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VELatLong.SetAltitude Method

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Specifies the altitude for a point on the globe.

VELatLong.SetAltitude(altitude, mode)

Parameters

Parameter Description

altitude

The altitude, in meters

mode

The VEAltitudeMode Enumeration value that defines whether altitude is relative to ground-level or absolute

Example

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html>
   <head>
      <title></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 SpaceNeedle = new VELatLong(47.6218, -122.3492);
         var pinLocation = new VELatLong(47.6222, -122.34865);

         function GetMap()
         {
            map = new VEMap('myMap');

            map.LoadMap(SpaceNeedle, 17);

            // Let me know if a birdseye scene is available
            map.AttachEvent("onobliqueenter", OnObliqueEnterHandler);
         }

         function OnObliqueEnterHandler()
         {
            if(map.IsBirdseyeAvailable())
            {
               var TopOfNeedle = new VELatLong(47.622, -122.3491); 
               map.SetBirdseyeScene(TopOfNeedle);
            }
         }

         function AddPin()
         {
            if(map.IsBirdseyeAvailable())
            {
               pinLocation.SetAltitude(604, VEAltitudeMode.RelativeToGround);
               var pushpin = new VEShape(VEShapeType.Pushpin, pinLocation);
               map.AddShape(pushpin);
            }
         }
      </script>
   </head>
   <body onload="GetMap();">
      <div id='myMap' style="position:relative; width:400px; height:400px;"></div>
      <input id="addpin" type="button" value="Where's my table?" name="addpin" 
         onclick="AddPin();">
   </body>
</html>

See Also

Reference

VELatLong.Altitude Property
VELatLong.AltitudeMode Property