Programming MapPoint in .NET Chandu Thota

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• Programming MapPoint in .NET
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  • Foreword
  • Preface
    • Who Should Read This Book
    • Whats in This Book
      • Part I, MapPoint 2004
      • Part II, MapPoint Web Service
      • Part III, MapPoint Location Server
      • Part IV, MSN Virtual Earth
      • Appendixes
    • Conventions in This Book
    • Companion Material
    • Using Code Examples
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  • 1. Hello, MapPoint!
    • 1.1. Location-Based Application Categories
      • 1.1.1. Location-Enabled Applications
      • 1.1.2. Location-Aware Applications
    • 1.2. Location Application Architectures
      • 1.2.1. Disconnected Location-Based Applications
      • 1.2.2. Connected Location-Based Applications
    • 1.3. Developing Location-Enabled Applications
      • 1.3.1. Disconnected Applications Using MapPoint 2004
        • 1.3.1.1. Hello, MapPoint 2004!
      • 1.3.2. Connected Applications Using MapPoint Web Service
    • 1.4. Developing Location-Aware Applications
      • 1.4.1. Disconnected Applications Using MapPoint 2004 and GPS
      • 1.4.2. Connected Applications Using MapPoint Location Server
    • 1.5. How It All Fits Together
    • 1.6. Where Are We?
  • I. MapPoint 2004
    • 2. Programming with MapPoint 2004
      • 2.1. The MapPoint 2004 Object Model
      • 2.2. Programming with MapPoint 2004 API
        • 2.2.1. Adding MapPoint 2004 References Using Visual Studio .NET
        • 2.2.2. Adding MapPoint 2004 References Using TlbImp.EXE
        • 2.2.3. Finding a Place
          • 2.2.3.1. Using the get accessor method
          • 2.2.3.2. Using an enumerator
          • 2.2.3.3. Programmatically disambiguating the results
        • 2.2.4. Finding an Address
          • 2.2.4.1. Parsing a string into valid street address
        • 2.2.5. Finding Both Places and Addresses
        • 2.2.6. One UI Finds All
        • 2.2.7. Finding Points of Interest Around a Location
          • 2.2.7.1. Categorizing points of interest using the PlaceCategory class
          • 2.2.7.2. Controlling place category visibility
        • 2.2.8. Calculating Distance Between Two Locations
      • 2.3. Programming the MapPoint ActiveX Control
        • 2.3.1. Adding MapPoint 2004 ActiveX Control
        • 2.3.2. Initializing the MapPoint 2004 ActiveX Control
        • 2.3.3. Controlling Toolbars and Panes
        • 2.3.4. Displaying a Location on a Map
        • 2.3.5. Working with Pushpins
        • 2.3.6. Interacting with Maps
          • 2.3.6.1. Panning maps
          • 2.3.6.2. Zooming Maps
          • 2.3.6.3. Tracking mouse clicks
          • 2.3.6.4. Point to location
          • 2.3.6.5. Location to point
          • 2.3.6.6. Processing location selections
          • 2.3.6.7. Disabling map interaction
        • 2.3.7. Saving a Map
      • 2.4. Cleaning Up After You're Done
      • 2.5. Dealing with Latitude and Longitude
        • 2.5.1. Hit-Detection in MapPoint 2004
        • 2.5.2. Determining Time Zone for a Given Location
        • 2.5.3. Determining the Street Address of a Given Location
      • 2.6. Routing in MapPoint 2004
        • 2.6.1. Specifying a Route
        • 2.6.2. Optimizing a Route
        • 2.6.3. Calculating a Route
        • 2.6.4. Personalizing Route Calculations
      • 2.7. Where Are We?
