Adding Shapes To Layer Causes Automatic ZoomLevel Change

Question

Problem

When I add shapes to layer, it causes the map to automatically zoom.  It zooms out by a factor of 1.

Is this because the shapes end up being on the outside of the map border?

If so, what is the workaround?
Is there a method or property to disable the autozoom?

Scenario

I'm loading a dynamic xml file based on the lat/lon of the topleft and bottomright map attributes when the onmousewheel and onmousemove events are raised.

So, the autozooming is quite inconvenient as I am trying to query for only things on the map at the current zoom level.

The SQL query is something like "select * from places where lat > minlat and lat < maxlat and lon > minlon and lon < maxlon"

Thanks in advance for the help!

Answer 1

I'm assuming your bringing your data through the VEMaap.ImportShapeLayerData method. If so you can disable the auto repositioning  of the map by setting the setBestView property to false. Take a look at the documentation here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb429606.aspx

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Answer 2

Thanks Richard.   This is exactly what I was looking for.  Now it works perfectly. :)