Hi,
I am looking to implement mapping into a data visualisation product I am developing. My question is, given I am developing from scratch which control should I choose? xamMap or xamGeographicMap.
I don't see any documentation comparing and contrasting the differences, i.e. does one supersede the other?
To clarify my requirements I am looking at:
- integrating with on-premise geospatial assets (i.e. Shapefiles) not just cloud-based offerings
- produce choropleth relief maps
- support different mapping "layers" at different zoom levels
- data series as paths (polylines or shapes/regions), points, bubbles
- "heat maps"
- support for actions such as drill-down (clicking on regions or points), rubber band selection of points
Thanks,
David
Hello David,
Do you have any other questions on this matter?
Sincerely,
Valerie
Developer Support Supervisor - XAML
Infragistics
www.infragistics.com/support
Hi David,
Which platform are you asking about? WPF or Silverlight?
The XamGeographicMap contains most of the features of the XamMap and some new ones ontop of it as well. It's going to be the control we move forward with. No new features will be added to the XamMap and the control will be deprecated in an upcoming release.
That being said I can only suggest using the XamGeographicMap. It supports most of the things you require and I say most because I'm not sure I understand what your looking for in your last bullet point. I understand the drilldown but not the rubber band selection. I also don't understand the different mapping "layers" at different zoom levels.
The XamGeoMap supports shapefiles and you can produce chropleth maps through styling of the shapes: http://help.infragistics.com/NetAdvantage/WPF/2013.1/CLR4.0/?page=xamGeographicMap_Styling_Shapes_in_Geographic_Series.html
It also supports all those series types that you listed. You can see examples of them here: http://es.infragistics.com/products/silverlight/sample/geographic-map/#/geographic-polyline-series
For drill-down the XamGeographicMap has events that allow you to detect when you click on a series. The one you would be interested in is SeriesMouseLeftButtonDown.