I have been trying out XamGeographicMap in MVVM pattern, and when I tried to bind the properties of ShapeFileConverter binding fails and nothing shows up in the UI, since  ShapeFileConverter is unparented, neither in visual nor in the logical tree. 

How to handle this situation? is there any other way around?

                <ig:ShapefileConverter x:Key="shapeFileConverter"

                                       DatabaseSource="{Binding DatabaseFile}" 

                                       ShapefileSource="{Binding ShapeFile}"/>

Any help would be appreciated.