VEMap.Show3DBirdseye Method
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Controls whether or not to show the Birdseye and BirdseyeHybrid map styles when the map mode is set to VEMapMode.Mode3D.
VEMap.Show3DBirdseye(showBirdseye);
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
showBirdseye |
A Boolean value that specifies whether or not to show the Birdseye or BirdseyeHybrid map styles when the map mode is set to VEMapMode.Mode3D. The default is false. |
Remarks
This method does not do anything when the map mode is set to VEMapMode.Mode2D.
This method does not do anything when the VEMapOptions.EnableBirdseye Property is set to false.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>VEMap.Show3DBirdseye()</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ecn.dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/mapcontrol.ashx?v=6.3"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var map = null;
var shape = null;
var pinCenter = null;
function GetMap()
{
map = new VEMap('myMap');
map.LoadMap();
// Add a pushpin
pinCenter = new VELatLong(47.67857,-122.13102);
shape = new VEShape(VEShapeType.Pushpin, pinCenter);
map.AddShape(shape);
//Set the map view to see the pushpin
map.SetCenterAndZoom(pinCenter, 15);
//Switch to 3D
map.SetMapMode(VEMapMode.Mode3D);
}
function ShowBirdseye()
{
map.Show3DBirdseye(true);
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="GetMap();">
<div id='myMap' style="position:relative; width:600px; height:400px;"></div>
<input id="btnBirdseye" type="button" value="Show Birdseye" onclick="ShowBirdseye();"/>
</body>
</html>