This topic provides information on displaying geographic imagery from Bing Maps in the background content of the UltraGeographicMap™ control.
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Bing Maps is Microsoft’s® licensed geographic imagery mapping service. This geographic imagery service is accessible directly on the http://www.bing.com/maps web site. The UltraGeographicMap control displays geographic imagery from Bing Maps in the map’s background content using the BingMapsMapImagery class. However, by default the UltraGeographicMap control displays geographic imagery from the Open Street Maps in the map background content requiring you to configure the control to display Bing Maps’ geographic imagery. Prior to using Bing Maps’ geographic imagery, you must register and obtain a Bing Map API key from www.bingmapsportal.com. You must use the Bing Maps’ API key to set the BingMapsMapImagery object’s ApiKey property.
The following images are previews of the UltraGeographicMap control in supported map styles of geographic imagery from the Bing Maps service.
In order to use geographic imagery from Bing Maps, you must first register and obtain a Map API key from the www.bingmapsportal.com website. You must set this Bing API key as the BingMapsMapImagery object’s ApiKey property.
The screenshot following this table illustrates how to display geographic imagery from Bing Maps in the background content of the UltraGeographicMap control. This is accomplished by configuring the UltraGeographicMap control as follows:
Following is the code used in implementing this example:
In Visual Basic:
Dim igMap As UltraGeographicMap
Dim bingMaps as BingMapsMapImagery
bingMaps.ImageryStyle = BingMapsImageryStyle.Aerial
bingMaps.ApiKey = "API_KEY"
igMap.SetImagery(bingMaps)In C#:
var igMap = new UltraGeographicMap
var bingMaps = new BingMapsMapImagery();
bingMaps.ImageryStyle = BingMapsImageryStyle.Aerial;
bingMaps.ApiKey = "API_KEY";
igMap.SetImagery(bingMaps);The following topics provide additional information related to this topic.