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MapForums Surpasses 25,000 Posts, MapPoint Downloads Last week MapForums users crossed the 25,000 mark in terms of number of posts in the forum. To see who has been the most active in the forums over the past months and previous years, go to Quick Links, and then Top Posters of the Month. MapForums also hosts a popular Downloads section with a number of tools, map templates, icon sets, and utilities to help you get the most out of MapPoint. Access to the Downloads section is $19.95 for three months. MapPoint Power Tools Spreadsheet Geocode Addresses Optimize Route Initialization Mapping An Address Distance Between Zip Codes Drawing Drivetime Zones Map Templates Single State Mapper Map Individual Counties Thin County Lines Worldwide Airport Database Other MapPoint Tools Drawing Radii (Circles) Import a Route with Stoptimes Numbered Balloon Images .... and many more useful tools and data sets for MapPoint to download. New tools are added regularly and members are encouraged to suggest or contribute additional downloads! Register or Upgrade your Account.

	RECENT NEWS

MapPoint 2010 Trial Version Download! The MapPoint 2010 trial had now appeared on the Microsoft Download Center here. See MapPoint 2010 Information on MapForums for a full round-up of articles and topics related to MapPoint 2010 and get a run-down on the many new features. Orders for MapPoint 2010 North America are now being taken here. Shipping October 1st. Volume discounts available. Free shipping within the U.S.

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	LATEST Q & A

AshA: Using long lists Newbie here. My use is to import long lists from Excel (sometimes over 1000) and get an optimized route. The list also has a column of address identifiers or codes. I would then like to have the program as a typical GPS with that list. The lists are always different. I've been using S&T but that limits to 50 on a route. Does MP allow long lists? Thanks ash.genroc@gmail.com ... coralfang: Problem with moving pushpins between pushpin sets Hi y'all, I just started using the mappoint for scheduling doctor's visit at my department, and I have already run into some issues. According to the Help session, one can move a pushpin by going to properties, and simply select the desired new pinpoint set. In my case, I want to move the "newly" registered patients into "seen" patient pushpin set. The problem is, I have created the "seen" patient pushpin set through import from an excel file. When I attem... dgcmedia: Creating Canadian Territories from FSA? Hello all - Using MapPoint 09, is it possible tp create territories for Canada using the first two characters of the FSA (Forward Sortation Area)? Is there another way? Thanks for the help! ... nbahl: MapPoint 2010 optimize gives different results Hello, Our application interfaces with MapPoint to do some routing and then optimizing the stops within that route. What I have noticed is that when we send the exact same stops to MapPoint we get a different end result for the stops after optimizing. To make sure it was not our application I created an Excel file and imported those stops and routed/optimized them and got different results each time. Does anyone else have this problem? Any ideas on settings that could affect this? Thanks....

	ARTICLES

Subscribe via RSS The articles list is now available for syndication on your web site or your favorite RSS news aggregator/reader. Using the New MapFeatures Collection and MapFeature Objects in MapPoint 2010 Richard Marsden explores the new MapFeatures Collection in MapPoint 2010 and how to programmatically control the "Map Settings" via the API. Includes a table with the complete list of the MapFeature indices. An Overview of the New Features in Microsoft MapPoint 2010 Richard Marsden highlights the new features in MapPoint 2010 including the "Map Settings" or cartographic layer pane, new programmatic capabilities for GPS control, GPS import/export and several other major enhancements including MapPoint 2009 "Fixes". BackAndForwardUtility: A Simple .NET Add-in for Microsoft MapPoint MapPoint 2009 introduced a new redesigned and streamlined interfaced which eliminated a couple of little-used buttons - the back and forward buttons for navigating map views. Richard Marsden shows how to get the functionality back using a .NET Add-in. Functional Programming with MapPoint and F#: Part 2 In this, the second of a two-part article on functional programming with MapPoint, Richard Marsden uses F# in a practical example classifying data points as wetlands based on hydrology, vegetation, and soil measurements. Functional Programming with MapPoint and F#: Part 1 The first of two articles by Richard Marsden on MapPoint and F#. Recently released as a full product by Microsoft, F# can be used as a functional language or as an imperative or object-oriented language, and is useful for multi-threaded programming. Calling MapPoint from C# with Late Binding Richard Marsden shows how to call MapPoint from C# using late binding or dynamic invocation. Late binding has a number of advantages in certain scenarios including being about to support multiple type libraries. Shape Name Utility The Shape Name Utility is a simple utility developed by Richard Marsden that allows a user to examine and/or change the names of MapPoint shapes. This article describes the code and how it works. Roll Your Own Commercial Routing System with MapPoint Matt Fritz shares his experience developing a routing application including discussion of MapPoint's strengths and limitations. The articles includes several screenshots illustrating the various components of the routing application. GPS and Other New Features in MapPoint 2009 Originally written for Laptop GPS World, this review of MapPoint 2009 focuses on users of GPS navigation. If you have questions about other aspects of this product, please address them to Map Forums. "Excel Basics to Blackbelt": A Reference Text for MapPoint Integration Dr. Elliot Bendoly shares information about his new textbook which includes information about integrating Excel and MapPoint.

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