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Programming MapPoint in .NET

Name: Programming MapPoint in .NET
Author: Chandu Thota
ISBN: 9780596009069

by Chandu Thota

December 2005

Intermediate to advanced

372 pages

9h 52m

English

O'Reilly Media, Inc.

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Dedication
A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
Foreword
Preface
Who Should Read This BookWhat’s in This BookPart I, MapPoint 2004Part II, MapPoint Web ServicePart III, MapPoint Location ServerPart IV, MSN Virtual EarthAppendixesConventions in This BookCompanion MaterialUsing Code ExamplesOther ResourcesSafari® EnabledWe’d Like Your Feedback!Acknowledgments
1. Hello, MapPoint!
1.1. Location-Based Application Categories1.1.1. Location-Enabled Applications1.1.2. Location-Aware Applications1.2. Location Application Architectures1.2.1. Disconnected Location-Based Applications1.2.2. Connected Location-Based Applications1.3. Developing Location-Enabled Applications1.3.1. Disconnected Applications Using MapPoint 20041.3.1.1. Hello, MapPoint 2004!1.3.2. Connected Applications Using MapPoint Web Service1.4. Developing Location-Aware Applications1.4.1. Disconnected Applications Using MapPoint 2004 and GPS1.4.2. Connected Applications Using MapPoint Location Server1.5. How It All Fits Together1.6. Where Are We?
I. MapPoint 2004
2. Programming with MapPoint 2004
2.1. The MapPoint 2004 Object Model2.2. Programming with MapPoint 2004 API2.2.1. Adding MapPoint 2004 References Using Visual Studio .NET2.2.2. Adding MapPoint 2004 References Using TlbImp.EXE2.2.3. Finding a Place2.2.3.1. Using the get accessor method2.2.3.2. Using an enumerator2.2.3.3. Programmatically disambiguating the results2.2.4. Finding an Address2.2.4.1. Parsing a string into valid street address2.2.5. Finding Both Places and Addresses2.2.6. One UI Finds All2.2.7. Finding Points of Interest Around a Location2.2.7.1. Categorizing points of interest using the PlaceCategory class2.2.7.2. Controlling place category visibility2.2.8. Calculating Distance Between Two Locations2.3. Programming the MapPoint ActiveX Control2.3.1. Adding MapPoint 2004 ActiveX Control2.3.2. Initializing the MapPoint 2004 ActiveX Control2.3.3. Controlling Toolbars and Panes2.3.4. Displaying a Location on a Map2.3.5. Working with Pushpins2.3.6. Interacting with Maps2.3.6.1. Panning maps2.3.6.2. Zooming Maps2.3.6.3. Tracking mouse clicks2.3.6.4. Point to location2.3.6.5. Location to point2.3.6.6. Processing location selections2.3.6.7. Disabling map interaction2.3.7. Saving a Map2.4. Cleaning Up After You’re Done2.5. Dealing with Latitude and Longitude2.5.1. Hit-Detection in MapPoint 20042.5.2. Determining Time Zone for a Given Location2.5.3. Determining the Street Address of a Given Location2.6. Routing in MapPoint 20042.6.1. Specifying a Route2.6.2. Optimizing a Route2.6.3. Calculating a Route2.6.4. Personalizing Route Calculations2.7. Where Are We?
3. Working with Data in MapPoint 2004
3.1. Understanding the MapPoint 2004 Data API3.2. Understanding Data Maps3.2.1. Understanding Data Map Styles3.2.1.1. Location data map3.2.1.2. Single-item data map3.2.1.3. Multiple item data map3.2.2. Understanding the DataSet.DisplayDataMap Method3.2.2.1. Defining data map style3.2.2.2. Specifying Data Detail3.2.2.3. Specifying data range3.2.2.4. Specifying custom ranges3.2.2.5. Dealing with optional values3.3. Working with MapPoint Demographic Data3.3.1. Accessing the Demographic Data Categories Programmatically3.3.2. Displaying Data Map Using Demographic Data3.3.2.1. Displaying a data map3.3.2.2. Defining data range type and count3.3.2.3. Specifying custom data ranges3.3.2.4. Customizing the legend pane3.3.2.5. Using the DivideBy field3.3.2.6. Using the custom data range to filter data3.4. Working with Your Business Data3.4.1. Importing External Data3.4.1.1. Understanding the DataSets.ImportData method3.4.1.2. Importing data from a text file3.4.1.3. Helping MapPoint understand your text data3.4.1.4. Displaying Data Maps using your data and demographic data3.4.1.5. Importing Data from Microsoft Excel3.4.1.6. Importing data from Microsoft Access3.4.1.7. Importing data from SQL Server 20003.5. Querying a MapPoint DataSet3.5.1. Executing Location Queries Using MapPoint DataSet3.5.2. Querying a Dataset for All Records3.6. Working with Shapes3.6.1. Drawing Shapes3.6.1.1. Drawing a circle3.6.1.2. Drawing a line3.6.1.3. Drawing a polyline3.6.1.4. Drawing a polygon3.6.1.5. Accessing shape vertices3.6.1.6. Drawing a text box3.6.2. Altering Shape Appearance3.6.2.1. Altering line width3.6.2.2. Changing the fill color3.6.2.3. Simulating translucency3.6.2.4. Toggling shape visibility3.6.3. Querying Shapes3.6.4. Working with Drivetime Zones3.7. Working with Territories3.7.1. Determining a Location’s Territory3.8. Where Are We?
4. Advanced MapPoint 2004 Programming
4.1. Interfacing MapPoint 2004 with a GPS Device4.1.1. GPS Basics4.1.2. Understanding NMEA GPS Sentences4.1.3. Parsing NMEA Sentences4.1.4. Fields in the Fixed Data Sentence4.1.5. Fields in the Position and Time Sentence4.1.6. Converting NMEA Values4.1.7. Converting Latitude and Longitude Information4.1.8. Converting the Speed Information4.1.9. Converting the Bearing Information4.1.10. Converting the UTC Time Information4.1.11. Communicating with a GPS device4.1.12. Event-Based Architecture for Reading GPS Sentences4.1.13. How to Use the Sample API in Your Applications4.1.14. Displaying GPS Sentences Using MapPoint 20044.1.15. Centering the Map on the Current Location4.2. Integrating Your Applications with MapPoint 20044.2.1. Developing the Add-In4.2.2. Invoking Add-In Methods from an External Application4.3. Performance Considerations4.4. Where Are We?
II. MapPoint Web Service

