How can I get a map labeled in Chinese with the ArcGIS Silverlight API?

Question

I wan to use the  free ESRI map or Bingmap for base map, but they are all labeled in English, How can I get a map labeled in other language, such as in Chinese?  Would anyone help me? In VB.NET Code or XAML. Thanks very much!!!

mawanzhu · Answer

The label is not generated on the fly but is "baked" into the image tiles. So if the image tiles doesn't have chinese labels baked into them, the service can't support it. In this case ArcGIS Online doesn't have any chinese tile services you can use, and it seems neither does Bing on their open imageservice, so you are basically out of luck. You will have to roll your own tile server using ArcGIS Server and your own data.

Thank you!

SomeGISGuy · Answer

The label is not generated on the fly but is "baked" into the image tiles. So if the image tiles doesn't have chinese labels baked into them, the service can't support it. In this case ArcGIS Online doesn't have any chinese tile services you can use, and it seems neither does Bing on their open imageservice, so you are basically out of luck. You will have to roll your own tile server using ArcGIS Server and your own data.

mawanzhu · Answer

Thanks very much. These is no Culture string for Chinese in the list yet.  While with BingMap API, I can get a Chinese Labeled source map in 2 step, the code is:
    Public Function GetChinaTileSource() As TileSource
        Dim tileSourceUri As New UriBuilder("http://r2.tiles.ditu.live.com/tiles/r{quadkey}.png?g=41") '中�?��?��?�系�?
        '   Dim tileLayer As New MapTileLayer()
        Dim tileSource As New LocationRectTileSource(tileSourceUri.Uri.ToString(), New LocationRect(New Location(60, 60), New Location(13, 140)), New Range(Of Double)(1, 20))
        Return tileSource
    End Function

' then in the map page
        Dim tileLayer As New MapTileLayer()
        Dim gts As New ChinaTileSource()
        tileLayer.TileSources.Add(gts.GetChinaTileSource())
        MyMap.Children.Add(tileLayer)
        MyMap.Mode = New MercatorMode

Can I do like that with ArcGIS API ?  How to?  Help me!