I want to put here map on tile, is it possible? I am using flip tile?
I want to put map current location on flip tile (back part).
As said in comments you would need to use the WriteableBitmap to get the map written to an image. And for that task there is example available Windows Phone 8 Examples: Maps Samples at Github
So you could start by looking into the SaveMapImageEx example in there.
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The Bing Maps Control for Windows 8.1 universal runtime (I'm using Windows Phone) has a built in behavior of only showing pins with no overlap. If you add 100 pins to the map, but any overlap each other, one of "touching" pins will be removed. You must zoom in until there is enough room to show both without them overlapping. How do I turn off this behavior? The map knows it has 100 pins as children, but it may only show a dozen or so due to the no-overlap logic.
I want to show all pins on the map, regardless if they overlap.
This only happens if you use MapIcon's. Instead, create pushpins using a UIElement and add it to the Children property of the map. This is a very common way to create custom pushpins in all of the Bing Maps controls (Silverlight, WPF, WP7/8/8.1, Win8/8.1/10).
How do I create 150x150 square live tile with image collection in Windows Phone 8.1? There seem to be no template defined however few apps like People have it.
All the tile templates available are listed here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh761491.aspx
Built-in native apps, such as the People hub or Cortana, have access to special live tile templates. As far as I know, there is no way for third-party developers to use them.
I am trying to create a Live Tile with a different layout that the ones defined in the tile template catalog. Specifically, I want text to appear on top of an image for the 150x150 tile. Is there a way to do this for a Windows 8.1 app? I do not see this template for that size. Thanks
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh761491.aspx
if you want to create a custom live tile you have to create image and use it as a background for your live tile.
Take a look at this post: http://spasol.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/creating-custom-live-tiles-for-windows-phone/ the Update Live Tile with custom parameters section.
Additionally If you need to update your live tile using background task you need to use http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/apps/windows.ui.xaml.media.imaging.xamlrenderingbackgroundtask.aspx
im trying to center the windows phone map between two points, adjusting center and zoom to make that points visible at the same time.
Im Android and IOS there are functions to do it, as example this is how to do it in Android:
LatLngBounds.Builder builder = new LatLngBounds.Builder();
builder.include(myPos.getPosition());
builder.include(defaultPos.getPosition());
mapa.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngBounds(builder.build(), 50));
How can i do the same in WinRT?
Thanks in advance.
If you are targeting Windows Phone 8.1 instead of WinRT (Windows 8/8.1) then you can do the following:
var geoboundingBox = new Windows.Devices.Geolocation.GeoboundingBox(
new BasicGeoposition() { Latitude = 40, Longitude = -90 },
new BasicGeoposition() { Latitude = 45, Longitude = -100 });
map.TrySetViewAsync(new Geopoint(geoboundingBox.Center));
For the Bing Maps WinRT control you can do this in two different ways. The first is to create a LocationRect from the two points. This will create a bounding box for your locations. You can either set the map view to this LocationRect using the SetView method on the map which will center and zoom to these locations, or you can use the Center property of this LocationRect to set the view of the map such that it is centered on these two locations, without zooming into the map. Something like this should work:
var bounds = new LocationRect(new Location(40,-90), new Location(45,-100));
map.SetView(bounds.Center);
Another method requires a bit more calculation but a good option to know if you come across other map controls that don't have an easy solution like the first one I mentioned. This method consists of calculating the center coordinate between the two locations. I have a blog post on how to do this from a vey old version of Bing Maps here: http://rbrundritt.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/calculating-the-midpoint-of-a-line-segment/ The logic can be easily migrated to other programming languages.
It sounds like you are new to developing with Bing Maps in WinRT. I recommend checking out my free ebook on how to create location intelligent Windows Store apps. It goes into a lot of detail on how to create great apps using the Bing Maps control. You can download a copy of it here: http://rbrundritt.wordpress.com/my-book/
I was curious if it's possible to determine, in Windows Phone 8, where in the area of a Live Tile was a tap made. So if a Live-Tile is tapped in the lower right, would we be able to somehow determine this when it passes it's function to the app? Such as maybe x,y pos, or color, offset, any info at all?
The only information the OS gives you about the tile that was tapped is the URL that is associated to it. While it allows you to guess which tile was tapped, it doesn't give any relevant information about how the tile was tapped.
One workaround could be to use small tiles. You can simulate one medium tile by creating 4 small tiles, and you will be able to know which one of the four was tapped.