Another end of an era is right around the corner, though attentive drivers could probably have seen this one coming. We're talking about the discontinuation of Microsoft's MapPoint software. After 15 ...

* Microsoft offers MapPoint online map as a Web service There are a number of things I am fascinated by: clocks and watches, old copies of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and maps. And if there is ...

It's difficult to look at a column of numbers and try to visualize data trends. Whether you want to analyze your own data, develop sales territories, or plan a marketing program based on demographic ...

Last week I started discussing extracting pushpin data from Microsoft MapPoint 2004. Pushpins in MapPoint are markers that you can place anywhere on a MapPoint map. There are several hundred visual ...

No matter where you go, as the vaudeville comics used to say, there you are. And few programs can determine where you are better than Microsoft’s 2004 rendition of Streets & Trips. Based on the ...

.NET, its first commercially available SOAP/XML Web service. MapPoint .NET is a programmable platform for mapping and location-based services. Developed and hosted by Microsoft, MapPoint .NET enables ...

One of the most important things a computer can do is give small businesses the same tools that benefit corporate giants, but in easy-to-use and affordable packages. Today, I want to introduce you to ...

Norwegians might want to use a reality check before trusting directions from Microsoft's online MapPoint service. A bug in Microsoft's MapPoint software sends those looking to travel between two ...