May 17, 2002   Denise Bleakly - I added 14 new pushpin icons to the available icons, and then created a new default map. When my users add 7-8 push pins, the software will no longer allow ...

May 16, 2002   Wim Verlinden - After someone places pushpins on the map I need their latitude and longitude in my VB program... Is this possible??? Thanks for your help Wim...

May 14, 2002   ketan parekh - Hi EB Can i use the Map point control features in my project. for e.g if you run the Mappoint.exe, goto Tools. There are list of features which i want to e...

May 13, 2002   Hugh - In response to an answer that I received earlier. MapPoint 2000 is unable to recognize census tract Ids in my first column of MS Excel data....

May 13, 2002   Jonathan Martin - I am wondering if anyone has built a COM add-in application or has written VB code that will query two sets of data in MapPoint 2002 and determine whether the l...

May 13, 2002   Sam Jowett - Several Postcodes in England have now been changed (in the last 9 mths)are there any downloads available to correct these changes or will I have to wait for & p...

May 13, 2002   Eddie Robinson - European Mappoint 2002 I would like to know how to update the Postcodes in the mapping software when the Post Office change the postcode or is there a better w...

May 12, 2002   Hugh - Is it possible to import data at the census tract level from MS Excel to MapPoint 2000?...

May 8, 2002   Max Cameron - [Background]
I am developing a demonstration system of security handset with GPS receiver for Asian and European customers.
In this system, I will ...

May 6, 2002   John Moore - Is there a way in MP2002 to delete addresses from the locate/find list either individually or globally?...

May 6, 2002   John - In my VB app, a boat is a pushpin displayed on the Mappoint control. When the Mappoint control is first shown, it must automatically zoom in until there are 3 b...

May 2, 2002   Tom Grove - I would like to display the information tag on each pushpin. we have a lot of them to display. I read in your help section that it could be accomlished via prog...

May 2, 2002   Hoang - In my app, it is required to allow the user to select an area on Mappoint, then select to retrieve all zip codes within that area. Currently I see that can be...

April 26, 2002   Peter - Can I save a map as a .pdf file?...

April 26, 2002   Keith Pendergast - Is it possible to use the Linkdata() method to connect to a pivot table which contains location data?...

April 25, 2002  Bryan Trolley - Is it possible to update the Address Data (Postal Codes, etc) within MapPoint 2002 on a regular basis (ie monthly)? Any info very much appreciated!...

April 24, 2002   maribago - Can someone who has successfully imported external maps (Shp or MIF/MID) into MP please comment? Is the resulting MP map as functional as Census boundaries and...

April 22, 2002   Cyndi - Can I print my map on one page, and the key, (or legend), on another?...

April 19, 2002   Sean - I have an app that adds a pushpin (a user selected address) and then sets that pushpin as a waypoint. The user adds another pushpin and sets that as a waypoint....

April 17, 2002   kurt - I understand how to right click on a push pin, open a new dataset, and place that pushpin in the new dataset. Is there a way to do this with a group of pushpi...

April 17, 2002  Steve - We want to use MapPoint on a Laptop computer in vehicles and tie it to a fixed mount GPS receiver so they will know their actual location. Any suggestions for ...

April 16, 2002   Cruz - Is it possible to expand upon the current 255 pushpin synbols? In orther words, I would like to add my own symbil as part of the pushpin symbols availabe to ma...

April 15, 2002   Ryan - I am new to mappoint, and still learning in VBA. I am writing an application in Access Projects, linked to a SQL Server. I need to be able to have the user se...

April 12, 2002   D.Newell - When trying to run Mappoint2002 on Win 2000 O/S it will not load on a normal login, However if Logged in as Administrator it loads up and works fine. Have you a...

April 9, 2002   Paul - Has Microsoft every quoted an accuracy figure (within 10 meteres) for their maps? I see that there is an answer in the FAQ, but it is not clear who responded, i...

April 4, 2002   Stew Hall - I am developing a VB application which calculates a route. If I know the current lat / long of a vehicle can I find the following 1. Has the vehicle left ...

March 28, 2002   eugenio morello - which is the transformation that MP use to convert geographical coordinates (latitude,longitude) to cartographic coordinate (X,Y) to draw the map? I have suppos...

March 27, 2002   Will Vereen - I have territories based on Counties. I have also imported sales by county. How can I get the sales to display by territory and to react dynamically to change...

March 26, 2002   Rick Price - When geocoding with MP2002 I have found when using Canadian Data, MP2002 does not seem to want to geocode to the address level and reverts to the postal code le...

March 18, 2002  Kirk in Toronto - I believe I answered my own question from earlier about the radius circles. My questions now is how use the demographic data provided on MapPoint with the circ...

March 17, 2002   Ben - Using Mappoint, is it possible to plot 50-100 addresses at one time on one map, say a 25 square mile area?...

March 16, 2002   David - I am a new user to MapPoint and I am very excited about the potential. I am developing territory maps for more than 100 sales executives. I see how link a sta...

March 15, 2002   Walter - I am a first time database developer working on an Access database. I have a list of 200,000 customer records that have Latitude and Longitude coordinates (for...

March 15, 2002   Lisa Cox - I am just beginning to create a map with different pushpin sets. Currently, I can only get Mappoint to display all of them simultaneously. I would like to be ab...

March 13, 2002   chris - Do you have mapping for new zealand currently and if not will there be future plans to do so?...

March 11, 2002   Naomi - I have a dataset of 390 hospitals with zipcodes, divided into high and low volume categories. I would like to be able to calculate the average distance from an...

March 10, 2002   jimmy Lo - I write an application that similar to find function in MapPoint 2002. However, I like to filter out some data(like parks and recreation) before display the dat...

March 10, 2002   kurt w - If I draw a closed shape around some pushpins, and if more than one type (ie dataset) of pushpin is within the closed shape, and then do Export to Excel, the re...

March 10, 2002   kurt w - If I have a dataset that is linked to a spreadsheet, is it possible to unlink it? My reason - I would like to update a spreadsheet, then update my map using ...

March 10, 2002   kurt w - Is it possible to save a MapPoint file in a form readable to MSStreets? (I can see that MapPoint can open MSStreets files, I want the other direction too)....

March 6, 2002   Eddie Robinson - I have recently created a VB application that uses MapPoint 2002 European but I am having a big problem creating a run time disc to go with the application. ...

March 4, 2002   kurt w - Export to Excel works from 'closed shapes'. Is it possible to export to Excel from a single defined territory? Ie, can a territory boundary be used as a clo...

March 1, 2002   kurt w43 - I just learned about the Schedule Stop feature, that allows me to enter stop duration for each stop. Instead of entering duration one at a time for each stop, ...

March 1, 2002   Stuart - As a newbie to both VB and Mappoint, I am gradually writing an application for my company. I have downloaded the utility to convert from OSGB co-ordinates to la...

March 1, 2002   Kevin Nash - Hello, I'm just starting to work with Mappoint 2002 and I was wondering is it possible to add your own menus or toolbars using VB Thanks for your help, Kevin...

February 28, 2002  Dong - How to get the Zip code of any position on the map, when use Mappoint control in VB. Please help me, Thanks. ...

February 27, 2002   Phuongpv - 1. I wrote a small application by VB code, I used Mappoint ActiveX Control 2002 in this application. 2. After opening a map, I selected an area on the active...

February 26, 2002   kurt wilkie - If I have one dataset with 300 pushpins, how do i open balloons for all of them with one command?...

February 25, 2002   P.Kasius - Presently we are working on a project in which we want to implement Mappoint 2002. FOr this project we need transport over land and over sea, all over the world...

February 24, 2002  Phuong - 1. I wrote a small application by VB code, I used Mappoint ActiveX Control 2002 in this application. 2. After opened a map, I selected a position on the acti...

February 23, 2002  Gudipudi Srikanth - Hi , I have gone through the MAPPoint technology recently. Its really a wonderful technology. I have a question about implementing MAPPoint technology in ou...

February 22, 2002   Don Discoe - I need to be able to export push pin data that is in a custom territory I have created. Just like I can by using the draw circle icon, make it a certain radi...

February 22, 2002   young-sun park - I'd like to connect my notebook with GPS through TARGUS port reflicator. I installed COM1 in TARGUS com port but mappoint can find com port 3 & 4 only. How ca...

