http://www.silverlightshow.net/ Silverlight articles, Silverlight tutorials, Silverlight videos, Silverlight samples SilverlightShow.net http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Argotic Syndication Framework 2008.0.2.0, http://www.codeplex.com/Argotic en-US estoychev@completit.com (Emil Stoychev) this is exactly what I was looking for, could you explain the mapobject part of the example? http://www.silverlightshow.net/items/WP7-for-iPhone-and-Android-Developers-Using-Bing-Maps.aspx#comment6615 roger http://www.silverlightshow.net/items/WP7-for-iPhone-and-Android-Developers-Using-Bing-Maps.aspx Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:43:57 GMT <p>This is typical of the differences between SDK design philosophies in general. I talk about some of this in my book, but I'll summarize here: </p> <p>For the most part, Apple's goal when building SDKs is to reduce the resistance between you and a functioning product that complies with standards, conventions, and, most importantly, <em>looks like an Apple product</em>. At first glance, what you think is, "Wow, the out of the box stuff looks way better on iOS than it does on Windows Phone 7". In a sense, this is correct, but there's more to the story.</p> <p>Microsoft's goal in building SDKs is to reduce the resistance between you and a functioning product <em>that looks exactly the way you want it to</em>. In other words, the out of the box experience might not appear quite as polished as the Apple controls but, it is (sometimes, not always) easier to highly customize your UI using Silverlight+WP7 than it is to customize the UI using iOS.</p> <p>That said, having used both MapKit and Bing Maps for WP7 extensively, I agree with the previous poster. The Bing Maps control seems very basic in comparison to MapKit. And the usual idiom of, "it's easier to customize in Silverlight than Objective-C" doesn't really apply here. MapKit's viewForAnnotation delegate method makes customizing the icons displayed on the map and the views that appear as a result of tapping those icons a snap. </p> <p>The point I want to make here, however, is that if you're looking to port your iPhone or iOS application to Windows Phone 7 then, whether it looks as good or not, you have a fully functioning, location-aware map control with the Bing Map.</p> http://www.silverlightshow.net/items/WP7-for-iPhone-and-Android-Developers-Using-Bing-Maps.aspx#comment5838 Kevin Hoffman http://www.silverlightshow.net/items/WP7-for-iPhone-and-Android-Developers-Using-Bing-Maps.aspx Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:19:07 GMT <p>I still think that the Bing Maps Control has a long way to go....the iOS version is much easier and especially the callout button on the balloons!</p> http://www.silverlightshow.net/items/WP7-for-iPhone-and-Android-Developers-Using-Bing-Maps.aspx#comment5837 Lee Armstrong http://www.silverlightshow.net/items/WP7-for-iPhone-and-Android-Developers-Using-Bing-Maps.aspx Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:44:20 GMT Does this control work offline (no internet connectivity) ?<br> </br>Of course NOT<br> </br><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4386391/windows-phone-7-map-control-with-custom-layer-in-offline-mode">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4386391/windows-phone-7-map-control-with-custom-layer-in-offline-mode</a><br> </br><br> </br>Clody<br> </br> http://www.silverlightshow.net/items/WP7-for-iPhone-and-Android-Developers-Using-Bing-Maps.aspx#comment5836 Clody http://www.silverlightshow.net/items/WP7-for-iPhone-and-Android-Developers-Using-Bing-Maps.aspx Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:56:40 GMT