Silverlight VirtualEarth Map Control - Search Results

Try out a basic search results view using the Silverlight VirtualEarth Map Control at searcharoo.net/SilverlightMap.html...




Thanks to Chris Pietschmann's Tooltip example each pin shows what search result it refers too (although I still haven't figured out to make the pins 'click-able' to open the result link directly...).

The relevant code added to the search result JSON parsing:

1. Create a MapLayer
MapLayer PinMapLayer = new MapLayer();

2. Add it to the Map control first (ie. before adding Children)
ResultMap.AddChild(PinMapLayer);

3. Extract GPS location
var l = new Location(
Convert.ToDouble(result.gps.Split(',')[1])
, Convert.ToDouble(result.gps.Split(',')[0])
);

4. Create the pin (Image), add tooltip and add to MapLayer
Image pin = new Image();
pin.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri("blue_pushpin.png", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute));
pin.Stretch = Stretch.None;

var tooltipObject = new StackPanel();
var title = new TextBlock();
title.FontWeight = FontWeights.Bold;
title.Text = result.name;
tooltipObject.Children.Add(title);
var description = new TextBlock();
description.Text = result.description;
tooltipObject.Children.Add(description);
ToolTipService.SetToolTip(pin, tooltipObject);

// Adds the pushpin to the map layer.
PinMapLayer.AddChild(pin, l, PositionMethod.BottomCenter);


The search box is pre-populated with manhattan which results in a set of photos.



Perform that search, then search for sydney to see how the VirtualEarth Silverlight Map Control animates between the two locations with nothing more than a simple call to SetView

ResultMap.SetView(GetMinMaxCenter(min, max), 12);

The complete code will be available on Searcharoo@Codeplex shortly.

p.s. another search to try is - pumpkin - geocoded photos are so cool!