Using Google Maps vector tiles in UWP MapControl

Question

Hi there everyone.
I'm trying to create a Google Maps client for Windows 10.
I know that I can use Google Maps tiles using like this
http://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=r&hl=x-local&z={zoomlevel}&x={x}&y={y}
but using this way tiles are not in a vector style.
Isn't there any way to use vector google maps in MapControl for UWP?
Thank you.
Have a good year.

Answer 1

Hello,​

Welcome to our Microsoft Q&A platform!

In UWP, MapControl provides HttpMapTileDataSource to customize the map tile service.

Here is the document about MapTileSource.

For using Google Map service, you can consider using this method:

public static void UseGoogleMaps(MapControl Map, string mapUri)  
{  
    if (Map == null) return;  
    Map.Style = MapStyle.None;  
    Map.TileSources.Clear();  
    Map.TileSources.Add(  
        new MapTileSource(  
            new HttpMapTileDataSource(mapUri)  
            {  
                AllowCaching = true  
            }  
        )  
    );  
}  

You can also try to search related content in Github, there should be similar functions implemented in the community

Thanks.

Answer 2

Google Maps doesn't use the same type of vector tiles as the UWP map controls. Also, Google Maps uses a close schema, so no other map controls, other than their own can use them. I believe they also have a restriction on using the tiles outside of their controls as well.