February 20, 2002   Monte Sidhu - What is the BEST GPS receiver for Mappoint 2002 (North America)?? USB ?? PCMCIA?? Anything Please help me Thanks...

February 20, 2002   Frédérick - I would like to know if the maps of MapPoint are often updated, because, in my city, there is a boulevard which changed name into 1993, but in MapPoint the name...

February 18, 2002   Gianfra - Mappoint 2002 -> Pocket Streets. If I try to export a map with two or more cities I get the error "Error saving map...". The estimated map size is ~300KB. If I...

February 15, 2002  Gene - After shading demographic data by zipcodes in discrete equal range, I want to display the value for each zipcode in text. Is it possible to do this?...

February 15, 2002   dubolex - Hi, I'm looking for a software package that can give me a friendly interface to look-up addresses in a specific territory. There's a tight region of territory ...

February 14, 2002  kurt - Say I import a data file containing company names, addresses, and number of employees at each address. How can i draw a polygon around a subset of these comp...

February 11, 2002   Jason - I am new to Mappoint, so this question probably has been answered in the past. I have a set of addresses with the street and city information, but no zip code i...

February 11, 2002   David Irons - Hi Yall - Given a scatter plot of say 5000 points how can I construct an enclosing polygon ? (Not strictly a MapPoint problem.) Thanks in anticipation Dave ...

February 8, 2002   kurt - How do I import multiple datasets at one time, each with their own pushpin symbol? I often import 20-30 data sets, and it is tedious doing them one import at ...

February 4, 2002   CDawson - I have been using MapPoint to sequence route stops using the Optimize Stops tool. Once I do this, is there a way to have MapPoint pull linked data into an Exce...

February 1, 2002   martin zwigl - i have added the activeX component(s) to delphi. without a small example i don't know how to work with the interfaces and disp-interfaces. if somebody could su...

January 31, 2002   Tony - Hi.. I am having a problem with Map Point Application object from ASP. I tried Set objMPApp = CreateObject("MapPoint.Application") But it fails with a messag...

January 30, 2002   Jennifer - I am new to MapPoint and have created a push pin map successfully (with imported data), however I need to format the "ballons" so they don't cover other pin poi...

January 29, 2002   John - I have a list of 200 newspaper customers that is in Excel. I geocoded them into MapPoint2002 no problem. Yet when I go to display the software says it can only ...

January 25, 2002  Tim - Hi! I am looking for a way to find all zip codes within 10, 50 and 200 miles of a specific zip code. After I know how to do this for one, I would like to do i...

January 23, 2002  Andre Myburgh - Hi, I need help getting MapPoint.Application to function in French WinNT SP5. On ALL other operating systems, the following works fine: Dim oMapP as MapPo...

January 22, 2002   Christopher - Is there a way to determine the minimum distance between two shape objects in Mappoint 2002? Or the minimum distance between a point and a shape? This is a fe...

January 19, 2002  Guillermo - We are designing an application that will probably use MapPoint and I have two questions regarding the product:

1). What type of license should my customer ...

January 18, 2002   Larry Sackett - I've tried using the data link wizard to connect to a SQL Server database with approximately 1 million customers. The process always seems to fail after it has...

January 17, 2002   david - I'm trying to print a large, very detailed map with mappoint. It is to be about 4 feet by 4 feet, and should be detailed enough to show all street names on it....

January 17, 2002  Zia - Requirement:

We are looking for a software program that would allow us to enter 15000 locations, then by typing in one location (street+city+state or zip)...

January 15, 2002   Guillermo - Does it work only with the maps that incluide the software. If I´m from Mexico. Woul´d I be able to import maps that I have and use the tools of mappoint. Th...

January 15, 2002   john - Is it possible to export MapPoints' nearby places to excel with all its info. for example Police Stations?...

January 15, 2002   Mike Harrhy - Is there a public document that describes the MapPoint API for developers? As a software developer I need to judge if MapPoint will allow me to achieve all t...

January 11, 2002   chris - I have used the code supplied for the find postcode method but the VBA does not like the findresults command, has this been phased out for the 2001 edition....

January 10, 2002   Rachel - I recently made a shaded region map (consisting of selected entire states). I specified the legend to show a range of 0, 5, and 10, but when I print, it shows 0...

January 10, 2002   Rachel - Why do some maps take up the full page when they print, while others only take up about half of the page? Is there a way to resize the maps? I have tried zoomin...

January 9, 2002  Sullivan - I have over 500 data points/addresses and I would like to draw a 5-mile radius around each. Is there any way to do this automatically using MapPoint alone, w...

January 9, 2002   Hale - instead of mapping one address at a time, I want to "batch" several hundred all going to the same zip code and have street miles traveled for each returned to a...

January 9, 2002   Tim - I am plotting data by zip codes for Seminole County in Florida. I created an Excel file with all the zip codes in one column and my data in another. When I li...

January 7, 2002   david - Thanks for the useful article about linking mappoint with access to retrive driving directions and map but i was wondering is it possible to gain directions by ...

January 3, 2002   chris - I have downloaded the database example where you have two addresses in a db and then it calculates and pastes the map and directions back into access but can yo...

December 28, 2001   mwyne - I have about 1000 pushpins in 10 different catagories in one city, how can I turn some of these pushpins off, the map is a complete mess. I dont want to save di...

December 26, 2001  Sohail Amir - I have the following set of data in a tab-separated TXT file:

46038 North Zone
46032 North Zone
46027 North Zone
46013 Sout...

December 26, 2001   Eric - How do i change the default Line draw width (toolbar at bottom)in MapPoint 2001 (8.00.15) Its stuck at 5 point. I want it to default to something thinner....

December 23, 2001   James - Is Mappoint allows to import new map of my own and how? Thanks....

December 23, 2001   Ken Levy - Is there a way to get the altitude (height above mean sea level) for a location from MapPoint?...

December 21, 2001  Bobby - HI! I'm currently trying Mappoint 2002 (Trial). How I can set unvisible the MENU-Bar? (hide the MENU or CommandBar) (I don't meaning the toolbar) I'm using ...

December 20, 2001   Stan - Is there a way to isolate a single state for viewing/printing. I have played with the "Territories" function, but the rest of the U.S. still appears....

December 20, 2001   Desmond - Mappoint 2002 application provides the function that allow user to select printers and setup the pages, but I could not find the same function in the ActiveX Co...

December 20, 2001   Shel Leader - I am attempting to use the data import function to show areas by zip code with different, but fixed, values. In other words, I want to display zip codes with a ...

December 19, 2001   Natalie - While the UI and API in MapPoint 2002 are great, the program can't map about 10% of the street addresses we enter (Washington, DC Metro area). Is there any way...

December 19, 2001   chris - So how do i get it to calculate teh distance between two places on a form and return the distance and cost of travelling....

December 19, 2001   chris - Can MapPoint calculate the distance and cost between two locations. The cities will be text strings on a web page and teh answers will need to be posted back on...

December 19, 2001   John - I am from a medium duty truck manufacturer/distributer. We are looking to track sales by geographic location and our dealerships, defined by zip codes and area...

December 19, 2001  Bryan Thompson - Hi I am currenlty trying MP2K, I have one problem some of the UK postcode data is out of date nearly by 2 years, I require the most up to date data in order to ...

December 19, 2001   Martyn Sherriff - Why can't I identify areas in Northern Ireland by postcode when using MapPoint Europe 2002.For example BT08 4EY in Belfast is flagged as non existent....

December 18, 2001   Kevin Hayes - Is it possible to retrieve county names from the zip code/ or location object with a com addin? Thanks, Kevin...

December 18, 2001   Steve A - Is this possible with MapPoint ? I am using the full version of MapPoint 2002. I am about to attempt a programming project with VB & MapPoint. I will take ...

December 18, 2001   Pierce - is there a way to access the phone number of an item produced by the findnearby method?...

December 18, 2001   carson - Hi ! I'm trying to figure out how to use Mappoint with Visio to create network diagrams for my european network? Any thoughts or tools?...

December 18, 2001   Martin Stewart - I am using the evaluation version of Mappoint 2002 in a VB program. My program displays the european map with various pushpins pointing to street addresses. I...