    • 3. Working with Data in MapPoint 2004
      • 3.1. Understanding the MapPoint 2004 Data API
      • 3.2. Understanding Data Maps
        • 3.2.1. Understanding Data Map Styles
          • 3.2.1.1. Location data map
          • 3.2.1.2. Single-item data map
          • 3.2.1.3. Multiple item data map
        • 3.2.2. Understanding the DataSet.DisplayDataMap Method
          • 3.2.2.1. Defining data map style
          • 3.2.2.2. Specifying Data Detail
          • 3.2.2.3. Specifying data range
          • 3.2.2.4. Specifying custom ranges
          • 3.2.2.5. Dealing with optional values
      • 3.3. Working with MapPoint Demographic Data
        • 3.3.1. Accessing the Demographic Data Categories Programmatically
        • 3.3.2. Displaying Data Map Using Demographic Data
          • 3.3.2.1. Displaying a data map
          • 3.3.2.2. Defining data range type and count
          • 3.3.2.3. Specifying custom data ranges
          • 3.3.2.4. Customizing the legend pane
          • 3.3.2.5. Using the DivideBy field
          • 3.3.2.6. Using the custom data range to filter data
      • 3.4. Working with Your Business Data
        • 3.4.1. Importing External Data
          • 3.4.1.1. Understanding the DataSets.ImportData method
          • 3.4.1.2. Importing data from a text file
          • 3.4.1.3. Helping MapPoint understand your text data
          • 3.4.1.4. Displaying Data Maps using your data and demographic data
          • 3.4.1.5. Importing Data from Microsoft Excel
          • 3.4.1.6. Importing data from Microsoft Access
          • 3.4.1.7. Importing data from SQL Server 2000
      • 3.5. Querying a MapPoint DataSet
        • 3.5.1. Executing Location Queries Using MapPoint DataSet
        • 3.5.2. Querying a Dataset for All Records
      • 3.6. Working with Shapes
        • 3.6.1. Drawing Shapes
          • 3.6.1.1. Drawing a circle
          • 3.6.1.2. Drawing a line
          • 3.6.1.3. Drawing a polyline
          • 3.6.1.4. Drawing a polygon
          • 3.6.1.5. Accessing shape vertices
          • 3.6.1.6. Drawing a text box
        • 3.6.2. Altering Shape Appearance
          • 3.6.2.1. Altering line width
          • 3.6.2.2. Changing the fill color
          • 3.6.2.3. Simulating translucency
          • 3.6.2.4. Toggling shape visibility
        • 3.6.3. Querying Shapes
        • 3.6.4. Working with Drivetime Zones
      • 3.7. Working with Territories
        • 3.7.1. Determining a Location's Territory
      • 3.8. Where Are We?
    • 4. Advanced MapPoint 2004 Programming
      • 4.1. Interfacing MapPoint 2004 with a GPS Device
        • 4.1.1. GPS Basics
        • 4.1.2. Understanding NMEA GPS Sentences
        • 4.1.3. Parsing NMEA Sentences
        • 4.1.4. Fields in the Fixed Data Sentence
        • 4.1.5. Fields in the Position and Time Sentence
        • 4.1.6. Converting NMEA Values
        • 4.1.7. Converting Latitude and Longitude Information
        • 4.1.8. Converting the Speed Information
        • 4.1.9. Converting the Bearing Information
        • 4.1.10. Converting the UTC Time Information
        • 4.1.11. Communicating with a GPS device
        • 4.1.12. Event-Based Architecture for Reading GPS Sentences
        • 4.1.13. How to Use the Sample API in Your Applications
        • 4.1.14. Displaying GPS Sentences Using MapPoint 2004
        • 4.1.15. Centering the Map on the Current Location
      • 4.2. Integrating Your Applications with MapPoint 2004
        • 4.2.1. Developing the Add-In
        • 4.2.2. Invoking Add-In Methods from an External Application
      • 4.3. Performance Considerations
      • 4.4. 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 Service
        • 5.2.1. Requesting MapPoint Web Service Credentials
        • 5.2.2. Accessing the MapPoint Web Service APIs
        • 5.2.3. Accessing the Customer Services Site
      • 5.3. Preparing Your Development Environment
        • 5.3.1. Adding a Web Reference
          • 5.3.1.1. Static versus dynamic service URL
          • 5.3.1.2. Storing your credentials securely
          • 5.3.1.3. Preauthenticate requests for performance gains
      • 5.4. Understanding MapPoint Web Service Object Model
        • 5.4.1. Common Service
        • 5.4.2. Find Service
        • 5.4.3. Render Service
        • 5.4.4. Route Service
        • 5.4.5. MapPoint Web Service Data Sources
          • 5.4.5.1. MapPoint data sources
          • 5.4.5.2. Customer data sources
          • 5.4.5.3. MapPoint Web Service data source capabilities
          • 5.4.5.4. Language support in data sources
      • 5.5. Where Are We?
