Showing a Location with the Built-In Maps App

Often it is not necessary to go to the trouble of building a dedicated map view into your app. The built-in Maps app can be launched directly from your own app using the MapsTask launcher. Observe the following example:

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MapsTask mapsTask = new MapsTask
    {
        Center = new GeoCoordinate(47.6204, -122.3493),
        ZoomLevel = 8,
        SearchTerm = "Caffe"
    };
mapsTask.Show();

The MapsTask class allows you to position the map view using its Center and ZoomLevel properties. You can also specify a search term that causes the map to display all matching search results on the map.

The sample’s MapViewModel class demonstrates the MapsTask using a command named ViewInMapsAppCommand that is executed when the user taps an application bar menu item.