VEMap.SetMapMode Method

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Sets the mode of the map.

VEMap.SetMapMode(mode);

Parameters

Parameter Description

mode

A VEMapMode Enumeration value that specifies whether to load the map in 2D or 3D mode

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 center = new VELatLong(38.62504326121764, -90.18497586250308);
         var initView = new VEMapViewSpecification(center, 16, 1000, -90, 0);
         
         function GetMap()
         {
            map = new VEMap('myMap');
            map.LoadMap();

            map.SetMapMode(VEMapMode.Mode2D);
            map.SetMapStyle(VEMapStyle.Aerial);
            map.SetMapView(initView);
         }   
         
         function ToggleMode()
         {
            var mode = map.GetMapMode();

            if (mode == VEMapMode.Mode2D)
            {
               map.SetMapMode(VEMapMode.Mode3D);
            }
            else if (mode == VEMapMode.Mode3D)
            {
               map.SetMapMode(VEMapMode.Mode2D);
            }
         }
         
         function SetMapStyle()
         {
            if (styleForm.styleType[0].checked)
            {
               var style = map.GetMapStyle();

               if (style == VEMapStyle.Aerial)
               {
                  alert("The Aerial style is already set.");
               }
               else
               {
                  map.SetMapStyle(VEMapStyle.Aerial);
                  alert("Map style has been set to Aerial.");
               }
            }
            else if (styleForm.styleType[1].checked)
            {
               var style = map.GetMapStyle();

               if (style == VEMapStyle.Birdseye)
               {
                  alert("The Birdseye style is already set.");
               }
               else
               {
                  map.SetMapStyle(VEMapStyle.Birdseye);
                  alert("Map style has been set to Birdseye.");
               }
            }
            else if (styleForm.styleType[2].checked)
            {
               var style = map.GetMapStyle();

               if (style == VEMapStyle.Road)
               {
                  alert("The Road style is already set.");
               }
               else
               {
                  map.SetMapStyle(VEMapStyle.Road);
                  alert("Map style has been set to Road.");
               }
            }
            else if (styleForm.styleType[3].checked)
            {
               var style = map.GetMapStyle();

               if (style == VEMapStyle.Hybrid)
               {
                  alert("The Hybrid style is already set.");
               }
               else
               {
                  map.SetMapStyle(VEMapStyle.Hybrid);
                  alert("Map style has been set to Hybrid.");
               }
            }
         }
      </script>
   </head>
   <body onload="GetMap();">
      <div id='myMap' style="position:relative; width:400px; height:400px;"></div>
      <INPUT id="btnToggle" type="button" value="Toggle Map Mode" name="btnToggle" 
         onclick="ToggleMode();">
      <form name="styleForm">
            <input id="aerial" type="radio" name="styleType" checked="checked" /> Aerial<br />
            <input id="birdseye" type="radio" name="styleType" /> Birdseye<br /> 
            <input id="road" type="radio" name="styleType" /> Road<br />
            <input id="hybrid" type="radio" name="styleType" /> Hybrid
      </form>
      <INPUT id="btnStyle" type="button" value="Set Selected Map Style" name="btnStyle" 
         onclick="SetMapStyle();">
      <div id="latlon"></div>
   </body>
</html>