December 17, 2001  Frank Hogan - Trip Standards: I'm thinking about purchasing MapPoint but want to be sure it handles a basic need. My company makes deliveries from our terminal(origin or hub)...

December 14, 2001   David - I currently use map Info with Block Group Data. Is there a way to import the Blockgroup data and boundries into MapPoint?...

December 13, 2001   Laure Chipman - My company develops software products for Realtors. We include an integrated mapping module, which we will need to replace soon (the API and data format will n...

December 13, 2001   Daniel Kleehammer - Is there anyway that I can change the colors of mapoint. We use ESRI's ArcView and we would like to make the maps resemble each other. Please help, we like the ...

December 13, 2001   David Schwartz - I am tring to create an addin which will go through a route that a user has selected and put a pushpin every location where there is a turn. When I put a pushp...

December 13, 2001   Cory Jobe - How do I get updatelink to work? I have an access database where I have inserted the MP control which opens a predefined map. I want to be able to update the ...

December 12, 2001   sharad - I am facing following problem using map point. 1)I am developing application using mappoint. our client want to send email to their client from the Map point....

December 12, 2001   Tony - My company is looking at purchasing a new mapping program. And I was wondering if MP2K is the right program for our application. We would need to import our d...

December 12, 2001  Matthew Thompson - Hello. We currently have large-format printing capabilities, but only in B&W. Is there a company that I can e-mail a MapPoint file to and get, in return, a la...

December 12, 2001  stuart - Has anyone had any problems setting the value of the PreferredDeparture property in the Waypoint object? I was having problems with this a while ago, but the si...

December 11, 2001   R G Musgrove - I have an electric transmission line that is defined by several latitudes and longitudes. I can plot it with MapPoint. However, I need to determine all the ad...

December 11, 2001   Tim Clark - Does anyone have sample VB6 code to show an address on the map using MapPoint 2002 with an OCX? ...

December 11, 2001   chris - With regrads to my last question, we have drivers who drive selected routes , I was wondering if the end point of one road which will be stored in northing and ...

December 11, 2001   Ian Plunkett - I'm developing an application in VFP that uses the MapPoint 2002 ActiveX component. The embedded object functions just fine but when I try to leave my applicati...

December 10, 2001  Ricardo Ferrao - Ok, I've several questions.

1) If it's possible, how can I retrieve all points (lat/lon) that belong to the road network?
2) Again, if it's possible ...

December 9, 2001   Ricardo Ferrao - I understand that I can't add/edit/delete roads from MapPoint but is it possible to retrive the road data (nodes and edges) to insert it in a access database?...

December 7, 2001   Kevin - MapPoint 2002 seems to be missing the MSA/PMSA for Boston! I imported all my data (matching the records by zip code) and when I display it by Metroploitan Area ...

December 7, 2001  Craig Clark - On Mappoint 2001 or 2002 it seems the the gps information is updated about ever 30 to 45 seconds. Is it possible to change the update rate so that the icon is u...

December 6, 2001   Stuart - I am using Borland's C++Builder 4 to control MapPoint 2002. I call OLE functions using Variants. The following code used to work in MapPoint 2001... Variant...

December 5, 2001   sharad - I am exporting the data related to the client from our database to EXEL file then from the exel file to map point. Map point Maps all client under the one push...

December 4, 2001   Stuart - Is there a developer's version of MapPoint Europe which can be customised for use on a website? ...

December 3, 2001   sharad - I am trying to use the Mappoint in my application developing in VC++ . i inserted the ActiveX control in a dialogbox.But Problem is that. for the first time My...

December 3, 2001   Paul - We have ESRI data for Puero Rico. We can load it, but we are not able to zoom into it. We get stuck at 150km. Any thoughts?...

December 3, 2001   chris - is it possible for map point to work out a route from the end of one route to the start of another route and the bring the result into access, also this one may...

December 3, 2001  Lori - Can I turn off the "show information" feature for a SET of pushpins, rather than one by one? Currently I go to each pushpin, right click and select show inform...

December 3, 2001   Bill - I have an Access database that sends address information to Mappoint to create a route and optimize it and return the optimized route back to Access to print a ...

December 3, 2001   Ivan Turcan - It is possible to drag / drop (move) an PushPin on the map. How do we block that ? ...

November 30, 2001   Paul Rogers - I want to use Mappoint in Conjunction with OMNIS (RAD Tool). Are all the COM Methods available on the ActiveX? Also can you still get a Trial Version in the UK?...

November 29, 2001   Diana Martin - My boss is looking for a softwear program into which one can enter 100-200 names/addresses, then by typing in one address(or name), pull up a list of all addres...

November 29, 2001   Marilyn Lieber - Our nonprofit wants to use mappoint to show where our various statewide programs are in place. We want our map to be just Michigan and we want to add legislati...

November 29, 2001   Gary Underwoood - I am new to MapPoint and am trying to create a data map with the counties in my state shaded to show the number of visits made to each county. I keep getting m...

November 28, 2001   Neal - I need some sample code that takes my address fields from MS Access and sends them to mappoint and then updates my Access table with the Lat Long for each addre...

November 28, 2001   Alasdair - Can you link me to some examples of Visual C++ code to use the mappoint control object. Specifically I am falling at the first hurdle and can not open a new...

November 27, 2001   joe ferraro - Each time I run my Application (Mappoint 2002, Access 2000, VBA) I take a copy of a map with Custom Terrirories and add pushpins to it. I need to find what pus...

November 27, 2001   T Strader - In using MapPoint in programming with VB how do you shut off the automatic construction update? This create a MapPoint Network files cannot be accessed at this...

November 26, 2001   William - Hi, I have been working on an application that uses an Access database for service call information that connects to Mappoint to optimize the service call route...

November 26, 2001   Justin - Hello all, I have been running the vba code with no problems using Access 2000 and Mappoint 2001. I recently upgraded to MapPoint 2002 and now when the code ...

November 24, 2001   Brian Kneller - I am trying to write some code which mimicks the behaviour of clicking on a direction line in a calculated route, i.e. the map is zoomed to show a good view of ...

November 23, 2001  Desmond - I am using MapPoint Control in another ActiveX control, which is loaded by a web page. The following is the Terminate() method in the ActiveX,...

November 23, 2001   Don Walker - Can you turn off City Names when plotting data? I find that having the map cleaner is better for concentrating on the shading, etc. Highways, etc., can be tur...

November 23, 2001   Reinhold Gruber - I use MapPoint 2002, I`m trying to develop the reverse geocoding. The example in your page works good, but i want to receive not only one Street! I set the Lon...

November 21, 2001   Kerri - How does Microsoft send you updates on MapPoint 2002 so the data addresses stay up to date? Is it free?...

November 19, 2001   Tom - How do I send you information to be updated for your next release? and when is your next release scheduled?...

November 19, 2001   dbarnes - can mappoint read and display block group codes...

November 19, 2001   O' Neil - How can I upload my map into browser,and allowing visitor interacting with my map for shortest path?...

November 16, 2001   Desmond Chen - Is there a way to create a custom pushpin, using an image from Internet (using URL) instead of using an image on local machine? ...

November 15, 2001   Desmond Chen - Is there a way to bring up "Location Sensor" programatically? (In a application which use MapPoint Control)...

November 15, 2001   Ted Gallant - I cannot install my copy of MapPoint 2002 either custom or express. It is telling me that I am missing the file msmap\pfiles\msmap\usa.vlf. Where can I get a ...

November 14, 2001   Elliott L. Wood - Thanks for the answer on Pocket Streets map size. I was trying to export a map of the DFW Metroplex and I keep getting a message indicating that I had exceeded ...

November 14, 2001   michelle pina - in adding vendors in the excel side to be linked to the map we have many providers with the same address & our corporation finds that the addresses works best a...

November 14, 2001   michelle pina - i have a file in excel that is over 2000 and mappoint will not allow it to link over 2,000 values. very big issue. please help. ...

November 13, 2001  Mike Enloe - Is there a way I can put datasets linked to an Access database on the map, and in time intervals, show them moving on a map by refreshing the coordinates on the...

November 12, 2001  Lenny Nelson - My business has a fleet of 19 trucks which make local deliveries. I am looking for a way to track and manage the fleet better. What can Mappoint offer me? Doe...

November 12, 2001   Aravind Datla - I am trying to build an application using mappoint. I want to find out the nearby street names of a given location or address based on a distance parameter like...

