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How to use map control in windows phone 8.1

Lagishetty Sandeep

In windows phone 8.1 how to get the nearby places such as restaurants, hotels, etc with map control from current location. It is done with the help of LaunchUriAsync query. But when we use this query it redirects to phone map. How to implement nearby location with MapControl. In silverlight applications we can use BingMapsTask. How to do this in windows phone Winrt apps.

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Ali Saleem11y ago
You can use the new Maps API in Windows Phone 8 to develop map-based apps and to incorporate location and search features. This topic introduces the new map control, map modes, and map views.
just go to link:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/jj207045(v=vs.105).aspx

And for more topics, visit the Microsoft Virtual Academy
http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/