represented in grades. N/E positive, S/W negative.

• Precision - levels 1 to 16 to indicate the zoom (the higher the number, the closer the zoom).

  map.setCenter(new GLatLng(This.Latitude,this.Longitude), This.Precision );  

• Type

  • Map

  • Satellite Image

  • Hybrid

     map.setMapType(this.Type);

• Access Key – the key is obtained from http://www.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html. The URL for publishing the map has to be specified. It has some restrictions such as the number of accesses per day to the page.

  • Small - let us pan/zoom the map.

    map.addControl(newGSmallMapControl());

  • SmallZoom

    map.addControl(new GSmallZoomControl());

  • Type

    map.addControl(newGMapTypeControl());

  • Overview(Only Google)

    map.addControl(new GOverviewMapControl());

  • Large

    map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl());

  • Scale

    map.addControl(new GScaleControl());

Yahoo Provider Properties (Deprecated) 

Precision - levels 1 to 16 to indicate the zoom (the smaller the number, the closer the zoom).

• City – Similar to Google's implementation

  map.drawZoomAndCenter(new YGeoPoint(this.Latitude,this.Longitude, this.Precision)

  Type

• Specific Latitude – the value is represented in grades. N/E positive, S/W negative.

• Specific Longitude – the value is represented in grades. N/E positive, S/W negative.

  • Map

  • Satellite Image

  • Hybrid

    map.setMapType(value);

  • Small - lets us pan/zoom the map.

    map.addZoomLong();

  • SmallZoom

    map.addZoomShort();

  • Type

    map.addTypeControl()

  • Large

    map.addPanControl();

  • Scale

    map.addZoomScale()