Web Applications | Desktop Applications | Non .NET applications

Web Applications
Basic Store Locator Web App Have a look at a complete store locator application for the web, built on MapPoint Web Service 3.0
Desktop Applications

Client Point Drawing

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 There are times that you may need to draw more than 100 locations on a single map. This sample application illustrates how to do this by drawing the points in your application, as opposed to having the MapPoint Web service draw them. It also shows how to query the new Acxiom business listings data source.

Download the Visual Basic Source and Visual Studio .NET solution here (25k).

 

 

 

Directions Magazine Tutorial

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This application first appeared as part of a two part tutorial at Directions Magazine. You can read the full tutorial here: Part One | Part Two

The application illustrates street geocoding, place finding, driving directions and map rendering. You can download the Visual Studio project at Directions Magazine, or here.

 

 

Non .NET Sample Applications

Java Store Locator

MapPoint Web Service V3.0

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This is a Java Server Pages version of the basic Store Locator Web App found above. It is also an example of how to work with the MapPoint Web Service using Java 1.3 and Axis. Most people have had problems accessing the MapPoint Web Service using Java due to problems with digest authentication. Another demo written for Java 1.4 showed how this could be overcome, but that demo had problems running in Java 1.3. This code overcomes those problems through a modified version of the SimpleHTTPSender class that was used for that demo, so that applications written for Java 1.3 can communicate with the MapPoint Web Service.

To use this application:

  1. Download the source and documentation here .
  2. After unzipping, you will have a doc folder. There you will find index.html with full instructions to configure and run the application.

This application was created by SpatialPoint. Visit them on the web to learn more about their consulting services for MapPoint technologies.

Java Driving Directions

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 This Sample application is built with the Java programming language and the AXIS SOAP library. It illustrates how a developer can make calls to the MapPoint Web Service from an environment other than Visual Studio .NET.  This sample application has been tested with the JDK running on Windows, but should run on any platform with JDK 1.4

To run the application:

  1. Download and install JDK 1.4 for your platform.
  2. Download and install the Axis Library.
  3. Download the applications source and unzip it. MapPoint Web Service v3.0
  4. Edit the build.bat file. Edit the the first line CD to the directory where you unzipped the source. Also, make sure AXIS on the Classpath matches your system.
  5. Edit MainWindow.java. Scroll down to line 20 and insert your MapPoint Web Service credentials. If you don't have a MapPoint Web Service account, you'll need to sign up here.
  6. Run build.bat at a command prompt to compile the application.
  7. enter java MainWindow at the command prompt to run the application.

 

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