Tessellating shapes on top of Bing Maps in a WP7 app

Before I complete the 'How many pins can Bing Maps handle in a WP7 app...' set of posts. I want to take one last diversion and show how you can tessellate shapes on top of the Bing Maps control in a WP7 app. This builds on top of a previous post about drawing shapes on top of Bing Maps. If you're unsure what tessellation is, then the following definition should give you a good idea:A tessellation is created when a shape is repeated over and...

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WP7Contrib: Added support for GZip compression to ResourceClient

With the release of Mango for WP7 and a user request for GZip compression support in the contrib I've added GZip compression support to the ResourceClient in WP7Contrib.This means you can now request GZip compression for HTTP requests against back end web servers when using the ResourceClient in the contrib. All you have to do is specify 'WithGZip' method in the setup:When you compare the debug statements in the output window of visual studio you...

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WP7Contrib: URL shortening in a WP7 app

I needed the ability to shorten a URL for a WP7 app the other day so I could share a URL via the ShareLinkTask, more info about this task can be found on MSDN. What follows is a solution to shortening a URL programmtically using tinyurl.com.Obviously shortening a URL from a phone requires a connection, so this might not be applicable to a lot of apps. The problem is not the actual connection but the quality of said connection. When tethered or on WIFI the time required to shorten a URL is insignificant, but when on 3G the time is very...

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Drawing shapes on top of Bing Maps in a WP7 app

Before I complete the 'How many pins can Bing Maps handle in a WP7 app...' set of posts. I wanted to show how I'm drawing shapes on top of the Bing Maps control in WP7. This is based around using the MapPolygon class in the Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Maps namespace, more info on MSDN. Basically this will drawn lines betweens the geo-locations defined in the collection exposed by the Locations property. You're also able to define other properties...

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