November 9, 2001   Elliott L. Wood - What is the maximum map size I can export to Pocket Streets? Seems to be about 5Mg. And why is that the limit since much larger maps could be stored in newer P...

November 9, 2001   trevor - when will updated maps be available because they are outdated?...

November 9, 2001   Judy Shanahan - Looking for a program where I can plug in zip codes of our dealers and zip codes of our customers allowing the customers to locate closer dealer by zip code....

November 8, 2001   Max - I have been using MapPoint 2002 w/WIN98. Recently I purchased a laptop with XP. Now MapPoint won't import by .bmp file. Is there anything with XP that could ca...

November 7, 2001   CK Schmidt - How can I find a past article on linking Excel & MapPoint?...

November 7, 2001   C.K. Schmidt - How can I find article(s) 39 & 47 referred to in MP help page?...

November 7, 2001   Stew Hall - I am developing a VB application using the Mapponit Control. When using the calculate command to find a route, the route directions are displayed in a grid abov...

November 6, 2001  Pascal Leonardy - About: Street-level map for Greece. I reviewed carefully the Q&A and it seems that no solution exist to add street data for a country in MP2002-Europe. Is ther...

November 6, 2001   nicolas - I have map point europe and i'd like to find & import north america datas... wher can i find that...and how can i import it...

November 6, 2001   Arthur - How to get the most practical and easy directions from Map Point? ...

November 5, 2001   Tom Weigel - I've found many addresses that were not on MapPoint 2002 that I know are validate and they are also showing on an older version of Streets and Maps. Is Mappoint...

November 5, 2001   Stew Hall - I wish to develop an application using mappoint and Delphi 5. Has anyone got any sample code to help me on my way, especially the FindResults method....

November 5, 2001   David - When I call and open up MapPoint from VB as a separate application and render a map, I occasionally get a 'Component Request Pending' and Switch To/Retry button...

November 5, 2001  Emilio Guerra - Hello. I've been told that Mappoint 2002 has the Census Tracts for the 1990 Census and not the 2000 Census. This must be so, because everytime I try to import...

November 3, 2001   Kenny Brownlee - I'm trying to install MP2002 with the "deploy over Network" I get INTERNAL ERROR: 2203 D:\MAPPOINT\MSMAP\DATA.MSI,-2147287035 Can anyone help.. Running Win200...

November 2, 2001   Ed Byrne - Addresses verified with USPS in Access database will not match to MapPoint 2002, why?...

November 2, 2001   Bill Potthoff - How do I import updated demographic data into MapPoint 2001? Thanks....

November 1, 2001   Scott Townsend - Can the Maps in mappoint 2002 be used interchangibly with older versions. We have the prior version on computers here and when we buy more we were going to go ...

November 1, 2001   Todd - How can you change the Map view to show ALL the zipcodes on the United States map?...

November 1, 2001   Max - Is MapPoint Version 2002 compatable with Microsoft XP? Or will there be some upgrade required?...

October 31, 2001   Dan Goldberg - Does Mappoint allow you to create territories with street boundaries?? Also can you shade the territories??...

October 31, 2001   Ian - When you embed the COM object into a form you automatically have access to the MapPoint toolbar when the map object is live. However, when you embed the ActiveX...

October 31, 2001   Roelf - I would like to calculate the distance from multiple origins to one destinations. How do I do this without entering them seperatly. Thanks....

October 30, 2001  katie - I just downloaded the Tool Spatial data import tool, to let me import MapInfo and ESRI files into MapPoint. I get an error dialog saying the comgld32.ocx is no...

October 29, 2001   George Wilson - Hello from Dubbo (NSW, Australia). I am very anxious to get the nuts and bolts info on the ancillaries of mappoint. eg. available tooling to render maybe import...

October 29, 2001   David Fitzgerald - Can I select counties from a listing in mp2k and have them shaded and displaying the county name only (to define jurisdictions based on county lines)? I don't w...

October 28, 2001   Joe - Greetings! Useful site! I've got to get a demo up and running QUICKLY, and was having trouble doing somethin I thought would be simple. Assuming I have a VB app...

October 27, 2001   John M - I am currently using MapPoint 2002. Is there a way to print the data that you just imported or linked into your map? To be more precise, when you drag your mo...

October 26, 2001   Claudio - 27/10/01 Thanks for your previous answer but the infos are not enougth to solve my needs. Is the problem discovered one bug? there are some fix? Do you know if...

October 26, 2001   John - I developed an Access application that used OLE MapPoint2001 Maps in both forms and reports. The map quality was very good, same as a copy and past. After u...

October 26, 2001   Michelle - One more question...I have downloaded the Spatial Import Utility and it shows up under the Tools Menu in MapPoint, but when I click on it I get an Error 372: Fa...

October 26, 2001   Glenn Trygstad - I need to add bus routes to a map. What are my best options?...

October 26, 2001   Michelle - A couple weeks ago I asked you if it would be possible to create a territory map in MapPoint based on zip codes but also show the county boundries. I was told I...

October 25, 2001   Jim - Using the Spatial Data Import Com Add-in, I have had zero success importing ArcView street centerlines. Is their a certain format / structure the street center...

October 25, 2001   Mike O'Grady - I am using MP2000 and want to import data collected from a XML application (part of my masters degree). What fields - specifically address related fields should...

October 25, 2001   Andrew Evangelou - I am developing an application, which as part, uses mappoint. As it is intended for wider use, I need data for Australia. Is there any download for this or wo...

October 24, 2001   Jim A - How do I import ArcView shape files? I have downloaded the SpatialDataImportCode, unzipped it and now I'm lost! Thanks....

October 24, 2001   Torsten Buhrke - MapPoint file with imported lat/long data for the entire US. When zooming in on the screen, any zoom level possible. When trying to print a low zoom level, it a...

October 24, 2001  Dave Luse - is there a way to exclude other countries or states from a map. What i am interested in is something like what can be done with mapinfo MIF files. thanks,DL...

October 23, 2001   Steve Boyd - Is there a way to acquire a copy of MapPoint2002 Europe from a U.S. location? Amazon.co.uk specifies only European countries for their software, and various MS...

October 23, 2001   Charlie Correos - Is it possible to clip the supplied data so that only the portion needed can be packaged with a custom application? I'm developing a VB app that only needs data...

October 23, 2001   Michael - Is it possible to have Mappoint show multiple color pushpins for the same city simultaneously. For example, we have employees who work out of the same office, ...

October 22, 2001   jimk - Mappoint-Refresh linked data on a form load event without launching the link wizard? The Code sample you suggessted (that I read before asking) loads the wizard...

October 22, 2001   Ronn Ybarra - This question is concerning Mappoint 2000. Please help me if you can. When I do a print preview and zoom in on the area of a map I want to print and then attem...

October 22, 2001   Jennifer Betz - Are the population projections on the new Mappoint 2002 based on the 2000 U.S. Census?...

October 22, 2001   jimk - MapPoint 2002 Is it possible to add multiple sets of data to the same map? I would like to show vendor locations with one color of pushpins and customer sales i...

October 22, 2001   Jim K - Is there a code sample to automatically refresh linked data on a form load event without launching the link wizard?...

October 20, 2001   Bill Gray - The specs say that MapPoint requires a Pentium machine. Will MP2K run with a Celeron machine??...

October 19, 2001   Reinhold Gruber - I try to develop reverse Geocoding with MapPoint 2001. Is there any way for "FindResults", "FindNearby" and so on in MapPoint 2001? How can I develop an "FindN...

October 18, 2001   Sean Bradley - Is MapPoint appropriate? I need a mapping system to intergrate with an in-house application, the following are the major feature I need: 1) Street level map...

October 17, 2001   M. Cameron - Where can I find documentation on the Link data Features MapPoint 2002?...

October 15, 2001   M. Cameron - I'm using MapPoint 2002. How can I adjust for the GPS data being sent in HR/MIN/SEC to allow MapPoint to accept the GPS lat-lon as decimal degrees? Second qu...

October 15, 2001   Zhang - Can I get the Northing and Easting coordinates from the Latitude and Longitude?...

October 15, 2001   Steve Boyd - I'm in the process of upgrading our network from NT4 to Win2k, and MapPoint clients from 2000 to 2002. When I install MP2000 on a Win2k machine, only users with...