5. Programming MapPoint Web Service
5.1. How Does MapPoint Web Service Work?5.2. Getting Started with MapPoint Web Service5.2.1. Requesting MapPoint Web Service Credentials5.2.2. Accessing the MapPoint Web Service APIs5.2.3. Accessing the Customer Services Site5.3. Preparing Your Development Environment5.3.1. Adding a Web Reference5.3.1.1. Static versus dynamic service URL5.3.1.2. Storing your credentials securely5.3.1.3. Preauthenticate requests for performance gains5.4. Understanding MapPoint Web Service Object Model5.4.1. Common Service5.4.2. Find Service5.4.3. Render Service5.4.4. Route Service5.4.5. MapPoint Web Service Data Sources5.4.5.1. MapPoint data sources5.4.5.2. Customer data sources5.4.5.3. MapPoint Web Service data source capabilities5.4.5.4. Language support in data sources5.5. Where Are We?
6. MapPoint Web Service Find APIs
6.1. Understanding Find APIs6.1.1. The Anatomy of Find Methods6.2. Understanding Entities and Entity Relationships6.2.1. Data Sources and Entity Types6.2.1.1. Getting all supported entity types within a data source6.3. Data Sources and Countries/Regions6.3.1. Countries/Regions and Their Entity IDs6.3.2. Querying for Geographic Extent for a Data Source6.3.3. Programmatically Mapping a Country/Region to a Data Source6.4. Working with Find Methods6.4.1. Finding Places6.4.1.1. Finding more default matches6.4.1.2. Returning more find results6.4.1.3. Selectively finding entity types6.4.1.4. Limiting search to a geographic area6.4.1.5. Finding geographic entities with no input place name6.4.2. Finding Addresses6.4.3. Finding Points of Interest Around a Location6.4.3.1. Customer data sources—displaying your data6.4.4. Finding Points of Interest Along a Route6.4.5. Finding Custom Entity Types6.4.5.1. Find entity by identity6.4.5.2. Finding entity by properties6.4.6. Finding Polygons6.4.7. Getting Entities from Latitude/Longitude6.4.8. Parsing Addresses6.5. Asynchronous Programming with Find Service6.5.1. Asynchronous Programming for Windows Applications6.5.2. Asynchronous Programming for Web Applications6.5.2.1. AJAX-Enabling Your Web Applications6.5.2.2. Implementing MapPoint Lookup AJAX Application6.6. Optimizing Find Call Performance6.6.1. Optimizing the SOAP Response Size6.6.2. Applying Proper Metadata for Faster Searches6.6.3. Use Asynchronous Programming Patterns6.7. Globalizing Find6.8. Where Are We?
7. MapPoint Web Service Route APIs
7.1. Understanding Route APIs7.1.1. Anatomy of a Route7.1.2. Representing a Route Programmatically7.2. Calculating a Route7.2.1. Calculating a Route Using the CalculateSimpleRoute Method7.2.2. Calculating a Route Using the CalculateRoute Method7.2.2.1. Controlling the driving times7.2.2.2. Setting default distance units7.2.2.3. Setting the default culture7.3. Displaying Details of a Route7.3.1. Displaying the Route Summary7.3.2. Displaying Route Details7.4. Where Are We?
8. MapPoint Web Service Render APIs
8.1. Understanding Render APIs8.1.1. Introduction to Views8.1.1.1. View by bounding locations8.1.1.2. View by height and width8.1.1.3. View by scale8.1.1.4. View by bounding rectangle8.1.2. Understanding Map Styles8.1.3. Anatomy of Render APIs8.1.4. Rendering for Windows Versus Rendering for the Web8.2. Rendering Maps8.2.1. Rendering Places and Addresses8.2.2. Rendering Pushpins8.2.2.1. Rendering points of interest8.2.2.2. Avoiding icon collision8.2.2.3. Suppressing standard entity types8.2.2.4. Converting pushpins to pixel coordinates8.2.3. Rendering Routes8.2.4. Rendering LineDrive Maps8.2.5. Rendering Polygons8.3. Map Interaction8.3.1. Programming Map Zoom8.3.2. Programming Map Pan8.4. Asynchronous Programming8.4.1. Asynchronous Programming for Windows Applications8.4.2. Asynchronous Programming for Web Applications8.4.2.1. AJAX-Enabling Your Web Applications8.5. Where Are We?
