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   advertisement   Working with pushpins in MapPoint? Get the MapPoint 2002 Pushpin Tool for just $75. Features include automatic labeling/balloons (you no longer have to manually open and close each one!) and lat/lon export to Excel. Read more and purchase the tool here or go directly to paypal.      News   Pushpin Tool v2.2 Working 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 3.0 An 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 Address A 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 Service Applied 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.   Java Sample Application for MapPoint .NET Developers building Location based applications with the Java programming language now have a feature rich MapPoint .NET sample application to get them started.   Articles   Waypoint Importer for MapPoint In this article, Rahn Lieberman shows how to import an XML file containing waypoint information into MapPoint 2002 as Pushpins.   Delphi Address Verifier Yildiray Elmaci shares a MapPoint solution developed in Delphi to verify addresses including filling in missing information and returning the lat/lon.   XML Web Services, GIS, and Location Technologies - Part 2 The second in a two-part series by Steve Lombardi, a MapPoint technical product manager regarding XML web services and MapPoint .NET   Extras   Link To MP2K Magazine Place a link to www.mp2kmag.com on your personal or company web site for a chance to win a free full license of MapPoint 2002. Three copies of the book MapPoint 2002 For Dummies will also be awarded. Let us know after you've placed the link by sending an e-mail here.   Additional Coverage Areas The first ever MP2KMag reader poll asked readers to vote for the next coverage area for MapPoint. So far the votes are highly slanted towards South America and not Asia as I might have suspected, it may be because a majority of our readers are in North America. Haven't voted yet? Make your voice heard - vote!   Finally, consider writing for us. A description of a recent solution or project you've worked on, an innovative code sample, a tutorial, anything is welcome and will be reviewed and edited for publication. Join the ranks of the MP2K Authors. Archives of the MP2K Update are available on-line here. Contact Jane Elliott for advertising and sponsorship opportunities. Eric Frost Editor and Publisher of MP2K Magazine & Principal, ELFmapping Consulting ___________________________________________________ To un-subscribe from this newsletter send a blank email here. To subscribe to this newsletter from the web site, look for the red "Update Me!" box.