    • 6. MapPoint Web Service Find APIs
      • 6.1. Understanding Find APIs
        • 6.1.1. The Anatomy of Find Methods
      • 6.2. Understanding Entities and Entity Relationships
        • 6.2.1. Data Sources and Entity Types
          • 6.2.1.1. Getting all supported entity types within a data source
      • 6.3. Data Sources and Countries/Regions
        • 6.3.1. Countries/Regions and Their Entity IDs
        • 6.3.2. Querying for Geographic Extent for a Data Source
        • 6.3.3. Programmatically Mapping a Country/Region to a Data Source
      • 6.4. Working with Find Methods
        • 6.4.1. Finding Places
          • 6.4.1.1. Finding more default matches
          • 6.4.1.2. Returning more find results
          • 6.4.1.3. Selectively finding entity types
          • 6.4.1.4. Limiting search to a geographic area
          • 6.4.1.5. Finding geographic entities with no input place name
        • 6.4.2. Finding Addresses
        • 6.4.3. Finding Points of Interest Around a Location
          • 6.4.3.1. Customer data sourcesdisplaying your data
        • 6.4.4. Finding Points of Interest Along a Route
        • 6.4.5. Finding Custom Entity Types
          • 6.4.5.1. Find entity by identity
          • 6.4.5.2. Finding entity by properties
        • 6.4.6. Finding Polygons
        • 6.4.7. Getting Entities from Latitude/Longitude
        • 6.4.8. Parsing Addresses
      • 6.5. Asynchronous Programming with Find Service
        • 6.5.1. Asynchronous Programming for Windows Applications
        • 6.5.2. Asynchronous Programming for Web Applications
          • 6.5.2.1. AJAX-Enabling Your Web Applications
          • 6.5.2.2. Implementing MapPoint Lookup AJAX Application
      • 6.6. Optimizing Find Call Performance
        • 6.6.1. Optimizing the SOAP Response Size
        • 6.6.2. Applying Proper Metadata for Faster Searches
        • 6.6.3. Use Asynchronous Programming Patterns
      • 6.7. Globalizing Find
      • 6.8. Where Are We?
    • 7. MapPoint Web Service Route APIs
      • 7.1. Understanding Route APIs
        • 7.1.1. Anatomy of a Route
        • 7.1.2. Representing a Route Programmatically
      • 7.2. Calculating a Route
        • 7.2.1. Calculating a Route Using the CalculateSimpleRoute Method
        • 7.2.2. Calculating a Route Using the CalculateRoute Method
          • 7.2.2.1. Controlling the driving times
          • 7.2.2.2. Setting default distance units
          • 7.2.2.3. Setting the default culture
      • 7.3. Displaying Details of a Route
        • 7.3.1. Displaying the Route Summary
        • 7.3.2. Displaying Route Details
      • 7.4. Where Are We?
    • 8. MapPoint Web Service Render APIs
      • 8.1. Understanding Render APIs
        • 8.1.1. Introduction to Views
          • 8.1.1.1. View by bounding locations
          • 8.1.1.2. View by height and width
          • 8.1.1.3. View by scale
          • 8.1.1.4. View by bounding rectangle
        • 8.1.2. Understanding Map Styles
        • 8.1.3. Anatomy of Render APIs
        • 8.1.4. Rendering for Windows Versus Rendering for the Web
      • 8.2. Rendering Maps
        • 8.2.1. Rendering Places and Addresses
        • 8.2.2. Rendering Pushpins
          • 8.2.2.1. Rendering points of interest
          • 8.2.2.2. Avoiding icon collision
          • 8.2.2.3. Suppressing standard entity types
          • 8.2.2.4. Converting pushpins to pixel coordinates
        • 8.2.3. Rendering Routes
        • 8.2.4. Rendering LineDrive Maps
        • 8.2.5. Rendering Polygons
      • 8.3. Map Interaction
        • 8.3.1. Programming Map Zoom
        • 8.3.2. Programming Map Pan
      • 8.4. Asynchronous Programming
        • 8.4.1. Asynchronous Programming for Windows Applications
        • 8.4.2. Asynchronous Programming for Web Applications
          • 8.4.2.1. AJAX-Enabling Your Web Applications
      • 8.5. Where Are We?