October 12, 2001   James Kipp - Regarding a question I sent yesterday about the source of Mappoint's 2002 demographic data, I am specifically interested in Hispanic population counts. In Mappo...

October 12, 2001   Nancy Clickman - We have purchased MapPoint 2002. Is there any way to change the width of the boundary lines when plotting multiple census tracts in a city? The lines are so t...

October 11, 2001   James Kipp - Does Mappoint 2002 use demographic data (population) based on the 2000 census. Or is the data still based on projections?...

October 11, 2001   Heather - Hello - I'm plotting point locations over MapPoint maps using the numbered circle icons available in the mappoint default symbol palette. However, there are no...

October 11, 2001   Claudio - Hi I am not able to export in pocket streets some specific part of map. The export start but at the end one msg error appears : error saving pocket street maps...

October 11, 2001   Howard Jones - Is it possible to update the maps to take account of new roads? I have recently bought the current UK edition, but it does not show, for example, the newly ope...

October 11, 2001  Jack Melgers - Is it possible to hide a polyline in MapPoint? I tried to do this by setting both the Fill and the Line visible properties to false, but a thin polyline remains...

October 10, 2001   Michelle - I am using MapPoint 2002 to create a map of our salespeople's territories by zip code. I would like to see the county borders on this map as well. Is there a ...

October 10, 2001   Elena Florescu - I have developed a VB application using MapPoint and I am trying to install my package on a computer without MapPoint installed (and no license yet, just for te...

October 10, 2001   JohnH - Using the shaded circle map and linked data, can I add some VB code which would show me much more linked info in the yellow box (e.g., customer sales, contact n...

October 6, 2001   John - Using find nearby places, can I 1)print the map with the one mile circle shown and can I export the places I found to excel...

October 6, 2001   Ken - Is there a way to control the display of town names, streets and other elements so we can make a map less cluttered? I understand the limited choices of pre-fo...

October 5, 2001   Cliff Stevens - Topographic Mapping. I would like to find some raw data to import into MapPoint 2001 so that when I display maps, I can see a graphic representation of the top...

October 2, 2001   Patrick Price - Can Mappoint show only one state (without surrounding states) and/or html export just one state with it's internal counties? Eg: when opening Mappoint I only w...

October 2, 2001  Jim - I need to create "location" maps (like often seen in Hotel/Motel directories). The ultimate work product is a printed directory. I would like to create the maps...

October 1, 2001  Jack Melgers - I have a main form that contains a Menu-component and a MapPoint Map component. I´ve seen that it´s possible to merge the MapPoint-menu into the main form´s men...

September 29, 2001   R Jones - How do I export lat/long fields from Mappoint to Excel...

September 28, 2001   SCB - WAY Too much detail!!! Is there a way to get rid of the names of town/cities/rivers/countires.... When looking at a map, I should be able to turn off detail...

September 26, 2001   scott - Using the radius tool, I would like to import a list of addresses and have MapPoint display only those that are outside a 50 mile radius around a point. ...

September 26, 2001   Ralph Joiner - Is there a simple way to access MapPoint 2002 within a browser so that a user-entered GPS point is passed to MapPoint, and the browser displays a MapPoint map w...

September 25, 2001   Mark Fisher - Is is possible to print out a map so that it prints on 9 - 8 1/2 x 11 sheets that can be taped together to create a 25 1/2 x 33 map. (I'm not concerned about t...

September 25, 2001   Rekha - I have Microsoft Mappoint 2001 and I am trying to Move LeftRight and Move UpDown Map in my VC++ code, but I am not finding any appropriate functions to do that....

September 24, 2001  Carlos Estrada - Is it possible to create my own terrytory from a group of points or street names?...

September 21, 2001   gus - Can I freely distribute applications with the mappoint activex component in it. Or is there a licensing fee for each user? If there is a licensing fee how muc...

September 21, 2001   Anthony Hunt - I am developing in the UK and I need a way of converting British Ordinance Survey Easting and Northing co-ordinates for placing pushpins in VB. Any ideas?...

September 20, 2001   fred sun - i am using mappoint 2002 objects to build a com. it can work when invoked by an exe file. but it can't work when invoked by asp on server side. i can see the pr...

September 19, 2001   Bill Altman - I'm using MP2K, Our territory is approx. 150 miles around Houston,Texas . I have 4 salesmen that cover this territory. Divided by Zip codes. I have known zip ...

September 19, 2001   Joshua - I am currently running Mappoint 2001 and will buy 2002 if it can do the following: I want to plot routes for each of my 300 employees to five different work lo...

September 18, 2001  Julie Sterner - I am inquiring about labeling territories. Is it possible to make a label show up for each separate area of a territory displayed on the map instead of only bei...

September 18, 2001  Kristoffer Ryden - I'm interested to know if I can get maps for Australia - specifically Queensland and New South Wales - to support a food distribution company. If MapPoint does ...

September 18, 2001  Al Erickson - Does anyone know of a USB to Serial (RS232) adapter that works with MP2002? Microsoft says there 'may' be some that do not work with MP2001 but I haven't been ...

September 17, 2001   Frank - I am using MapPoint 2000 and I am having problems displaying and printing shaded area maps of the entire U.S. Basically, I imported an Excel file with approx. ...

September 17, 2001   Jack Melgers - Is it possible to add a new point to an existing polyline? I´m now using the vertices property to get the array of locations of the polyline, then I add a poin...

September 14, 2001   Stefan du Toit - I have a Visual C++ 6.0 Application that creates a MapPoint application via OLE Automation. I am not using MapPoint as a Control. How do you receive Events (e.g...

September 14, 2001   Brian Perch - Will Mappoint 2002 handle the following [with possible programming effort in VB]. The company I work for has multiple territories consisting of zip codes. The...

September 14, 2001   Brian Perch - This is simular to Julie's question. Let's say I have a territory number, zip code, and dollar amount in an excel file. Is it possible to display the Dollar a...

September 13, 2001   Julie Sterner - I am using MapPoint 2001. I am importing data from excel that is separated into zip codes. Each zip code has a number associated with it. To display this data I...

September 13, 2001  Eric Packwood - I was wondering if there was any direct method to do reverse geocoding. I have a lat/long and need to get a block address from it, but i haven't been able to f...

September 12, 2001   Leah Fay - I am looking to create territories based on time zones in the U.S. Does MapPoint have this capability?...

September 12, 2001   Rod Schatz - I am about to embark on a GIS study for a local Police force. I would like to geocode the information and display it on the map. How good is the Map Point dat...

September 12, 2001   Chris Church - I have a need to find a whole length of a road is there anyway map point can show me the road from start to finish just by typing in the road e.g. a motorway nu...

September 11, 2001   Mark Richmond - Where can I get information or program upgrades to support South American countries? I need to map territories in major cities, but I can only get as low as sta...

September 11, 2001   Alex - As it stands now, most locations that I feed MapPoint have fully resolved addresses but there are always those for which I have only a general idea of the area ...

September 8, 2001   Mark Bentley - Is it possible to have MapPoint2002 create a pushpin automatically from a Postcode? It works when the textual address is entered, but when the Postcode is used ...

September 7, 2001   Steven Abajian - We created a route of 700+ stops and optimized it. How do we export the route list to Excel? ...

September 7, 2001   j.johnston - I have a client who would like me to develop a product that allows him to run multiple traveltime analysis based on impedance along a network. I'm gathering tha...

September 7, 2001   Terry B - We just purchased Mappoint 2002 and have Excel 2000. When we try to either Export to Mappoint or use the import wizard we get an invalid format error. What shou...

September 7, 2001   Henry - Does MapPoint 2002 come with or can it come with demographic data. i.e. Home values, households, vehicles, businesses buy zip code? We are an Insurance company...

September 6, 2001   Scott - My company recently purchased two copies of the MapPoint 2002 60-day trial software. The two users who are evaluating the software are using Windows NT 4.0 and...

September 6, 2001  Lennia - I want to create a pushpin data map that displays my customers/employees by Zip code but I do not want the State names to show. I just want a blank US shaped ma...

September 6, 2001   Dan - I have just read B.J. Holtgrewe's v.interesting article (Date: 06/12/2001) "Expanding The Functionality of Microsoft MapPoint 2002 Microsoft Senior Product Man...

