I have been using the virtual earth control and have a couple of questions. I would like the map to initially focus over Turkey in Europe. I would then like to place a push pin over the city of Instanbul.
My question is how do I find the longitude and latitude of this country and city so I can use the map control? Or is there another way of doing it without knowing the longitude and latitude?
Thanks
Danny
Thanks for the reply. How did you get that? And can that be used to set the virtual earth map control?
Thanks
Danny
I used my Mappoint 2004 for that
but you can also use the virtualearth control for it.
use following code for it
var map = null;
var pin=null;
function Page_Load()
{
map = new VEMap('divMap');
map.LoadMap(new VELatLong( 51,7), 18 ,'r' ,false);
map.AttachEvent("onclick",ShowCoords);
}
function ShowCoords(e)
{
alert(e.view.LatLong.Latitude+ " " + e.view.LatLong.Longitude);
}
the Page_Load function loads the map, and attaches the onclick event of the map to the ShowCoords function.
Lets say I just have the "name" of a city, like Istanbul, what is the easiest way to display this city with the map control.
Thanks
Danny
If this is a situation where you need to get the lat/long before hand and hard code it you could do it the way I have been (I'm sure there is a better way but now that I've found something that works I haven't looked).
function GetMap()
{
map = new VEMap('myMap2');
map.LoadMap(null, null ,'a' , false);
map.GetRoute("Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey", "Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey",null,null, onGotRoute);
}
function onGotRoute(route)
{
var endLoc = route.EndLocation.LatLong;
alert(endLoc.Latitude);
alert(endLoc.Longitude);
}
Like I said I know this isn't the best but it will work.
There is an easier way,
the map object got a method called 'Find'
map.Find("","Istanbul,1,myCallback);
the callbackfunction gets an array of VEFindResults or an array of VESearchResults, which one depends on the search parameters.
