I like the speed and features of the XamGeographicMap control, but if I just have a bunch of geographic coordinates that I want to display relative to each other without any map background, would it be better to use the XamDataChart instead?
For example, consider that I have the geographic locations of a bunch of houses on a street. I want to display the points in their relative positions, but I really don't care to show anything like OpenStreetMap behind my points, would you recommend using XamDataChart or XamGeographicMap?
If using XamGeographicMap, it seems I get OpenStreetMap by default. Is there any way to just display an "empty" map?
Thanks, Steve
Hi Steve,
I think that XamGeographicMap is more appropriate control to use with geographic data. You can display an “empty” map by setting the BackgroundContent of the XamGeographicMap to null.
Thanks,
Diyan Dimitrov
Hello Steve,
If you still need any assistance on the matter do not hesitate to ask.
No, I think I'm good on this issue. I think XamGeographicMap is the way to go for the description I originally gave. That control better preserves the scaling and zooming of geographic coordinates better than the XamDataChart. Being able to turn off the map by setting the BackgroundContent is also useful in my case.