/*Method designs a new pin and adds it to the Bing Map
*/
public Canvas DesignPin(FbPicInfo pic)
{
BitmapImage img = new BitmapImage(new Uri(pic.source, UriKind.Absolute));
ImageBrush imageBrush = new ImageBrush();
imageBrush.ImageSource = img;
Color color = Colors.Silver;
Canvas canvasPinDesign = NewCanvas();//creates a new canvas
var location = CreateBasicGeoPosition(pic);
if (_geoLocDict.ContainsValue(location))//if duplicate location in the dictonary geoLocDict change ellipse colour to red
{
color = Colors.OrangeRed;
}
Ellipse ellipse = NewEllipse(color, imageBrush); //Create a new elipse
canvasPinDesign.Children.Add(ellipse); //Add Ellipse to Canvas
Button btn = CreateNewBtn(imageBrush); //Create A New Button
canvasPinDesign.Children.Add(btn); //Add Btn to Canvas
_geoLocDict.Add(img, location); //add the location to the list
_tempInfoDict.Add(img.UriSource, pic);
return(canvasPinDesign);
}
/*Method creates/returns a BasicGeoposition of lat/lon from the picture passed in.
*/
private BasicGeoposition CreateBasicGeoPosition(FbPicInfo pic)
{
BasicGeoposition location = new BasicGeoposition();
location.Latitude = pic.latitude;
location.Longitude = pic.longitude;
return(location);
}
/*Method stores pics in the local database
*/
private void StorePicture(Datum pic, PicturePlaceDb db)
{
var picInfo = new FbPicInfo
{
city = pic.place.location.city,
country = pic.place.location.country,
latitude = pic.place.location.latitude,
longitude = pic.place.location.longitude,
id = pic.id,
name = pic.place.name,
source = pic.source
};
db.Add(picInfo);
db.SaveChanges();
}