MapPoint Web Service Map Styles

MapPoint Web Service Map Styles

The following table lists the possible map styles you can use for rendering a map, the valid data sources for each map style, and the default map style for each data source. The Name column lists the MapStyle enumeration member.

Note MapPoint Web Service constrains the map view in terms of how far the map is zoomed out or zoomed in. The constraints vary per data source and map style. If the MapSpecification.Views or MapSpecification.Options properties are set such that these limits would be exceeded, the returned map image is modified to meet the limit and the mapimage.view property contains the returned view.

Click a MapStyle name to see a sample of the map style and a legend.

Name	Description	MapPoint.AP, MapPoint.BR, MapPoint.EU, and MapPoint.NA	MapPoint.World	MapPoint.WorldRoutable	MapPoint.Moon
Climate	Characteristic climate for areas of the Earth, defined by long-term weather patterns. Color.		x
Comprehensive	For the MapPoint.World data source, contains several categories of information for purposes of general reference, including topographic, political, and geographic information. Color. For the MapPoint.Moon data source, contains views of the moon as a composite of satellite images, including identification of craters, landing sites, and lunar seas. Color.		default		default
DefaultStyle	Default map style for a data source.	x	x	x	x
EarthByDay	Idealized map of the Earth as it looks from space in daylight without clouds, as a composite of satellite images. Color.		x
EarthByNight	Idealized map of the Earth as it looks from space at night without clouds, as a composite of satellite images. Color.		x
Ecoregions	Landscapes, such as forests, woodlands, grasslands, deserts, and ice. Color.		x
Europe	For the MapPoint.EU data source, provides maps in a color scheme common in European maps.	MapPoint.EU only
Languages	Language that a majority of people speak in an area. Color.		x
Locator	Roads and some political geographies, optimized for overview maps. Color.	x
LocatorBW	Roads and some political geographies, optimized for overview maps. High contrast for black-and-white printing.	x
Night	Roads and some political geographies, optimized for low-light viewing.	x
Outline	Current borders of the world's sovereign nations and their dependencies, and at higher resolutions, borders between states, provinces, or other internal subdivisions. Also indicated are names and locations of selected cities and towns; rivers, lakes, and seas; and mountains, plateaus, deserts, and other physical features. Color.		x
Parks	Significant protected areas, such as World Heritage Sites; national, provincial, and state parks; other major reserves; and territories reserved for indigenous peoples in the Americas. Color.		x
Phone	Shows roads and political geographies, optimized for small screens (size ranges from 101 × 80 pixels to 176 × 220 pixels). Color.	x
PhoneBW	Shows roads and political geographies, optimized for small screens (size ranges from 101 × 80 pixels to 176 × 220 pixels). High contrast for black and white printing.	x
PhysicalFeatures	Landforms and water bodies. Color.		x
Political	Political geography; political entities are shown in contrasting colors for emphasis. Color.	x	x
PoliticalBW	Political geography; political entities are shown in outline. High contrast for black and white printing.	x
PopulationDensity	Number of people per square kilometer throughout the world. Color.		x
PrecipitationAnnual	Average accumulation of rain and snow over an entire year. Color.		x
PrecipitationJanuary	Average accumulation of rain and snow during the month of January. Color.		x
PrecipitationJuly	Average accumulation of rain and snow during the month of July. Color.		x
Religions	Distribution of the adherents of the world's major regions. Color.		x
Road	Roads, highways, towns, and cities. Color.	x
RoadBW	Roads, highways, towns, and cities. High contrast for black-and-white printing.	x
Small	Roads and political geographies, optimized for low-resolution maps. Color.	default
SmallBW	Roads and political geographies, optimized for low resolution maps. High contrast for black-and-white printing.	x
Tectonic	Distribution of plates that make up the Earth's crust, location of volcanoes and earthquakes, and age of the floor beneath the seas. Color.		x
TemperatureJanuary	Average air temperature during the month of January. Color.		x
TemperatureJuly	Average air temperature during the month of July. Color.		x
Terrain	Roads, highways, towns, cities, and geographic terrain. Color.	x
TerrainBW	Roads, highways, towns, cities, and geographic terrain. High contrast for black-and-white printing.	x
TimeZones	Zones of uniform time recognized by national agreement. Color.		x