diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/WmsImageLayer.cs b/MapControl/Shared/WmsImageLayer.cs
index f0363301..cf0a8ba1 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/WmsImageLayer.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/WmsImageLayer.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Globalization;
 #if WINDOWS_UWP
 using Windows.Data.Xml.Dom;
+using Windows.Foundation;
 using Windows.UI.Xaml;
 using Windows.UI.Xaml.Media;
 #else
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@ namespace MapControl
 
         private static IEnumerable<XmlElement> ChildElements(XmlElement element, string name)
         {
-            return element.ChildNodes.OfType<XmlElement>().Where(e => e.LocalName == name);
+            return element.ChildNodes.OfType<XmlElement>().Where(e => (string)e.LocalName == name);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/SampleApps/UniversalApp/MainPage.xaml.cs b/SampleApps/UniversalApp/MainPage.xaml.cs
index c44aafe2..b26fa372 100644
--- a/SampleApps/UniversalApp/MainPage.xaml.cs
+++ b/SampleApps/UniversalApp/MainPage.xaml.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 using MapControl;
-using MapControl.Caching;
 using ViewModel;
 using Windows.UI.Xaml;
 using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls;
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@ namespace UniversalApp
 
         public MainPage()
         {
+            ImageLoader.HttpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("User-Agent", "XAML Map Control Test Application");
             //TileImageLoader.Cache = new ImageFileCache(TileImageLoader.DefaultCacheFolder);
             //TileImageLoader.Cache = new FileDbCache(TileImageLoader.DefaultCacheFolder);
 
diff --git a/SampleApps/WpfApplication/MainWindow.xaml b/SampleApps/WpfApplication/MainWindow.xaml
index cc6fdfba..4510ea73 100644
--- a/SampleApps/WpfApplication/MainWindow.xaml
+++ b/SampleApps/WpfApplication/MainWindow.xaml
@@ -149,12 +149,10 @@
 
             <map:MapItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Points}"
                                  ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource PointItemStyle}"
-                                 IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
                                  SelectionMode="Extended"/>
 
             <map:MapItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Pushpins}"
-                                 ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource PushpinItemStyle}"
-                                 IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"/>
+                                 ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource PushpinItemStyle}"/>
 
             <map:Pushpin map:MapPanel.Location="65,-18" Content="Iceland"/>
             <map:Pushpin map:MapPanel.Location="71,25" Content="Norway"/>
diff --git a/SampleApps/WpfApplication/MainWindow.xaml.cs b/SampleApps/WpfApplication/MainWindow.xaml.cs
index 6301684a..32dc79a0 100644
--- a/SampleApps/WpfApplication/MainWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/SampleApps/WpfApplication/MainWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ namespace WpfApplication
     {
         public MainWindow()
         {
+            ImageLoader.HttpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("User-Agent", "XAML Map Control Test Application");
             //TileImageLoader.Cache = new MapControl.Caching.ImageFileCache(TileImageLoader.DefaultCacheFolder);
             //TileImageLoader.Cache = new MapControl.Caching.FileDbCache(TileImageLoader.DefaultCacheFolder);
+            //TileImageLoader.Cache = null;
 
             InitializeComponent();
         }
diff --git a/SampleApps/WpfApplication/WpfApplication.csproj b/SampleApps/WpfApplication/WpfApplication.csproj
index e3601a3c..e57d48cf 100644
--- a/SampleApps/WpfApplication/WpfApplication.csproj
+++ b/SampleApps/WpfApplication/WpfApplication.csproj
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="System" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
     <Reference Include="System.Runtime.Caching" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xaml">
       <RequiredTargetFramework>4.0</RequiredTargetFramework>