III. MapPoint Location Server
9. Programming Microsoft Location Server
9.1. Microsoft Location Server Terminology9.2. How Does Location Server Work?9.3. Microsoft Location Server Architecture9.3.1. Microsoft Location Server Web Service9.3.2. Microsoft Location Server Database9.3.3. Microsoft Location Server Providers9.4. Installing the Location Server9.4.1. Installation Overview9.5. Accessing the Location Service APIs9.6. Accessing the Location Server APIs9.7. Microsoft Location Server Supported Providers9.8. Where Are We?
10. Programming with Location Server APIs
10.1. Programming with Location Server Web Service10.1.1. Anatomy of Location Web Service APIs10.1.2. Finding a Real-Time Location10.1.3. Adding and Removing Contacts10.1.3.1. If lookup is based on domain alias10.1.3.2. If lookup is based on display name10.1.3.3. If lookup is based on first name and last name10.1.3.4. If lookup is based on phone number10.1.3.5. If lookup is based on email address10.1.4. Programming Privacy Settings10.1.4.1. Managing contact privacy settings10.1.4.2. Going into stealth mode—becoming invisible to all contacts10.1.5. Finding Nearby Points of Interest10.2. Programming with the Location Server Management API10.2.1. Anatomy of Location Server Management APIs10.2.2. Programming User Management10.2.2.1. Adding users10.2.2.2. Managing provisioned users10.2.3. Programming Privacy Management10.2.4. Programming Contact Management10.2.5. Programming Find Nearby Category Management10.3. Comparing Location Server API to Location Web Service API10.4. Where Are We?
IV. MSN Virtual Earth
11. Programming with Virtual Earth
11.1. Anatomy of Virtual Earth11.2. Programming with MapControl.js11.2.1. Map Control Basics11.2.1.1. Changing the map style11.2.1.2. Trapping the Virtual Earth Map Control events11.2.2. Map Interaction Using Map Control11.2.2.1. Panning the map11.2.2.2. Zooming the map11.2.3. Displaying Your Data on Maps11.2.3.1. Adding a pushpin11.2.3.2. Removing pushpins11.2.3.3. Adding pushpins from RSS feed11.3. Where Are We?
A. Managing Your Data on MapPoint’s Customer Services Site
A.1. Using the MapPoint Customer Services SiteA.2. Using Customer Data Web ServiceA.2.1. A Look at Customer Data Service APIsA.2.1.1. Uploading data using Customer Data ServiceA.2.1.1.1. Create a new upload jobA.2.1.1.2. Upload your dataA.2.1.1.3. Submit your data for processingA.2.1.2. Polling for an upload job statusA.2.1.3. Downloading data using Customer Data ServiceA.2.1.3.1. Create a new download jobA.2.1.3.2. Poll for the status of the jobA.2.1.3.3. Download the data file and save it to your hard drive
B. Working with Polygons
B.1. What Is a Polygon?B.2. Polygon RelationshipsB.3. Rules for Preparing Polygon DataB.4. Polygon Data Schema DocumentB.5. Polygon Data Sample Document
C. Implementing Spatial Search Using SQL Server
C.1. Understanding Proximity SearchC.2. Step 1: Create a Table to Store Your Business Location DataC.3. Step 2: Calculate Axis Values for the BusinessEntities TableC.4. Step 3: Create the FindNearby Stored ProcedureC.5. Step 4: Using Your Find Nearby Stored Procedure Using C#
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