September 5, 2001   Vincent - Using the Map Point API from VB I sometimes get the following error message: "The file name is too long. Enter a shorter file name, and try again." when calling...

September 5, 2001  Sarah - Can I pull data from iMis Millenium and map it with MapPoint?...

September 5, 2001  Heather - When using the shaded circles to plot a sum of net value by territory, how does mappoint determine where to actually place the circles on the map? Is it place...

September 5, 2001   Dan Cookson - Have successfully exported a map selection from MapPoint2002 to Pocket Streets on my IPAQ. Looks good, however map appears distorted/squashed.Any ideas why?...

September 4, 2001   Paul Tay - Why would the export to excel fuction be disabled?...

September 4, 2001   Heather - Hello, I'm wondering if there is a way to include a scale bar on map images saved as a web page from Mappoint?...

September 4, 2001   Dale Schoonover - I am currently running the MapPoint 2002 Trial. I've found the Manifold Add-on for MapPoint but I'm curious if there are any other 3rd party developers who off...

September 4, 2001   David Irons - Can 'customer symbols" be saved within the MapPoint resource symbol file ? I want them to always be available when selecting symbols....

September 1, 2001   Richard Waid - My Mappoint 2002 came with only the CD's and a rebate form in the box. Is there supposed to be some kind of documentation? Does anyone know where I can get a ...

August 31, 2001   Eric Martin - Our company currently uses Access for scheduling and dispatch of jobs to be done by techs. I am looking for a program that can show maps of areas to help my dis...

August 30, 2001   Kimberly Debnam - Are there com add-ins for Mappoint that have already been created that I can review and/or download from the web?...

August 30, 2001  David Luse - I am trying to indicate service areas by using a specific radious out from a location. IE a location is indicatted by the Zip code of that "store" and they cov...

August 29, 2001   Tbui - I would Like to do a silent install and specify a specific location and type of install I want to do. What is the best way of going about this. I saw one on usi...

August 29, 2001   Heather - After using the Link Data Wizard in Microsoft MapPoint 2002, the sumation of net values by Territory is inaccurate. Why would mappoint sum this information in...

August 28, 2001   Nathan - I have 2 sets of data detailing locations. The first details the existing location, and the second a new proposed alternative. Is it possible for mappoint to ...

August 28, 2001   Bill Waibel - After installing MapPoint 2002, whenever I open a Word 2000 document which contains graffics, the document opens displaying a lot of internal reference markers ...

August 27, 2001   wendy - Is it possible to group several pushpins together,(say if there are several on the same street)as one pushpin, then after pushing on that pushpin, have it open ...

August 27, 2001   wendy - What is the "Programming Model" of Mappoint, and how would I go about obtaining it?...

August 27, 2001   John C. Womer - I am currently running the MapPoint Trial. (I already have Office XP and Visio 2002). MapPoint seems like it could really help us, but the selection of maps see...

August 27, 2001   Susan Katz - I need to create a map with MapPoint that shows zip codes by colors. In other words, I have an area in Ohio and need to see where specific zip codes are. How ...

August 26, 2001   Ken Davis - I'm trying to write a VB MapPoint app that assists in a delivery business. This app would contain client's addresses, perform routing info and finally export t...

August 24, 2001   Desmond Chen - I am trying to build an activeX control using MapPointControl as a part of a web application. The idea is to have the user install MP locally, but download the...

August 24, 2001   Ken Geange - Does pocket streets provide the ability to link to a GPS receiver over a TCP connection or does it only monitor the serial port for incomming NMEA formatted GPS...

August 24, 2001   Olivier Schaeffer - Is there a way to change the GPS refresh rate to lower than 15 sec in MP2002 ?? Is it also possible in the new GPS addon for pocketstreets ?? thanks....

August 24, 2001   Kim Giberson - How do I keep pushpin balloons from overlapping. I have tried to reposition them. How can I make them one line only or make the balloon smaller...

August 24, 2001   Steve Westerholm - I am using the MapPoint ActiveX control in a VB App, and would like to know if I can programatically control the user from accessing the ocassional Hyperlink in...

August 24, 2001   John Edwards - I have MapPoint 2002 Europe & North America; how can I add the N America maps to Europe?...

August 23, 2001   Bill - I noticed you answered a question earlier about adding streets and you said that the only thing to do was to wait for the next version. How often will a new ve...

August 22, 2001  S.P. - Is there a MapPoint book that shows the different objects that can be used in VB code?...

August 22, 2001   Mily - How do I get the map to show me city boundaries or limits?...

August 21, 2001   John Colburn - I have created 5 pixel (crosses) of various colors taken from the approved sample palette. The map redraw rate in a multiple symbol map is several hundred time...

August 21, 2001   Monnie Robinson - In your experence, does the Delorme Earthmate GPS receiver work with MapPoint 2002? My tests show the receiver works ok. Any ideas?...

August 21, 2001   E.W. - I work for a county government. We have an Access database with all the valid addresses within our county. We would like to draw and label an irregular area o...

August 20, 2001   Steve Bennett - When I imported data at the county level for MA as I imported I had to select the county match where the county name could be the same in multiple states. This...

August 20, 2001   Peter - Is it possible highlight county lines one color and city lines another?...

August 20, 2001   mike - Is there a way to add streets to the map and have them recognized when the address is searched?...

August 20, 2001   Mike - I am working with a transportation route design. I broke down the area into zipcode territories. Is there a way to take part of a zipcode and split it betwee...

August 20, 2001   Dan McGinn-Combs - I wonder if there is a way to import MP2k2 data into MP2k1 software? Or at least convert the 2002 ptm file so it works with 2001 version? The "old" version keep...

August 20, 2001   Shawn Ramirez - I would like to use MapPoint 2002 to map a route based off a saved map with pushpins that I have loaded from a database. How do I do this?...

August 20, 2001   Claudio - how is the possibility to know the nearest route ( complete with town, region, country names) from one georefered point ( lat and log) using one vb scrypt? Tha...

August 19, 2001   david isom - I have read you can zoom the map to any lat/long from code once done can you display an icon at that specific point ? What is the likely overhead of doing t...

August 17, 2001   Simon Farrow - I am looking at buying MapPoint Europe 2002 edition, but I'm not sure it can do what I require. I am writing a Call Centre Application in Visual Basic 6. If a c...

August 16, 2001   Joan Pottinger - Is there anyway to plot your information at one time on the map, instead of clicking on a pushpin to see the information related to the pushpin? My old mapping...

August 16, 2001  Bill - I do not own MapPoint. I am comparing Rand McNally's Tripmaker with your product. Does MapPoint have a website that shows the current road conditions? (construc...

August 16, 2001   Malek HImadeh - I would like to inuqire about the possibility of having the MapPoint software used for regions outside North America and Europe. I am software marketing manage...

August 16, 2001  Sacha Anderson - Much of the information in MapPoint Europe is pretty scant, like restaurants for instance. Is it possible to obtain enhancements to this information. I downlo...

August 15, 2001   Paul M. Kelly - Does Microsoft (or anyone) off the 5 digit zip boundaries as an add on to mappoint?...

August 15, 2001   Mark Cooper - Does Map Point 2002 have multiple profiles for diferent types of car. i.e if I want to plot a route for employee 1 can I put in ther MPG etc. and store it for f...

August 15, 2001   Angus McDonald - I am using the Great Britain version of MappPoint2000. I have various datasets (as Acess Databases and comma separated text files) georeferenced to GB Ordnance ...

August 14, 2001   Alec - Mappoint 2002 - can a control not an application be implented into a Visual C++ 6.0 Application. Are there any code samples or documentation on Mappoint and Vi...

August 13, 2001   Tom Grounds - Can I purchase MapPoint 2002 for Europe here in the United States? If so, from where?...

August 13, 2001   Trevor Ross - Please could you tell me if, in the European version of MapPoint 2002, there is a detailed map of Ireland that I could import data from Excel into so that I cou...

August 11, 2001   ed - When the user clicks on the MP2K map, the 'Select a Place' listbox is sometimes displayed. When an item in this list is clicked, MP2K then displays an outlined...

August 10, 2001   Bill - Let's try again. I want to import addresses into Mappoint, create a route, optimize the route, and then export the optimized route and or print it out. I'm no...

