Map Children Image size very large?

Question

I'm placing an image/symbol on a map with code like this:

locationIcon = new Image();
locationIcon.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri("ms-appx:///Assets/PushpinCar.png"));

   map1.Children.Add(locationIcon);

The png is 32x26 pixels but shows up on the map as huge -- about half the map size which is about 500x500.
Why is that and how am I supposed to add a symbol to a map?

thanks,

Rick

Answer 1

Explicitly specify the size of the Image. During the layout pass we ask the control how large it wants to be and without a specific size it looks like Image does not auto size to fit.

Answer 2

This code seemed to work OK:

            locationIcon.MaxHeight = 26;
            locationIcon.MaxWidth = 32;

Thanks,

Rick