Location Class

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08/01/2016

Contains the altitude and coordinate values of a location on the map.

Namespace: Microsoft.Maps.MapControl.WPF
Assembly: Microsoft.Maps.MapControl.WPF (in Microsoft.Maps.MapControl.WPF.dll)

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.Maps.MapControl.WPF.Location

Syntax

[TypeConverterAttribute(typeof(LocationConverter))]
public class Location : IFormattable

[TypeConverterAttribute((LocationConverter^::typeid))]
public ref class Location : IFormattable

[<TypeConverterAttribute(typeof(LocationConverter))>]
type Location = 
    class
        interface IFormattable
    end

<TypeConverterAttribute(GetType(LocationConverter))>
Public Class Location
    Implements IFormattable

Constructors

	Name	Description
	Location()	Initializes a new instance of the Location structure.
	Location(Double, Double)	Initializes a new instance of the Location structure using the given latitude and longitude values.
	Location(Double, Double, Double)	Initializes a new instance of the Microsoft.Maps.MapControl.WPF.Location structure using the given latitude, longitude and altitude values.
	Location(Double, Double, Double, AltitudeReference)	Initializes a new instance of the Microsoft.Maps.MapControl.WPF.Location structure using the given latitude, longitude, altitude and altitude reference values.
	Location(Location)	Initializes a new instance of the Location structure using the given location.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Altitude	Gets or sets altitude for a location.
	AltitudeReference	Gets or sets the reference plane used to measure the altitude.
	Latitude	Gets or sets the latitude of the location.
	Longitude	Gets or sets the longitude of the location.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether this location is the same as the given object.(Overrides Object.Equals(Object).)
	Finalize()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode()	Retrieves the hash code for this location.(Overrides Object.GetHashCode().)
	GetType()	(Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone()	(Inherited from Object.)
	NormalizeLongitude(Double)	Converts an invalid longitude value to be within the valid range, which is -180 to 180.
	ToString()	Converts the location to a formatted string containing the latitude, longitude, and altitude values.(Overrides Object.ToString().)
	ToString(IFormatProvider)	Converts the location to a formatted string containing the latitude, longitude, and altitude values using the specified format provider.

Fields

	Name	Description
	MaxLatitude	Specifies the maximum latitude in degrees.
	MaxLongitude	Specifies the maximum longitude in degrees.
	MinLatitude	Specifies the minimum latitude in degrees.
	MinLongitude	Specifies the minimum longitude in degrees.

Operators

	Name	Description
	Equality(Location, Location)	Determines whether two instances of Location are equal.
	Inequality(Location, Location)	Determines whether two instances of Location are not equal.

Explicit Interface Implementations

	Name	Description
	IFormattable.ToString(String, IFormatProvider)

Remarks

If the specified values of Latitude and Longitude are not within the range of valid values for these properties, they are converted to valid values. The range of valid values for Latitude is -90 to 90. The range of valid values for Longitude is -180 to 180.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.