Class MapSource

Represents the map source that reads the shape source from the local file, URL, stream or embedded resource.

Inheritance

System.Object

MapSource

Namespace: Syncfusion.Maui.Maps

Assembly: Syncfusion.Maui.Maps.dll

Syntax

public class MapSource : Object

Constructors

MapSource()

Declaration

public MapSource()

Methods

FromFile(String)

Returns a new MapSource that reads from file.

Declaration

public static MapSource FromFile(string file)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	file	The file.

Returns

Type	Description
MapSource	Returns file map source.

FromStream(Stream)

Returns a new MapSource that reads from json stream.

Declaration

public static MapSource FromStream(Stream jsonStream)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.IO.Stream	jsonStream	The json stream.

Returns

Type	Description
MapSource	Returns json stream map source.

<map:SfMaps>
   <map:SfMaps.Layer>
      <map:MapShapeLayer x:Name="layer"/>
   </map:SfMaps.Layer>
</map:SfMaps>

// Shape path structure should be like SampleName.FolderName.FileName.Extension
Assembly? assembly = IPlatformApplication.Current?.GetType().GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
var jsonStream = assembly?.GetManifestResourceStream("MapDemo.ShapeFiles.world_map.json");
this.layer.ShapesSource = MapSource.FromStream(jsonStream);

FromStream(Stream, Stream)

Returns a new MapSource that reads from shapefile stream.

Declaration

public static MapSource FromStream(Stream shapeStream, Stream dbfStream)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.IO.Stream	shapeStream	The shapefile stream.
System.IO.Stream	dbfStream	The dbf stream.

Returns

Type	Description
MapSource	Returns shape stream map source.

Examples

XAML
C#

<map:SfMaps>
   <map:SfMaps.Layer>
      <map:MapShapeLayer x:Name="layer" />
   </map:SfMaps.Layer>
</map:SfMaps>

// Shape path structure should be like SampleName.FolderName.FileName.Extension
Assembly? assembly = IPlatformApplication.Current?.GetType().GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
var shapeStream = assembly?.GetManifestResourceStream("MapDemo.ShapeFiles.world_map.shp");
var dbfStream = assembly?.GetManifestResourceStream("MapDemo.ShapeFiles.world_map.dbf");
this.layer.ShapesSource = MapSource.FromStream(shapeStream, dbfStream);

FromUri(Uri)

Returns a new MapSource that reads from uri.

Declaration

public static MapSource FromUri(Uri uri)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Uri	uri	The shape source uri.

Returns

Type	Description
MapSource	Returns uri map source.

Examples

XAML
C#

<map:SfMaps>
   <map:SfMaps.Layer>
      <map:MapShapeLayer x:Name="layer" 
                         ShapesSource="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/maps/map-data/world-map.json"/>
   </map:SfMaps.Layer>
</map:SfMaps>

SfMaps maps = new SfMaps();
MapShapeLayer layer = new MapShapeLayer();
layer.ShapesSource = MapSource.FromUri(new Uri("https://cdn.syncfusion.com/maps/map-data/world-map.json"));
maps.Layer = layer;
this.Content = maps;

Operators

Implicit(Stream to MapSource)

Method to implicitly check the stream from the xaml.

Declaration

public static implicit operator MapSource(Stream stream)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.IO.Stream	stream	The stream.

Returns

Type
MapSource

Implicit(String to MapSource)

Method to implicitly check the string is Uri or file source from the xaml.

Declaration

public static implicit operator MapSource(string source)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	source	The source.

Returns

Type
MapSource

Implicit(Uri to MapSource)

Method to implicitly check the string is Uri from the xaml.

Declaration

public static implicit operator MapSource(Uri uri)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Uri	uri	The uri.

Returns

Type
MapSource