Xamarin forms get places in the map area

Question

I develop a xamarin forms app where I store some places in my database. I store Location NetTopology suite with efcore with latitude and longitude. Then I can find the closest places from a point on the map.

But if i move the map or zoom out how can I find the places in the new area which are stored in my database to pin them on the map?

Is there an example?

I really struggle to find a way to say this list of places in my database are part of what the map is showing.

I use xamarin maps.

Thanks

Answer 1

for doing this you need to find bounds of map's visible region. let me explain this.

Bound class:

 public class Bounds
    {
        public double South { get; set; }
        public double West { get; set; }
        public double North { get; set; }
        public double East { get; set; }
    }

Map has a property called visible region. when map's property will change, map's visible region will also change. Below is the map class:

Bounds bounds = new Bounds();
customMap.PropertyChanged += (sender, e) =>
                {
                    Debug.WriteLine(e.PropertyName + " just changed!");
                    if (e.PropertyName == "VisibleRegion" && customMap.VisibleRegion != null)
                        CalculateBoundingCoordinates(customMap.VisibleRegion);
                };

static void CalculateBoundingCoordinates(MapSpan region)
        {
            try
            {
                _region = region;
                var center = region.Center;
                var halfheightDegrees = region.LatitudeDegrees / 2;
                var halfwidthDegrees = region.LongitudeDegrees / 2;

        var left = center.Longitude - halfwidthDegrees;
        var right = center.Longitude + halfwidthDegrees;
            var top = center.Latitude + halfheightDegrees;
            var bottom  = center.Latitude - halfheightDegrees;

            if (left < -180) left = 180 + (180 + left);
            if (right > 180) right = (right - 180) - 180;

        bounds.West = left;
        bounds.East = right;
        bounds.North = top;
        bounds.South = bottom;
    }
}

Now query your database with these bounds.