MapPoint 2004 can process, analyze, and display business data based on location, and it can then create demographic maps, thematic maps, territories, time zone maps, and shapes on maps. MapPoint 2004 ships with extensive built-in demographic data and a set of APIs to import, analyze, and display your business data from variety of sources. This chapter has three major sections that correspond to the common tasks of working with:
I will assume that you are familiar with the basic MapPoint 2004 programming model (if not, refer to Chapter 2 of this book). The sample data and code used in this chapter is available in the book's companion material in the Chapter03 directory. |