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Crusader633
Crusader633

Reputation: 595

How to get GeoCoordinates from LocationName

i want to know, if there is any possibility to find out the geoCoordinate from a specific location. I have the following code:

        delMap.Heading = 0;
        delMap.CartographicMode = MapCartographicMode.Road;
        delMap.LandmarksEnabled = true;
        delMap.ZoomLevel = 8;
        delMap.Center = new GeoCoordinate(47.6097, -122.3331);

        MapOverlay overlay = new MapOverlay
        {
            GeoCoordinate = delMap.Center,
            Content = new Ellipse
            {
                Fill = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Red),
                Width = 10,
                Height = 10
            }
        };
        MapLayer layer = new MapLayer();
        layer.Add(overlay);

        delMap.Layers.Add(layer);

it displays a point at the delmap.Center location, just as expectet. But now, i need to find out how to center the map, if i only know the name of the geographic location. For instance "New York".

Upvotes: 0

Views: 207

Answers (1)

Toni Petrina
Toni Petrina

Reputation: 7112

Map has no concept of "New York", you can only center it at geographic coordinates. You need to get the coordinates for a given location.

To do that, either build a list of coordinates for locations (if you have a limited and known number of location) using Google or Bing maps or find a web service that will give you a coordinate for a given name.

EDIT: What you need is geocoding. Here is the Google API reference: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/.

Upvotes: 1

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