MP2Kmag Articles

The Latest Articles from MP2Kmag - The Magazine for Microsoft MapPoint Technologies

A Simple Add-in for MapPoint API Beginners - (Found July 2, 2008 )

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.
http://www.mp2kmag.com/a146--com.addin.mappoint.html

The MapPoint Web Service Helper - Part II: Mobile Application Development - (Found July 2, 2008 )

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.
http://www.mp2kmag.com/a145--web.service.helper.mappoint.html

Handling Pushpin Collisions - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Wilfried Mestdagh shares a solution for reducing the number of pushpins that must be displayed on a map
http://www.mp2kmag.com/a144--pushpin.collisions.mappoint.html

The MapPoint Web Service Helper - Part I: Windows and Web Applications - (Found July 2, 2008 )

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.
http://www.mp2kmag.com/a143--web.service.helper.mappoint.html

Automating MapPoint in C++ With Built In GPS Features Enabled - (Found July 2, 2008 )

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.
http://www.mp2kmag.com/a142--project54.police.navigation.mappoint.html

Building an Animated Map with Flash Demo Builder - (Found July 2, 2008 )

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.
http://www.mp2kmag.com/a141--flash.demo.builder.mappoint.html

Using Virtual Earth to Write a Vista Gadget That Tracks the International Space Station - (Found July 2, 2008 )

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).
http://www.mp2kmag.com/a140--international.space.station.mappoint.html

Virtual Earth: Frequently Asked Questions July 2005 - (Found July 2, 2008 )

MSN Virtual Earth is an exciting new component of Microsoft's Search vision that gives consumers a deeply immersive search experience where they see what it's like to be in a location and explore what they can do there.
http://www.mp2kmag.com/a125--virtual.earth.mappoint.html