Smart Client Location View

This sample demonstrates how to read metadata with location information both in live mode and playback mode and then show the information in a map in the Smart Client. The sample uses the open-source GMap.NET library for the map functions.

If you don't have a metadata device, you can use GPS Metadata provider component sample to generate metadata.

The sample demonstrates

How to create a Smart Client Plugin
How to read metadata in live mode
How to read metadata in playback mode
How to use location metadata to display the position on a map

Using

VideoOS.Platform.Live.MetadataLiveSource
VideoOS.Platform.Live.MetadataLiveContent
VideoOS.Platform.Data.MetadataPlaybackSource
VideoOS.Platform.Data.MetadataPlaybackData

Environment

MIP .NET library

Visual Studio C# project

LocationView.csproj

Please note that the sample utilizes the GMap.NET library for which the following license applies:

  *** GMap.NET - Great Maps for Windows Forms & Presentation ***

  GMap.NET is great and Powerful, Free, cross platform, open source
  .NET control. Enable use routing, geocoding, directions and maps
  from Coogle, Yahoo!, Bing, OpenStreetMap, ArcGIS, Pergo, SigPac,
  Yandex, Mapy.cz, Maps.lt, iKarte.lv, NearMap, OviMap, CloudMade,
  WikiMapia in Windows Forms & Presentation, supports caching
  and runs on windows mobile!!


  License: The MIT License (MIT)
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