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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.

Routene Excel and MapPoint Update

John Sewell introduces and explains the features in the latest version of Routene, an Excel spreadsheet for of physical supply chain and logistics applications. A full version of Routene is now available for purchase.

Using Virtual Earth with OpenLayers

This article by Richard Marsden shows you how to create a Virtual Earth base layer in an OpenLayers application. OpenLayers is an open source Javascript project which receives the layer map data from one or many different sources including WFS, Yahoo, WorldWind, Google, TileCache, TMS, and GML.

A Simple Add-in for MapPoint API Beginners

Richard Marsden's latest article shows step by step how to create a MapPoint COM Add-in using Visual Basic to draw circles around pushpins. Includes complete source code and screenshots.

The MapPoint Web Service Helper - Part II: Mobile Application Development

This article describes how the MapPoint Web Service Helper can be used to quickly and easily write Visual Basic 2005 mobile applications that make use of the Microsoft MapPoint Web Service.

Handling Pushpin Collisions

Wilfried Mestdagh shares a solution for reducing the number of pushpins that must be displayed on a map

The MapPoint Web Service Helper - Part I: Windows and Web Applications

This article describes how the MapPoint Web Service Helper can be used to quickly and easily write Visual Basic 2005 Windows and Web applications that make use of the Microsoft MapPoint Web Service.

Automating MapPoint in C++ With Built In GPS Features Enabled

Jonathan Oppelaar shows how he used techniques to overcome limitations in the MapPoint API to make MapPoint a better navigation platform for Project54, a in-car law enforcement system currently in use in over 1,000 vehicles.

Building an Animated Map with Flash Demo Builder

John Meyer shows how to create an animated Flash map using MapPoint and Flash Demo Builder. This can be used for demonstrations and allows interactive capability with the map.

Using Virtual Earth to Write a Vista Gadget That Tracks the International Space Station

This is the second part of two articles about writing Vista Gadgets that use Virtual Earth. The first part ("Using Virtual Earth in a Vista Gadget") showed you how to write a Vista Gadget that showed a simple interactive map using Virtual Earth. This second part extends the gadget into something more useful: A Tracker for the International Space Station (ISS).

Determing Whether A Point Is Located Inside Polygon

Wilfried Mestdagh wrote this article on determing whether a vehicle is located inside or outside a convex polygon. "Simplify the polygon by make triangles from it one by one, until we have a triangle where the point is inside. At the end we only have to verify if the point is in the last triangle."

Using Virtual Earth in a Vista Gadget

Richard Marsden shows how to configure a Vista Gadget to pull from Virtual Earth. "Vista gadgets are simply HTML files, and are hence very easy to write."

An API to Control MapPoint 2006 GPS Features - Part I of II

Paul Larson shares an API he developed to add programmatic GPS functionality to MapPoint code projects and includes a demo to illustrate how the API works.

Using MapPoint and Excel for Supply Chain Management

John Sewell submitted this 3000 line application developed using MapPoint and Excel which performs a number of functions related to Supply Chain Management

Creating Geocoding Exceptions for MapPoint Web Service Applications

Stephen Pushee wrote this article on resolving geocoding exceptions when using the MapPoint Web Service. "For example, a user might supply St. Thomas as a city name when searching for St. Thomas the island, not knowing that Charlotte Amalie is the main city on St. Thomas."

Using Python to Control MapPoint, Part 2

Second of a two-part article by Richard Marsden on scripting MapPoint using Python. In this part Richard shows how to use Python to plot the �250 largest cities in California�.