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If I am creating an application that requires the user to draw a shape on a map around pushpins, and want the shape to be queried, what event should i use to call the queryshape method to get the results from the map. I can't quite seem to get a handle on the timing. Thanks

What has worked for me is a combination of two events, the mousedown and the mouseup event. I use the mousedown to get the coordinates of one of the corners of the shape, and the mouseup to get the other corner of the shape, this way I have a method of drawing a shape when the user lets go of the mouse and then I proceed to query the shape to get the results I want. Also, I have found out that there are other methods that work faster than the QueryShape method (depending on your needs). If you have for example a list of locations geocoded with lat/long, then by obtaining the location objects of the two corners of the shape, and getting the lat/long of each of them by using Gilles Kohl's Location to Lat/Long method, then you can find out which locations are contained inside your shape by evaluating if certain coordinates are within the bounds of the corners of the shape. Hope this helps, if not, it will help a bit if you tell a bit more about what you want to accomplish.