Invoke Windows 8 Maps application from WPF application

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I am working on WPF application. I have a requirement where I have longitude and latitude of source and destination location. Now I want to invoke Windows 8 Maps application with lat, long of source and destination location and want Windows 8 maps to start navigation from source towards destination.

I have seen many examples which use Windows Bing Map control and WPF application and show route. My requirement is navigation, so it gives me directions step by step.

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I tried this. It draw path but not navigation. c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/rahul4_saxena/… – Bilal Ahmed
Do you want the step by step directions in text form or to draw them on the Maps control? – Nasreddine
Should be like google map navigation app on android. – Bilal Ahmed

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Yes, you can launch the Windows 8 Maps App from a WPF app, however there is no turn by turn navigation available in the Windows 8 map app.

To launch the Windows 8 map app from WPF you can use the protocol activation URL's available for the map app. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/xaml/jj635237.aspx

By creating a URL that starts with bingmaps:// and putting it in a web browser address bar you can launch the app and perform a few functionalities which are documented in the above URL.

You can then open this URL from a WPF like this:

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("bingmaps:?rtp=adr.Paris~adr.London&sty=a&trfc=1");