August 9, 2001   Marisol - With MapPoint 2002 are you able to change the color of the words/state and city names. So that do not appear as a wash-out with the background color of the map...

August 9, 2001   Marisol - Using MapPoint 2002, is there a way to increase the sizes of the pushpins?...

August 9, 2001  frank Korkmaz - Is there any books that teach how to use map point 2002?...

August 8, 2001   Robert K. - Can MapPoint two be incorporated as an interactive map on a website through integration with other Office or MS products, allowing zoom and panning etc.? If th...

August 8, 2001   Bert Beckman - I am using MP2001. When I created a sized circle map based on 13,000+ postal codes I get a message that says something to the effect of more than 8 classes and ...

August 8, 2001   Bert Beckman - I am using Mappoint 2001 and mapping data from an Excel s/s. Is there any way to get a list of the items that were not mapped? I am in Canada and it is mapping ...

August 8, 2001   Mark - Are there any updates concerning sample code and dll MS is writing to import ESRI shape files? When will this be released?...

August 8, 2001   John - Is There any way to Zoom Specific Lat/Long and be able to control zoom factor using VB code?...

August 8, 2001  James Lister - When importing from MS Excel .csv files into MapPoint 2002 to create pushpins, I always seem to get skipped records. I have been through all the postcodes and ...

August 7, 2001   Bill - I have a client who is trying to map out the most effecient routes for answering service calls. Mappoint seems to do all he needs, but he only wants to print o...

August 7, 2001  Richard Robinson - When I try to place a pushpin at 37479 Avenue 12, Madera California, MapPoint returns a list of several possible locations all reading 37479 Avenue, Madera. I ...

August 7, 2001   ed - How does one programatically in VB present anoutlined label caption with text of my choice beneath a location (push pin, or image) like the one displayed in MP2...

August 7, 2001   Robert - I am currently trying to develop a simple co-ordinate lat/long selection program using Mappoint 2002 activeX control. Is there any way to disable the popup menu...

August 6, 2001  Francois Charbonneau - I want to develop an application with mapping on pocket pc. Do Mappoint offer a kind of ocx working on Windows CE Thanks for reply Francois...

August 6, 2001  James Wang - How do we add our building (Shape) data to MapPoint background? We tried programming with MapPoint's VB COM, but it dramatically slow down the display whe...

August 2, 2001   Lydia Hurn - I am a current MP2K user. Is there a way to display the names for all pushpins in a set, without selecting each one individually? Also, if you have a map di...

August 2, 2001   Jason Frame - Can MP2002 print to "D" size paper?? Also, is there a way to have the program automatically draw directional arrows between locations. I am trying to map di...

August 1, 2001   Walter - I appreciate your telling me I can create routes and directions from an intersection, but would you please tell me how? Thanks. As for the Roman Empire, it w...

August 1, 2001   Wally Brown - Is there a way to use a different pushpin symbol when importing Access data using the MapPoint Control on a VB form? I am finding subtle differences with the o...

August 1, 2001   Eleanor Hall - Is there any way to add information, even using cut and paste, to the location under the legends? We would like to add our support personnel information to this...

August 1, 2001   Susanne Boodram - I have the 2000 version of Mappoint and I need know if you can produce maps of the postal sectors of an area. ...

July 31, 2001   Walter - Can MapPoint 2002 calculate a route and directions starting from an *intersection"? If so, how. If not, have you any plans to add that feature? While I am at...

July 31, 2001  Stewart McLaughlin - As a developer of emergency services mission critical applications, one of the most important points to our customers regarding MapPoint is the frequency of upd...

July 31, 2001   Steve Reschke - I have tried for some time to link to data stored in a secure Access database. I get the message 'There was a problem opening this file x:\test.mdb. The file is...

July 31, 2001   David Irons - In Mappoint the legend only appears with the overview. Can I put the legend onto the maximised map ?...

July 31, 2001  Sean - I was told by an unnamed Microsoft Mappoint representative at a recent conference that the 15-second GPS update CAN BE changed (made shorter delay) using the Ac...

July 30, 2001  Ann - Is there a way I can obtain a copy of the EULA for MapPoint 2002 (N. Amer & Euro version) before purchasing the software?...

July 30, 2001   Ed - Are there any plans for creating a mappoint activeX control only newsgroup? ...

July 30, 2001   Ed - 7/25/01 Ed: How does one inhibit the popup save map message (Save map.ptm? Yes/No) when closing a VB6 application that contains an activeX mappoint control? ...

July 27, 2001   John - Is there any way to refresh just one PushPin Layer displyed with out rebuilding entire map?...

July 27, 2001   Alan Brown - I'm now using MapPoint 2001 and my MapPoint 2002 upgrade is on its way. My question has to do with the demographics/mapping data that is supplied with the prog...

July 26, 2001   Pat Connolly - Will MapPoint include UK political boundaries, particularly wards? and, if so, how much will they cost?...

July 25, 2001   Ed - How does one get the activeX mappoint control to draw a line between pushpins which represent gps lat/lon points as a vehicle moves on the map?...

July 25, 2001   roy - In Chris Gebhardts' article on obtaining Lat/Lon from Mappoint he mentions that he makes the assumption that the earth is a perfect sphere - just as the MP ...

July 25, 2001   Jeff Steuart - Is there a simple way to hide a layer of data points? Say I have 5 or 6 seperate data layers showing in the legend and I want to hide a layer. In the old ...

July 25, 2001   Robert - Hi, I'd like to know what is a good cheap gps receiver that would work with MS Mappoint on a laptop. Thanks!...

July 25, 2001   Rueben C. Buse - I have been considering mappoint. However I cannot find any info on what maps are included with the CD. I have a project that requires entering data for cou...

July 24, 2001   Kurt Whittaker - My company recently purchased the 60 day trial version of MapPoint 2002. Can this program be deployed over an Intranet? ...

July 24, 2001  Kim - How can I create sub-territories? I have 4 divisions in the us and @ of those divisions have sub-divisions...

July 24, 2001  Kim - I have plotted our employees and have plotted the facilities. I would like to run an excel report, showing which sites are closest to the employees, the mileag...

July 24, 2001   Andrew Vaudin - Is there a way of getting rid of all the names of towns that appear on maps as standard? I only want the locations I've imported from Excel to show up; sometime...

July 23, 2001   George Carter - Mappoint looks to be a good product, but pin maps fail to produce a good thermic map because you do not know how many data records are in each pin. It would b...

July 18, 2001   Stewart McLaughlin - How can I remove the Microsoft MapPoint logo which appears in the bottom left of the Active X control window when I load a map template (which covers part of th...

July 18, 2001   David - Do you have an demonstrations of Mappoint planned for the Midwest?...

July 18, 2001  Ann Pearson - I work for an online travel company which sells hotel rooms at discounted rates. We would like to use street-level maps exported from MapPoint to display our ho...

July 18, 2001   Bob Heitzman - Using MP2002 I've added some pushpins to a map via data import/link. I can do a radius search and find pushpins within the given radius. My question is how do...

July 18, 2001   Joe Francica - I want to be able to export to excel a file that has been geocoded in MapPoint. I want the latitude and longitude of each point. How do I do this, or can it be ...

July 18, 2001  JDL - Are there postal code boundaries for Europe included in Mappoint? If not, we offer a seamless map of Europe with 30 countries postal code map, how can we set u...

July 18, 2001  Robert - I am looking at purchasing a simple GIS system to give me lat/long positions on a world map. Using the new ActiveX control of Mappoint 2002 is it possible to ge...

July 17, 2001   Vicken Kasparian - Can Mappoint import/display data source files that contain longitude latitude locations (GPS coordinates) and then place user defined symbols or pushpins at the...

July 16, 2001   Robert - I would like to store an origin and a destination address in my MS Access database and use the Mappoint object model to fill in a field with the distance betwee...

July 12, 2001   Jim Johnson - Is there presently, or does Microsoft plan to release in the future, a "Web Server" version of MapPoint that will allow the generation of maps on the fly based ...

July 11, 2001  Mario Esposito - Where I can take the list of web sites for put them on map point map? Regards ME...

July 10, 2001   Susanne Boodram - Where in the UK can I purchase a manual for Mappoint 2000? Regards SB ...

July 5, 2001   Nicole - Does a manual for MapPoint 2001 exist?...

