SQL Geospatial Data

RadMap supports binding to SQL Geospatial data. The control allows generating map shapes from any IEnumerable instance (for example a row collection) which contains a property with geospatial data in Wkt (Well known text) or Wkb (Well known binary) format. The Source property and the GeospatialPropertyName property are used to specify the IEnumerable instance and the name of the property which contains the Geospatial data.

The SqlGeospatialDataReader supports the following geometry types:

• Point

• LineString

• Polygon

• Triangle

• MultiPoint

• MultiLineString

• MultiPolygon

• GeometryCollection

The coordinates for geometries may be 2D (x, y), 3D (x, y, z), 4D (x, y, z, m) with an m value that is part of a linear referencing system or 2D with an m value (x, y, m). However the SqlGeospatialDataReader uses the x and y coordinates only, so that the z and m coordinates will be ignored. The SqlGeospatialDataReader can be used in the InformationLayer.Reader property the same way as the MapShapeReader. The sample code is below:

• XAML

<telerik:InformationLayer x:Name="informationLayer"> 
    <telerik:InformationLayer.Reader> 
        <telerik:SqlGeospatialDataReader x:Name="sqlGeospatialDataReader"  
                   ExtendedPropertySet="Area,string Latitude,double Longitude,double" 
                   Source="{Binding Source={StaticResource domainServiceContext}, Path=LocationsWKTs}" 
                   GeospatialPropertyName="Point" ToolTipFormat="Area" PreviewReadCompleted="reader_PreviewReadCompleted" /> 
    </telerik:InformationLayer.Reader> 
</telerik:InformationLayer> 

It allows using the ClearLayer, ExtendedPropertySet, ToolTipFormat, ToolTipTemplate, ToolTipStyle and CoordinateConverter properties the same way they are used in MapShapeReader. Also it supports the PreviewReadCompleted and ReadCompleted events which are used in MapShapeReader.

The SqlGeospatialDataReader class allows using the following data sources:

• Domain Service

• Wcf Data Service

• ADO.NET Entity Data Model

• Linq to SQL

• DataSet

• Telerik OpenAccess Domain Model

Also the SqlGeospatialDataReader can use any custom data class which implements the IEnumerable interface and contains a property with geospatial data in Wkt (Well known text) or Wkb (Well known binary) format. In this case the geospatial property should be a string, byte array or any other type which allows to get geospatial data in Wkt using the ToString() method. Note, the data models in Visual Studio 2010 (except the Telerik OpenAccess Domain Model) do not allow to use native SQL geospatial field types. You will need to create for example appropriate views on the SQL server which converts the native geospatial field to WKT or WKB formatted field. It could be done using the STAsText and STAsBinary stored procedures. A sample view definition is shown:

• SQL

SELECT        id, Area, Latitude, Longitude, GeoLocation.STAsBinary() AS Point 
FROM            dbo.Locations 

If you use Entity Data Model, Linq to SQL or Telerik OpenAccess Domain Model in your WPF application, then you can use the following sample XAML code to display your geospatial data:

• XAML

<Window x:Class="EntityDataModelTest.MainWindow" 
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" 
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" 
        xmlns:telerik="http://schemas.telerik.com/2008/xaml/presentation" 
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:EntityDataModelTest" 
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525"> 
    <Window.Resources> 
        <local:Database1Entities x:Key="dataBase" /> 
    </Window.Resources> 
    <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot"> 
        <telerik:RadMap x:Name="radMap" 
            Center="40,-100" 
            ZoomLevel="3"> 
            <telerik:RadMap.Provider> 
                <telerik:OpenStreetMapProvider /> 
            </telerik:RadMap.Provider> 
            <telerik:InformationLayer x:Name="informationLayer"> 
                <telerik:InformationLayer.Reader> 
                    <telerik:SqlGeospatialDataReader x:Name="sqlGeospatialDataReader"  
                                         GeospatialPropertyName="Point" 
                                         Source="{Binding Source={StaticResource dataBase}, Path=LocationsWKB}" 
                                         ToolTipFormat="{}{Area} ({Latitude} : {Longitude})" 
                                         PreviewReadCompleted="reader_PreviewReadCompleted" /> 
                </telerik:InformationLayer.Reader> 
            </telerik:InformationLayer> 
        </telerik:RadMap> 
    </Grid> 
</Window> 

• C#
• VB.NET

public class DomainServiceContext : INotifyPropertyChanged 
{ 
  private DomainService1 domainService1Context = new DomainService1(); 
  private IEnumerable locationsWKTs; 
  public new IEnumerable LocationsWKTs 
  { 
   get 
  { 
    if (this.locationsWKTs == null) 
  { 
    var loadOp = this.domainService1Context.Load(this.domainService1Context.GetLocationsWKTsQuery()); 
    loadOp.Completed += new EventHandler(loadOp_Completed); 
  } 
return this.locationsWKTs; 
} 
　set 
  { 
   this.locationsWKTs = value; 
   this.OnPropertyChanged("LocationsWKTs"); 
   } 
}　 
private void loadOp_Completed(object sender, EventArgs e) 
   { 
    var loadOp = sender as LoadOperation; 
    if (loadOp != null) 
     { 
      this.LocationsWKTs = loadOp.Entities; 
     } 
  } 
 
　public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged; 
 
private void OnPropertyChanged(string name) 
 { 
   PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = PropertyChanged; 
  if (handler != null) 
   { 
     handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(name)); 
    } 
  } 
} 

Public Class DataBaseContext 
      Inherits Database1Entities1 
      Implements INotifyPropertyChanged 
    Public Sub New() 
          MyBase.New(New Uri("http://localhost:6838/WcfDataService1.svc")) 
    End Sub 
    Private locationsWKBs_Renamed As IEnumerable 
    Public Shadows Property LocationsWKBs() As IEnumerable 
          Get 
                If Me.locationsWKBs_Renamed Is Nothing Then 
                      Dim query = MyBase.LocationsWKBs 
                      Me.RunDataServiceQuery(query) 
                End If 
 
                Return Me.locationsWKBs_Renamed 
          End Get 
 
          Set(ByVal value As IEnumerable) 
                Me.locationsWKBs_Renamed = value 
                Me.OnPropertyChanged("LocationsWKBs") 
          End Set 
    End Property 
 
    Public Sub RunDataServiceQuery(Of T)(ByVal query As IQueryable(Of T)) 
          Dim entity = New DataServiceCollection(Of T)() 
 
          AddHandler entity.LoadCompleted, AddressOf entity_LoadCompleted 
          entity.LoadAsync(query) 
    End Sub 
 
    Private Sub entity_LoadCompleted(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As LoadCompletedEventArgs) 
          Me.LocationsWKBs = TryCast(sender, IEnumerable) 
    End Sub 
 
    Public Event PropertyChanged As PropertyChangedEventHandler 
 
    Private Sub OnPropertyChanged(ByVal name As String) 
          Dim handler As PropertyChangedEventHandler = PropertyChangedEvent 
          If handler IsNot Nothing Then 
                handler(Me, New PropertyChangedEventArgs(name)) 
          End If 
    End Sub 
End Class 

In our SDK examples repository you can find a runnable example showing how to define a Wkt reader that loads sample data from a collection of Wkt based objects.