Hello Visual Basic programmers in the house!
I am trying to create a Map View Application that uploads a geographical map and allows me to plot a mathematical function radially on the uploaded map... typically maps are georeferenced i.e they have coordinates or are scaled and are created in picture formats e.g jpg, png and gif formats. I can sucessfully create objects and codes to upload the map unto the App...the thing is:

1) how do i set the uploaded map to be background of the graph,
2) how do I plot radially (circular graph) on the map
2) i wish to plot on different positions on the map...how do I achieve this?

I will appreciate any useful hint and help.
Thanks.

It is totally doable. Correct me if I am wrong but i think what you are trying to achieve is some sort of Geographic Information System (GIS). What you need is some kind of library that can understand and interpret spatial information.

Personally, when working on GIS projects I like to use JAVA. Basically because the popular java GIS frameworks hat i know are much more older and have more resources available online compared to the .NET platform. If you want to consider Java try GeoTools http://www.geotools.org/.

However, if you insist on using a .Net programming language you can use Dotspatial. I have used it before in a project it integrates well, it is open source but it doesn't just pack a punch compared to its java Counterparts. see http://dotspatial.codeplex.com/. I also suggest you download MapWindow http://www.mapwindow.org/, it is an open source GIS. Study how the code works will help you understand the DotSpatial library more.

kudaisi:
It is totally doable. Correct me if I am wrong but i think what you are trying to achieve is some sort of Geographic Information System (GIS). What you need is some kind of library that can understand and interpret spatial information.

Personally, when working on GIS projects I like to use JAVA. Basically because the popular java GIS frameworks hat i know are much more older and have more resources available online compared to the .NET platform. If you want to consider Java try GeoTools http://www.geotools.org/.

However, if you insist on using a .Net programming language you can use Dotspatial. I have used it before in a project it integrates well, it is open source but it doesn't just pack a punch compared to its java Counterparts. see http://dotspatial.codeplex.com/. I also suggest you download MapWindow http://www.mapwindow.org/, it is an open source GIS. Study how the code works will help you understand the DotSpatial library more.

Thanks. alot...will check your suggestion.

To! i was just rushing over to talk, but it has all been said. @op, what version of visual basic are you using sef?
Just so that I can have something to say - @OP, you can also (look left and right) integrate a web browser control into your project - that way, you get to have the full power of googlemaps API - which can do all that stuff in a breeze! The only problem is how to integrate the data back into your APP, back in vb 6, i was able to communicate between my embeded web-browser page and my vb code, but in all these latest versions - i have not tried it.
Of course, I want advise you to try this except you are really desperate (or maybe foooolish).

Laffs like monkey banana and vanishes from the thread!

dhtml18:
To! i was just rushing over to talk, but it has all been said. @op, what version of visual basic are you using sef?
Just so that I can have something to say - @OP, you can also (look left and right) integrate a web browser control into your project - that way, you get to have the full power of googlemaps API - which can do all that stuff in a breeze! The only problem is how to integrate the data back into your APP, back in vb 6, i was able to communicate between my embeded web-browser page and my vb code, but in all these latest versions - i have not tried it.
Of course, I want advise you to try this except you are really desperate (or maybe foooolish).

Laffs like monkey banana and vanishes from the thread!

I use vb studio 2010... I know about the google map stuff and that's part of it too.... I'm looking at the offline aspect. you try sha....Thanks.