Launching the WP7 Map Application

Question

I hope this is not easy.

In my application, I have a page with the specified address. I currently have a link to view the map, which calls up a page in my application that uses the map control, and using the lat / long that I pass in, displays the location of the event.

What I would like to do is send lat / long to existing cards so that any driving routes (etc.) can be handled by this application.

Is it possible?

Answer 1

There are two new challenges in the release of Windows Phone for Mango. BingSearchTask and BingDirectionsTask are very useful for map functionality.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.phone.tasks.bingmapsdirectionstask_members(v=VS.92).aspx

Refer to this link for all available tasks - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff428753(v=VS.92).aspx

Answer 2

There is no existing map launcher program (I really wanted it), the only work I saw at that moment was Pseudo Map Launcher by Kevin Marshall.

Answer 3

I would suggest that you mean the “Built-in map” application for the phone and that you want to run this application with the required coordinates? As of the January update, this is still not possible, sorry.

But I'm working on an API for Windows Phone, so I will definitely consider your feedback.