Check out this slick demo which shows how sales data from the ASPxPivotGrid is plotted and displayed using the Bing.com maps service.
The Bing Maps service provides you the capability to plot data geographically on a map. For example, this ASPxPivotGrid shows the quantity of products sold per country:
We can plot this data on to a map because the Bing maps services provides developers with a JavaScript API to display maps, locate countries and businesses and create pushpin indicators!
Now, we can better visualize the data on a map. Notice that the pushpin indicators also contain the specific quantities sold per country:
This type of integration is possible because the ASPxPivotGrid provides a great set of client-side events and functionality. This demo and full source code will be provided in the next major DXperience release, v2010 vol 1.
Drop me a line below if you’re already thinking of interesting ways to incorporate maps with your DevExpress ASP.NET controls?
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