Custom Navigation Chart Controls for Bing Charts (formerly Virtual Earth) to replace default MS

Question

I would like to add my card interface, which uses microsoft bing cards. I'm tired of the standard blue control that you see on every page.

I'm not a graphic designer, so I was wondering if anyone would create custom map controls that they would not like to share with the community for commercial purposes.

I really like the one that harley-davidson developed: http://rideplanner.harley-davidson.com/rideplanner/ridePlanner.jsp?locale=en_US

Harley Davidson Card Management As of June 30, 2009 http://www.blakerobertson.com/storage/perm/hd_mapcontrol.png

Edit 1: Still interesting. Edit 2: still interesting ...

Answer 1

If you use JavaScript, just hide the default navigation items using the map options. Then lay the div on top of the map using absolute positioning and create your own custom navigation controls. The jQuery UI slider can be used as a zoom slider.

If you use one of the other Bing Maps controls, such as Silverlight, WPF, or Windows 8, you can perform a similar process by hiding the default controls and creating custom ones in XAML.