I'm trying to add a map to my app.
The map needs to show customized pins (from png images)
And each of them needs somehow to contain a ID that I will use to retrieve data from a database.
So basically when the user taps on them, on the related event, I need to be able to retrieve that ID...
I've been trying two options:
First one is the one described on Microsoft website:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsphonetrainingcourse_usingbingmapslab_topic3.aspx
That works creating customized pins....but I can't find a way to store any data in them that I will be able to retrieve later on. Cause when I create a pin I work on a PushpinModel, but when the click event happens on one of them the sender is not the PushpinModel anymore, but just a Pushpin.
Second one is the one described on many websites and tutorials, that basically suggests to create a Pushpin with transparent background and a picture as content or foreground.
(e.g. http://www.geekchamp.com/articles/windows-phone-drawing-custom-pushpins-on-the-map-control-what-options-do-we-have)
With that one I can surely store the ID and retreive it on sender var when the pushpin is tapped.....but the picture completely stands on a wrong position on the map, since it doesn't actually start from the location point but appears only on "content" rectangle of the transparent pushpin.
So, to recap:
1st option: customized pin shows on the right spot, but I can't retrieve the ID.
2nd option: I can retrieve the ID, but the customized pin doesn't show on the right spot.
Any idea on how to solve one of the 2 problems?
Or.....do you have any third option?