  • III. MapPoint Location Server
    • 9. Programming Microsoft Location Server
      • 9.1. Microsoft Location Server Terminology
      • 9.2. How Does Location Server Work?
      • 9.3. Microsoft Location Server Architecture
        • 9.3.1. Microsoft Location Server Web Service
        • 9.3.2. Microsoft Location Server Database
        • 9.3.3. Microsoft Location Server Providers
      • 9.4. Installing the Location Server
        • 9.4.1. Installation Overview
      • 9.5. Accessing the Location Service APIs
      • 9.6. Accessing the Location Server APIs
      • 9.7. Microsoft Location Server Supported Providers
      • 9.8. Where Are We?
    • 10. Programming with Location Server APIs
      • 10.1. Programming with Location Server Web Service
        • 10.1.1. Anatomy of Location Web Service APIs
        • 10.1.2. Finding a Real-Time Location
        • 10.1.3. Adding and Removing Contacts
          • 10.1.3.1. If lookup is based on domain alias
          • 10.1.3.2. If lookup is based on display name
          • 10.1.3.3. If lookup is based on first name and last name
          • 10.1.3.4. If lookup is based on phone number
          • 10.1.3.5. If lookup is based on email address
        • 10.1.4. Programming Privacy Settings
          • 10.1.4.1. Managing contact privacy settings
          • 10.1.4.2. Going into stealth modebecoming invisible to all contacts
        • 10.1.5. Finding Nearby Points of Interest
      • 10.2. Programming with the Location Server Management API
        • 10.2.1. Anatomy of Location Server Management APIs
        • 10.2.2. Programming User Management
          • 10.2.2.1. Adding users
          • 10.2.2.2. Managing provisioned users
        • 10.2.3. Programming Privacy Management
        • 10.2.4. Programming Contact Management
        • 10.2.5. Programming Find Nearby Category Management
      • 10.3. Comparing Location Server API to Location Web Service API
      • 10.4. Where Are We?
  • IV. MSN Virtual Earth
    • 11. Programming with Virtual Earth
      • 11.1. Anatomy of Virtual Earth
      • 11.2. Programming with MapControl.js
        • 11.2.1. Map Control Basics
          • 11.2.1.1. Changing the map style
          • 11.2.1.2. Trapping the Virtual Earth Map Control events
        • 11.2.2. Map Interaction Using Map Control
          • 11.2.2.1. Panning the map
          • 11.2.2.2. Zooming the map
        • 11.2.3. Displaying Your Data on Maps
          • 11.2.3.1. Adding a pushpin
          • 11.2.3.2. Removing pushpins
          • 11.2.3.3. Adding pushpins from RSS feed
      • 11.3. Where Are We?
    • A. Managing Your Data on MapPoint's Customer Services Site
      • A.1. Using the MapPoint Customer Services Site
      • A.2. Using Customer Data Web Service
        • A.2.1. A Look at Customer Data Service APIs
          • A.2.1.1. Uploading data using Customer Data Service
            • A.2.1.1.1. Create a new upload job
            • A.2.1.1.2. Upload your data
            • A.2.1.1.3. Submit your data for processing
          • A.2.1.2. Polling for an upload job status
          • A.2.1.3. Downloading data using Customer Data Service
            • A.2.1.3.1. Create a new download job
            • A.2.1.3.2. Poll for the status of the job
            • A.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 Relationships
      • B.3. Rules for Preparing Polygon Data
      • B.4. Polygon Data Schema Document
      • B.5. Polygon Data Sample Document
    • C. Implementing Spatial Search Using SQL Server
      • C.1. Understanding Proximity Search
      • C.2. Step 1: Create a Table to Store Your Business Location Data
      • C.3. Step 2: Calculate Axis Values for the BusinessEntities Table
      • C.4. Step 3: Create the FindNearby Stored Procedure
      • C.5. Step 4: Using Your Find Nearby Stored Procedure Using C#
  • D. Maps
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