Basic question. Please reply.

Hello,

I am not sure if MapPoint will be useful or not. Could you consider
the foll scenario and tell me ?

Scenario:

Consider a small area, i.e., say 1 square mile of area with lots of
buildings and roads inbetween. (Eg: a university or part of a city
downtown). I have individual statistics for each building / street in
that area (eg: say carbon emissions from each building or average
traffic in each street etc.) and these statistics are dynamic - i.e.,
say they change every week.

I want the area to be displayed as an interactive map, with push
pins / markers which if clicked (or zoomed or something) would show
the statistics in that building / location.  And this needs to be
available online so that others can just go to a url, interact with
the map (scroll / zoom, etc) and get the statistics from any marked
location.

The important thing is that the statistics must be obtained
automatically (from a database) and the changes be reflected on the
map.

Would MapPoint or any other software be able to help me with this?

Actually, if I have a jpeg file as the map of my location - is there a
software that would simply allow me to place markers on jpeg file and
update the information available on the marker (when clicked) by
getting the data automatically from a database.

Thanks,

Thanks a lot. I guess the custom programming part is fine - as long as
the software allows for it.
Also, this might sound stupid, but how do I get to
news:microsoft.public.mappoint.net ?

--Aravind.

On Feb 28, 1:12 am, "Gilles Kohl [MVP]" <no_email_available@>
wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:03:29 -0800 (PST), Aravind
>
>
>
> <r.arav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >Hello,
>
> >I am not sure if MapPoint will be useful or not. Could you consider
> >the foll scenario and tell me ?
>
> >Scenario:
>
> >Consider a small area, i.e., say 1 square mile of area with lots of
> >buildings and roads inbetween. (Eg: a university or part of a city
> >downtown). I have individual statistics for each building / street in
> >that area (eg: say carbon emissions from each building or average
> >traffic in each street etc.) and these statistics are dynamic - i.e.,
> >say they change every week.
>
> >I want the area to be displayed as an interactive map, with push
> >pins / markers which if clicked (or zoomed or something) would show
> >the statistics in that building / location.  And this needs to be
> >available online so that others can just go to a url, interact with
> >the map (scroll / zoom, etc) and get the statistics from any marked
> >location.
>
> >The important thing is that the statistics must be obtained
> >automatically (from a database) and the changes be reflected on the
> >map.
>
> >Would MapPoint or any other software be able to help me with this?
>
> MapPoint the desktop application (which is being discussed in this
> group - MapPoint 2006 currently) is not a good match IMHO - for two
> reasons:
>
> - it does not show individual buildings, it shows streets
>
> - it is not a web application.
>
> The MapPoint web service or Virtual Earth (both discussed in
> news:microsoft.public.mappoint.net) may be a better fit - both will
> not do what you want "out of the box" though, they will require
custom
> programming.
>
> >Actually, if I have a jpeg file as the map of my location - is there a
> >software that would simply allow me to place markers on jpeg file and
> >update the information available on the marker (when clicked) by
> >getting the data automatically from a database.
>
> You may be able to find something that fits, but again, I doubt it
> will match your specs exactly - after all, such a software would need
> to be highly configurable as it ignores your database schema, what
> data you want to display, and in which way you further want to
> interact with that data.
>
>    Regards,
>    Gilles [MVP].
>
>    (Please reply to the group, not via email.
>    Find my MVP profile with past articles / downloads here:
>    http://www.gilleskohl.de/mvpprofile.htm)

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:03:29 -0800 (PST), Aravind
<r.aravind@gmail.com> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I am not sure if MapPoint will be useful or not. Could you consider
>the foll scenario and tell me ?
>
>Scenario:
>
>Consider a small area, i.e., say 1 square mile of area with lots of
>buildings and roads inbetween. (Eg: a university or part of a city
>downtown). I have individual statistics for each building / street in
>that area (eg: say carbon emissions from each building or average
>traffic in each street etc.) and these statistics are dynamic - i.e.,
>say they change every week.
>
>I want the area to be displayed as an interactive map, with push
>pins / markers which if clicked (or zoomed or something) would show
>the statistics in that building / location.  And this needs to be
>available online so that others can just go to a url, interact with
>the map (scroll / zoom, etc) and get the statistics from any marked
>location.
>
>The important thing is that the statistics must be obtained
>automatically (from a database) and the changes be reflected on the
>map.
>
>Would MapPoint or any other software be able to help me with this?


MapPoint the desktop application (which is being discussed in this
group - MapPoint 2006 currently) is not a good match IMHO - for two
reasons:

- it does not show individual buildings, it shows streets

- it is not a web application.

The MapPoint web service or Virtual Earth (both discussed in
news:microsoft.public.mappoint.net) may be a better fit - both will
not do what you want "out of the box" though, they will require
custom
programming.

>Actually, if I have a jpeg file as the map of my location - is there a
>software that would simply allow me to place markers on jpeg file and
>update the information available on the marker (when clicked) by
>getting the data automatically from a database.

You may be able to find something that fits, but again, I doubt it
will match your specs exactly - after all, such a software would need
to be highly configurable as it ignores your database schema, what
data you want to display, and in which way you further want to
interact with that data.

   Regards,
   Gilles [MVP].

   (Please reply to the group, not via email.
   Find my MVP profile with past articles / downloads here: 
   http://www.gilleskohl.de/mvpprofile.htm)

"Aravind" <r.aravind@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:54b5415f-3676-44d3-96f4-9943dc22d612@u69g2000hse.googlegroups.com...

> Thanks a lot. I guess the custom programming part is fine - as long as
> the software allows for it.
> Also, this might sound stupid, but how do I get to
> news:microsoft.public.mappoint.net ?

--------------------------------------
microsoft.public.mappoint.webservice

-- 
Michael R. Mattys
MapPoint & Access Dev
www.mattysconsulting.com 

Virtual earth is way to go. You can also use MapCruncher provided by virtual 
earth team to add your own layer.
http://dev.virtualearth.net

Baski

"Aravind" <r.aravind@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:2aa39160-4804-42cb-b252-bcc8a03c9fa7@d5g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> Hello,
>
> I am not sure if MapPoint will be useful or not. Could you consider
> the foll scenario and tell me ?
>
> Scenario:
>
> Consider a small area, i.e., say 1 square mile of area with lots of
> buildings and roads inbetween. (Eg: a university or part of a city
> downtown). I have individual statistics for each building / street in
> that area (eg: say carbon emissions from each building or average
> traffic in each street etc.) and these statistics are dynamic - i.e.,
> say they change every week.
>
> I want the area to be displayed as an interactive map, with push
> pins / markers which if clicked (or zoomed or something) would show
> the statistics in that building / location.  And this needs to be
> available online so that others can just go to a url, interact with
> the map (scroll / zoom, etc) and get the statistics from any marked
> location.
>
> The important thing is that the statistics must be obtained
> automatically (from a database) and the changes be reflected on the
> map.
>
> Would MapPoint or any other software be able to help me with this?
>
> Actually, if I have a jpeg file as the map of my location - is there a
> software that would simply allow me to place markers on jpeg file and
> update the information available on the marker (when clicked) by
> getting the data automatically from a database.
>
> Thanks,
> --Aravind.