MapTypeId Enumeration
Contains identifiers for the imagery displayed on the map.
Constants
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
|
aerial |
The aerial map type is being used. |
|
auto |
The map is set to choose the best imagery for the current view. |
|
birdseye |
The bird’s eye map type is being used. |
|
collinsBart |
Collin’s Bart (mkt=en-gb) map type is being used. |
|
mercator |
The Mercator map type is being used. This setting removes the base map tiles. |
|
ordnanceSurvey |
Ordnance Survey (mkt=en-gb) map type is being used. |
|
road |
The road map type is being used. |
Example
This code sample sets the map imagery to Collin’s Bart (collinsBart). Since this imagery is only supported for the en-gb culture, the mkt parameter of the control is set to this culture.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ecn.dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/mapcontrol.ashx?v=7.0&mkt=en-gb"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function GetMap()
{
var map = new Microsoft.Maps.Map(document.getElementById("mapDiv"), {credentials:"Bing Maps Key", center: new Microsoft.Maps.Location(51.5, -.1), zoom: 10, mapTypeId:Microsoft.Maps.MapTypeId.collinsBart});
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="GetMap();">
<div id='mapDiv' style="position:relative; width:600px; height:600px;"></div>
</body>
</html>
