What's New
- We have just launched our new MPCluster cluster analysis add-in for Microsoft® MapPoint®. MPCluster can find clusters (natural groups) of MapPoint pushpins. The results can be drawn as annotation on the MapPoint map, or listed in a Microsoft® Excel® workbook. Further information can be found on the MPCluster website.
- We have just released v2.4 of our popular MPSuperShape shape manipulation add-in for Microsoft MapPoint. MPSuperShape can perform various shape operations such as simplify; change colors; and the calculation of calculate intersections, unions, and boundary shapes. It also supports the import and export of Microsft MapPoint shapes in a number of industry-standard formats such as ESRI 'SHP' shape; MapInfo 'MIF'; and KML (Keyhole Markup Language / Google Earth) files. Where appropriate, these import/export options include full sort for different coordinate systems and projections. Further information can be found on the MPSuperShape website.
- Last year, we launched GeoWeb Guru, a new community website for users and developers of the geospatial web. The site carries news and articles about all matters concerning the geospatial web. If you wish to work with the geospatial web and other online mapping applications, then you will find this new site invaluable and should bookmark it immediately.
- Our MPMileage Mileage Computation Tool now supports ODBC database connections in addition to Microsoft® Access® & Excel®. MPMileage batch-computes point-to-point route mileages and travel times, using Microsoft MapPoint. Unlike our popular MileCharter add-in which computes mileage tables, MPMileage calculates a list of routes specified in a database, and is also capable of utilizing modern multi-core computers for faster processing. Further information can be found on the MPMileage website.
- In partnership with MP2KMag.com, we are able to offer the North American edition of Microsoft MapPoint 2011, for US$289 including US shipping.
Other Products and Projects
Our MileCharter Mileage Calculator for Microsoft MapPoint continues to be one of our most popular products. This add-in batch calculates route distances, travel times, and estimated costs for all routes between two groups of pushpins. The results are written to Microsoft Excel in the form of a mileage table. MileCharter is also capable of calculting routes for queries of the form "find the three closest sales offices to each of my customers, which are also within 30 minutes driving time". See the MileCharter website for further information.
RouteWriter is another Microsoft MapPoint add-in. RouteWriter can be used to export route waypoints and matching pushpins to Microsoft Excel or a text file. All pushpin data fields, distances, travel times, and rest stops can be written. RouteWriter also has a component called RouteReader which can be used to create a route from pushpins, sorting them in a pre-defined order. See the RouteWriter website for further information.
Since 2008, we have been involved in field work for the University of Dallas' Ecological features of reforestation sites at Leaves and Lizards Arenal Volcano Cabin Retreat, Costa Rica research project. We created the EcoMap Costa Rica website in support of the project; supervised the acquisition of field data and panoramic photos; and created the online interactive maps and a Silverlight panoramic photograph viewer/comparer. The site includes background information, student blogs, and student reports. The site's online interactive maps have been written up in a series of articles published at GeoWeb Guru, and use Microsoft Bing Maps, and UMN MapServer with OpenLayers.