How to lock navigation on Bing Maps Metro Style?

Question

I want the map to be static, making it imposible to move or do anything on it. I just want it to show some near locations to where the user is.

¿Is that possible?

Answer 1

The easiest way is to add a transparent grid overlay as a sibling of the map to cover it up. Something along the lines of:

<Grid>
  <bm:Map />
  <Grid Background="Transparent" />
</Grid>

Answer 2

Well, yes, it works, it doesn't look so well, because the controls are still there, thanks anyway.

Answer 3

A better way to disable interaction with the map from touch and mouse gestures is to set IsHitTestVisible="false" & IsTabStop="false".

This way you aren't adding additional UI elements where they aren't needed.

Answer 4

If you want a non-navigable map, have you considered just using the static map API?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff701724.aspx

You'll get a simple image back that you can display statically.