Changing Map Modes in Bing WPF control

Question

Here is my XAML Code:

<s:SurfaceWindow x:Class="map_test.SurfaceWindow1"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:s="http://schemas.microsoft.com/surface/2008"
xmlns:m="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Maps.MapControl.WPF;assembly=Microsoft.Maps.MapControl.WPF" mc:Ignorable="d" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" Height="1080" Width="1920" WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen">
<Grid>
    <m:Map x:Name="NotreDameMap" CredentialsProvider="AmNh-jzPEmrdpc2T2wBxEjyB0fvSimavosz4B4_IPEAY4RDE-r7L2rHa439uEzlz" Mode="AerialWithLabels" Center="41.702380,-86.234168" ZoomLevel="16" >
        <Canvas Width="175.198" Height="85" 
          m:MapLayer.Position="41.702380,-86.234168" 
          m:MapLayer.PositionOrigin="BottomCenter" Opacity="0.75">
            <!-- Layer 1/<Group>/<Path> -->
            <Path StrokeThickness="0.2" Stroke="#ffec008b" StrokeMiterLimit="1.0" Data="F1 M 122.944,144.000"/>

            <!-- Layer 1/<Group>/<Path> -->
            <Path StrokeThickness="0.2" Stroke="#ffec008b" StrokeMiterLimit="1.0" Data="F1 M 65.081,47.477"/>


            <!-- Layer 1/<Group>/<Group>/<Compound Path> -->
            <Path Fill="#ff0e223e" Data="F1 M 159.484,130.991 L 158.570,130.991 L 158.570,128.309 C 158.791,128.277 159.073,128.247 159.484,128.247 C 160.901,128.247 161.408,128.941 161.408,129.636 C 161.408,130.609 160.523,130.991 159.484,130.991 Z M 161.187,131.494 L 161.187,131.432 C 162.036,131.180 162.732,130.547 162.732,129.505 C 162.732,128.750 162.479,128.213 162.006,127.866 C 161.532,127.521 160.744,127.269 159.544,127.269 C 158.600,127.269 157.968,127.364 157.306,127.457 L 157.306,135.373 L 158.570,135.373 L 158.570,131.965 L 159.453,131.965 C 160.459,131.965 160.964,132.347 161.155,133.355 C 161.312,134.396 161.502,135.122 161.693,135.373 L 163.019,135.373 C 162.890,135.122 162.700,134.646 162.511,133.420 C 162.354,132.251 161.879,131.623 161.187,131.494 Z"/>

            <!-- Layer 1/<Group>/<Group>/<Compound Path> -->
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            <TextBlock FontSize="9" Foreground="White" Margin="65" TextAlignment="Center">
                    Hesburgh<LineBreak />
                    Library <LineBreak />
            </TextBlock>
        </Canvas>

    </m:Map>
    <StackPanel>
        <ToggleButton x:Name="toggleButton" Content="Change Map Mode"/>
        <TextBlock Text="Maps" />

        </StackPanel>
</Grid>

Quite simply i am trying to create a button that will change the mode of the map from AerialWithLabels to Road mode.

any help will be appreciated.

P.S sorry if its a fairly basic question I am new to coding

Answer 1

I couldn't add a comment on the previous answer. So I will answer again with a modification

1) create a button on XAML

 <Button Content="Toggle Map" HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="81" Click="btnToggleMap_Click"/> 

2) in C# the event handler should have an if and else. The code fixed it is:

using Microsoft.Maps.MapControl.WPF;

private void btnToggleMap_Click(object sender, TouchEventArgs e)
{
    if (NotreDameMap.Mode.ToString() == "Microsoft.Maps.MapControl.WPF.RoadMode")
   {
      //Set the map mode to Aerial with labels
      NotreDameMap.Mode = new AerialMode(true);
   } else if (NotreDameMap.Mode.ToString() == "Microsoft.Maps.MapControl.WPF.AerialMode")
   {
      //Set the map mode to RoadMode
      NotreDameMap.Mode = new RoadMode();
   }
}

NOTE: NotreDameMap is the name of the Map, it has to be the same as the Map on XAML

You can copy and paste the code and should work.

Answer 2

If you are using C# with your application, Then one way to do this would be:

1. Create a button in XAML, and give it a name:

   <Button Name="TestButton">
               <TextBlock FontSize="26">Change Map Mode</TextBlock>
           </Button>
   

2. Assign an event handler to the button's MouseUp or TouchUp events:

   <Button Name="TestButton" TouchUp="Toggle_Map">
               <TextBlock FontSize="26">Change Map Mode</TextBlock>
           </Button>
   

3. In your C# codebehind, create the event handler like so, with the proper C# code to toggle the map mode:

   using Microsoft.Maps.MapControl.WPF;
   
   private void Toggle_Map(object sender, TouchEventArgs e)
   {
       if (myMap.Mode.ToString() == "Microsoft.Maps.MapControl.WPF.RoadMode")
      {
         //Set the map mode to Aerial with labels
         myMap.Mode = new AerialMode(true);
      }
   
   
      if (myMap.Mode.ToString() == "Microsoft.Maps.MapControl.WPF.AerialMode")
      {
         //Set the map mode to RoadMode
         myMap.Mode = new RoadMode();
      }
   }
   

MyMap needs to match the Name of your map control, using Name="myMap" in XAML.

That should get you started...