July 3, 2001  Dan - Is their a way to set up Mappoint 2002 so that when you go to the find box and type in an adresses it ONLY returns pushpins? (and nothing else)...

June 29, 2001  Diana Bartizal - Is it possible to print a MP2002 map in a larger format to allow more detail of an area? For example, we plotted 250 employees in the City of Minneapolis and wo...

June 29, 2001   Roy Jones - Can I take information from Microft Project and include it as a point or an area on MapPoint?...

June 28, 2001   Sebastian - I have mappoint2002 and want to download the points onto my GARMIN 3 GPS, How do i export the LAT & Long values ??...

June 27, 2001   Dan - How can I manually put in pushpins for address that MAPPOINT 2002 does not recognize? Also how can i import acess information so each record is a seprate puspin...

June 25, 2001   David Ward - What projection does MapPoint use for latitude and longitude? Is it NAD27 or NAD83?...

June 22, 2001   Edward Perez - I need to know if you have or know of an add-in for phone AREA CODE and EXCHANGE. In the Territories Wizard the same way you can choose zipcode I need to be abl...

June 22, 2001   Jonathan Wilson - Is it possible to draw geometric primitives (Circles, Rectangles, polylines, etc...) from a Visual Basic Application to Microsoft Mappoint 2002?...

June 21, 2001  Serena - When might there be an Asian version of MapPoint?...

June 3, 2001   Uwe Seifert - How can I get the lat/long values of a route point? I want to transfer this information to my Garmin GPS receiver....

May 31, 2001   Marc Tooze - Hi,

This question is actually for Map Point 2001. I was wondering if it was possible to output the maps larger then what your screen size is set at. I ...

May 22, 2001   Gad D Lord - How can I develop addin for Map Point in Delphi Environment? Thanx in advance....

May 11, 2001   Ted Waller - My company was wondering what is the accuracy of your maps? (Ie. within 12 meters) Thanks!...

May 9, 2001   Rick Francki - Where or how do I acquire demographic data (eg Claritas) for Canada?. I am particularly interested in language profile based on Statistics Canada census....

April 28, 2001   Gord Gooding - I recently used MP2k on my Thinkpad 240X on a drive through Western Canada. IT was so useful that I'd like to buy a GPS to try to mimic the functionality of an ...

April 26, 2001   Brett - I have written a program using the mappoint objects to plot our client database directly from MSSQL 7. I have a question regarding zooming. Basically, I am plot...

April 17, 2001   Mark Wheeldon - I am looking to map USA Zip based data onto a detailed US map. With this aim in mind I purchased the US version of Mappoint. Unfortunately this will not insta...

April 2, 2001   Alan Plummer - We have MP2001 and a csv file with OS gridrefs for the UK. If you use MP wizard to import it works fine, but using the programatic way using .ImportData it doe...

March 21, 2001   Stevie - How do I get the latitude and longitude values of a location?...

March 14, 2001   Kevin Hayes - I am attempting to write a com addin for mappoint 2001. How do you build new command bars for mappoint 2001? The methods that I use for excel,word do not seem t...

March 11, 2001   Dusty Row - I am a house inspector with a large inventory of properties. I am wanting to streamline my travel from house to house. Will this program allow me to input each ...

February 27, 2001   CHRISTIAN MORRIS - CAN I CREATE A MAP OR HIGHLIGHT MAP USING ZIP CODES AS HIGHLIGHTED BOUNDARIES...

February 8, 2001   Tracey Corke - Where can I find a company in the UK that can provide training on MapPoint 2000...

January 25, 2001   John Bailey - Is it possible to import other spatial boundaries into MapPoint. I have school district boundaries in an ArcView format - can I convert it to something MapPoin...

January 24, 2001   shelly villanueva - How do I get the county boudaries to show up on my map...

January 18, 2001   Ryan Ma - I am the current user of MapPoint2000. I would like to know if MapPoint can create layers to map different data and can display and hide these layers. If not, i...

January 13, 2001   ake thongchai - How can input data map of thailand in mp2k... ...

January 11, 2001  Alasdair Burns - Is there a UK version of MapPoint? Can you pass me info on relevant sellers?...

January 4, 2001  Maurel Corinne - Does MapPoint 2000 register all of its classes for automation in the Windows® system registry during setup ? Where could I find more information about how to a...

January 2, 2001   Bill Tannura - I am trying to generate a pushpin map with several addresses pulled from a Sybase database in a custom application written in PowerBuilder 7.0. Do I need to cr...

December 15, 2000   Shawn Ramirez - I am looking for reference material for programming to the MapPoint Object model or macros if they exist for MapPoint. I am new to the product so I don't know ...

November 30, 2000   Ligia Fernandez - I work for a company with office locations in Latin America, the U.K. and Europe. When I plotted the map in Mappoint 2001, I got a globe with pushpins. Is the...

November 17, 2000   Kurt Zoner - I have a J++ web application that produces reports from a SQL Server database and delivers them to the user via HTML. Can I call MapPoint (via OLE or COM?) fro...

November 6, 2000   Tammy - Actually, my question is regarding MapPoint 2001 which I just purchased. Does a MapPoint 2001 training manual exist? I am trying to develop a map of the US brok...

November 1, 2000   Rob Anderson - Is there a way to import other geographic boundaries (in this case health districts) into MapPoint? Our GIS unit currently uses AutoCAD Map and MapInfo, but we...

October 18, 2000   James B. Byrne - Is it possible in MP2K or MP2001 to display multiple range circles (in mi. or km) around a specified point (pushpin or address)?...

October 5, 2000   Matt - Where can I find a visual basic tutorial for the Mappoint Object Library?...

August 29, 2000   Molly - Also, can I delete the state names and city names that automatically pop up on the North America Map? I only want certain cities to show up on a map I'm making...

August 29, 2000   Molly - Can I change the color of the over-all map? We want to use the maps in presentations, and the tan color is rather drab....

August 24, 2000   Francesco - Where I could found Italian maps of Microsoft MapPoint like the US one with all the datails of the road ? Tank U so much, Francesco...

August 20, 2000   Andrew Rapp - The 2001 release says it has "global" maps in it? What level of detail is available in Europe and Asia? I need country level in Asia and at least county/city ...

July 25, 2000   Linda H - We are using MapPoint 2001 but hope you can still help.

We have an Excel spreadsheet which lists hospitals that use and don't use our products (single co...

July 25, 2000   Ramez Rafat - Microsoft in Norway and UK have actually not been able to help me on this one so now I have a little hope that someone out there or maybe the right persons in M...

June 29, 2000   Michael Robinson - After you geocode a list of items from an excel file is there any way to then view the spreadsheet with the resulting lat/long for each feature?...

May 26, 2000   Jonathan Wilson - How do I draw a circle, rectangle, ellipse or freeform polygon to MapPoint from Visual Basic?...

May 26, 2000   Jonathan Wilson - How can I retrieve the information of a drawing primitive (i.e., a circle's radius, geographical co-ordinate of the center.) from Visual Basic without having to...

May 26, 2000   Jonathan Wilson - How can I retieve the geographical co-ordinates of a pushpin object from VB without doing a find by Lat/Long method?...

August 3, 1999  A reader - Can MP2K link with SQL 7.0 data dynamically?...

July 8, 1999   James Skaptason - How do I map county data? Do I put state and county in 1 col or 2 col? Or what. ...

June 28, 1999   N Apsey - I have about a thousand paper maps in my collection. Will I be able to easily georef and log them in a database which will interact with a basemap so that i ca...

June 25, 1999   Travis Rosa - Can you isolate a country or even just a state. I would like to just see a state then let the rest of the state disappear? Can I take the roads and highways o...

June 24, 1999   Mark - As a GIS professional I'm would like to see future releases of MP2K support links to images and other documents like MSWord, URL's etc. So, you click on a push...

June 20, 1999   Adam Bush - How can I export maps from MapPoint as quality images suitable for use within an annual report?...

June 17, 1999   Dan Clement - Will MapPoint work directly with MS Access tables and queries?...

June 14, 1999   Nick Daddabbo - Does MapPoint have the capability to plot zip code ranges or do I have to import each individual zip code one at a time? Our sales force territories are based ...

April 13, 1999   edward h. park - where can i buy map point 2000...