Change the coordinate system of a Canvas in WPF

Question

I\'m writing a mapping app that uses a Canvas for positioning elements. For each element I have to programatically convert element\'s Lat/Long to the canvas\' coordinate, then

Answer 1

Here's an all-XAML solution. Well, mostly XAML, because you have to have the IValueConverter in code. So: Create a new WPF project and add a class to it. The class is MultiplyConverter:

namespace YourProject
{
    public class MultiplyConverter : System.Windows.Data.IValueConverter
    {
        public object Convert(object value, System.Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
        {
            return AsDouble(value)* AsDouble(parameter);
        }
        double AsDouble(object value)
        {
            var valueText = value as string;
            if (valueText != null)
                return double.Parse(valueText);
            else
                return (double)value;
        }

        public object ConvertBack(object value, System.Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
        {
            throw new System.NotSupportedException();
        }
    }
}

Then use this XAML for your Window. Now you should see the results right in your XAML preview window.

EDIT: You can fix the Background problem by putting your Canvas inside another Canvas. Kind of weird, but it works. In addition, I've added a ScaleTransform which flips the Y-axis so that positive Y is up and negative is down. Note carefully which Names go where:

As for your new requirements that you need varying ranges, a more complex ValueConverter would probably do the trick.