New at MP2K Magazine -
12/16/2002
MP2K Magazine brings you the latest
news and information about Microsoft MapPoint and related Microsoft
geography products and includes programming articles, tutorials, and
more features. See the new Pushpin Tool, this add-in
for MapPoint can help make make your work with MapPoint
much more productive.
This week's contents
- news
- articles
- extras
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Working with pushpins in MapPoint? Get the
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include automatic labeling/balloons (you no longer have
to manually open and close each one!) and lat/lon export
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News
Pushpin Tool v2.2Working with
pushpin labels in MapPoint? You no longer have to manually open and
close each one -- get smart! Version 2.2 recently added a
latitude/longitude export to Excel feature.
MapPoint .NET Version 3.0An
article on Advisor encourages readers to "download the MapPoint .NET
software development kit (SDK) and access the MapPoint .NET Web
service to add maps, location finding, and routing to an
application."
MapPoint Mentioned in Gate's Comdex AddressA solution
for Kinko's including MapPoint .NET technology was recently featured
in Bill Gate's far-ranging Comdex fall keynote address. Gates was
joined onstage by Gary Kusin, president and CEO of Kinko's to
announce the new service.
MS
Selects AGS Data to Power MapPoint Data ServiceApplied Geographic Solutions, Inc. (AGS) is proud to announce
an agreement that will enable Microsoft Corporation to distribute
AGS’s market leading demographic and consumer marketing data through
Microsoft’s Excel 11 spreadsheet application.
Articles
In this article, Rahn Lieberman shows how to import an XML
file containing waypoint information into MapPoint 2002 as Pushpins.
Delphi Address VerifierYildiray
Elmaci shares a MapPoint solution developed in Delphi to verify
addresses including filling in missing information and returning the
lat/lon.
Extras
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Additional Coverage Areas The first ever
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