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Visual Elements of UltraGeographicMap

Purpose

This topic provides information about the layout of the visual elements in the UltraGeographicMap™ control.

Visual Elements of UltraGeographicMapControl and Related Properties

Visual elements summary

The following screenshot depicts the visual elements of the UltraGeographicMap control. Configurable elements are listed after the image.

GeographicMap Understanding Map Layout 1.png

Configurable Visual Elements:

  • Map Plot Area

  • Map Background Content

  • Geographic Series

  • Map Crosshair Lines

Visual elements and related properties

The following table maps the visual elements of the UltraGeographicMap control and the properties that configure them.

Visual Element Description Property

Map Plot Area

Represents an area within the UltraGeographicMap control used for plotting geographic imagery tiles and geo-spatial data using geographic series as well as displaying map crosshair lines . Background of this area can changed to any Infragistics.Win.DataVisualization.Brush object by setting the PlotAreaBackground property of the UltraGeographicMap control.

Map Background Content

Represents an area of the UltraGeographicMap control for plotting geographic imagery tiles from supported mapping services such as Open Street Map and Bing Maps. Refer to the Using Geographic Imagery topic for more information about this map element.

Geographic Series

Represent map elements for rendering geo-spatial vector data -points ( GeographicSymbolSeries), polylines ( GeographicPolylineSeries), or polygons ( GeographicShapeSeries) in geographic context. The UltraGeographicMap control’ Series property is a collection of geographic series objects. For more information about geographic series elements supported in the UltraGeographicMap control, refer to the Using Geographic Series topic.

Map Crosshair Lines

Represents vertical and horizontal lines that intersect at the location of mouse cursor when it hovers over the map plot area of the UltraGeographicMap control.

Related Content

The following topics provide additional information related to this topic.

Topic Purpose

This topic provides information on how to use geographic imagery tiles in the UltraGeographicMap control.

This topic provides information on common usage of all types of geographic series in the UltraGeographicMap control, their benefits, and shared features.

This topic provides information on how to navigate map content in the UltraGeographicMap control.

This topic provides an API overview of key classes and properties of the UltraGeographicMap control and its components.