Hi RoelMartens,

To set a focus on a particular shapefile, you could use the following approach:
XAML:
        <igMap:XamMap x:Name="Map" Loaded="Map_Loaded" IsClickable="False">
            <igMap:XamMap.Layers>
                <igMap:MapLayer x:Name="europe" Brushes="Green">
                    <igMap:MapLayer.Reader>
                        <igMap:ShapeFileReader Uri="Shapefiles/europe/europe"/>
                    </igMap:MapLayer.Reader>
                </igMap:MapLayer>
            </igMap:XamMap.Layers>
        </igMap:XamMap>
CB:
        private void Map_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            this.Map.WindowRect = this.Map.Layers[0].WorldRect;
        }
  
Setting the IsClickable property of XamMap to False allows for panning the map, using mouse click even on the surface of the shapefile.

Edit: If you want to keep the IsClickable set to True, you could press and hold the Ctrl key while clicking/dragging with the mouse somewhere on the shapefile's surface. This would allow for the same functionality.

Hope that helps,
Milana Zhileva

Hi Milana, 

This works perfectly!

Thanks for the quick response!

Br,

Roel

Hi again,

Apologies for the confusion, unfortunately I missed something in my previous post - you need to make a small change in the code of the InitMapCoordinates() function in order to be able to zoom out after you've changed map's WindowRect to reflect that of a layer:
        private void InitMapCoordinates()
        {
            // define world dimensions
            Point worldTopLeft = new Point(-180, 90);
            Point worldBottomRight = new Point(180, -90);

            // Convert Geodetic to Cartesian coordinates
            Point winTopLeft = this.Map.MapProjection.ProjectToMap(worldTopLeft);
            Point winBottomRight = this.Map.MapProjection.ProjectToMap(worldBottomRight);

            // Create Rect structure the map control's WindowRect and WorldRect
            Rect winRect = new Rect()
            {
                X = Math.Min(winTopLeft.X, winBottomRight.X),
                Y = Math.Min(winTopLeft.Y, winBottomRight.Y),
                Width = Math.Abs(winTopLeft.X - winBottomRight.X),
                Height = Math.Abs(winTopLeft.Y - winBottomRight.Y)
            };

            this.Map.IsAutoWorldRect = false;
            this.Map.WindowZoomMaximum = 80;

            // Change the map control's WorldRect
            this.Map.WorldRect = winRect;
        }

Also, it would be a better practice to make sure that you set map's WindowRect after the layer's been imported like this:
        private void europe_Imported(object sender, Infragistics.Controls.Maps.MapLayerImportEventArgs e)
        {
            this.Map.WindowRect = this.Map.Layers[0].WorldRect;
        } 
  
Feel free to post back should you have any other questions.

Best regards,
Milana Zhileva

Hi Milana, 

Thanks for the quick answer.  The IsClickable property works for me, but initial zooming does not work for me.

Have you tried this with Bing Maps as underlying datasource?

I have:

 public BingMap()

{ 

InitializeComponent();

InitImageryService();

InitMapCoordinates();

}

    private void Map_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)

        {

            if (xamMap.Layers.Count > 0)

            {

                xamMap.WindowRect = xamMap.Layers[0].WorldRect;    

            }           

        }

As I debug, I have 1 layer, but the WorldRect seems to be empty. Could this be the problem?