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Bing maps data bound pushpins fade-in animation

When you use Bing Maps and place pushpins on it, you have two basic options. One is to fetch all the pushpins (actually, locations) from some service and then programmatically add them to the map, or you can bind all the pins (locations) through MapItemsControl with ObservableCollection. In this article, I’ll show you how to add pins from the background worker in case you’re fetching a lot of them at the same time and you’re using data binding, and also how to create a smooth animation to make the pins fade-in as they become available.

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