Steve Milroy

Location-based services (LBS) solutions involve leveraging information about a user's location and/or presence in solutions, providing relevant information and services. Mobile/wireless technologies in LBS solutions can be very compelling, combining a mobile device with information about a user's location and powerful mapping features. Microsoft's MapPoint is a suite of products designed for use with Graphical Information System (GIS) and mapping scenarios within many application types including portal, Web, client/server, and especially mobile/wireless. Typical MapPoint Web service (MWS, formally called MapPoint .NET) functionality includes rendering maps, geo-coding an address, performing proximity searches, and getting driving directions, just to name a few examples. MapPoint technologies are especially powerful when used in LBS solutions. This article provides a... (more)