Chapter 1. Hello, MapPoint

Chapter 1. Hello, MapPoint!

So, you want to develop location-based applications using .NET! Microsoft MapPoint technologies offer a wide variety of applications, services, and tools to enable you to develop powerful location-based applications using .NET technologies.

In this introductory chapter, I will go through different location-based application categories and architectures and explain which MapPoint product or technology is appropriate to use in certain scenarios; specifically, I will discuss the fundamental differences between the following three products and technologies from MapPoint:

• MapPoint 2004

• MapPoint Web Service

• MapPoint Location Server