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MapForums Surpasses 25,000 Posts, MapPoint Downloads Last week MapForums users crossed the 25,000 mark in terms of number of posts in the forum. To see who has been the most active in the forums over the past months and previous years, go to Quick Links, and then Top Posters of the Month. MapForums also hosts a popular Downloads section with a number of tools, map templates, icon sets, and utilities to help you get the most out of MapPoint. Access to the Downloads section is $19.95 for three months. MapPoint Power Tools Spreadsheet Geocode Addresses Optimize Route Initialization Mapping An Address Distance Between Zip Codes Drawing Drivetime Zones Map Templates Single State Mapper Map Individual Counties Thin County Lines Worldwide Airport Database Other MapPoint Tools Drawing Radii (Circles) Import a Route with Stoptimes Numbered Balloon Images .... and many more useful tools and data sets for MapPoint to download. New tools are added regularly and members are encouraged to suggest or contribute additional downloads! Register or Upgrade your Account.

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King of Bing Maps Challenge This morning, at TechEd 2010 in New Orleans, Bing announced some additions to Bing Maps that are relevant to both developers and consumers. First, Bing opened up the Bing Map App API to developers at BING MAPS PLATFORM - Map App Developer Resources: Map SDKs, APIs, Tips, Training with the release of the Bing Map App Software Development Kit (SDK). This release gives developers the ability to create their own map apps built on top of Bing Maps and hosted on bing.com/maps. Once developers create their Bing Map app, they’re encouraged to submit it to the King of Bing Maps Challenge. The challenge starts today and concludes on July 25, 2010. Secondly, Bing released two new mapping apps: WeatherBug: With WeatherBug, consumers can check weather around the world or select an observation station to see the current conditions. Observation stations are pinned to the map and consumers can layer Doppler and satellite weather imagery over the map view. Observation stations include National Weather Service locations, WeatherBug Backyard stations, and WeatherBug stations, which may include current and next day forecasts, camera images and links to radar imagery. EveryScape Eats: With Everyscape Eats, consumers can not only read restaurant reviews and the menu, but they can actually “step inside” to see photos or a video tour of the restaurant interior. More information about today’s announcement is available on the Bing blog post. If you’re interested in specifics about how to build an app for Bing Maps check out the Developer blog post here.

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graviz: MapPoint 2009 Question on Territories Here's my issue: I need a territory map that only uses 2 colors but has over 6k different areas. Basically I'm trying to map all of my company's office areas but use the two color scheme to denote an internal office and an external office. I know I can click on each individual area and change the color but I was wondering if there's an easier way. My source data is an excel file that has 3 fields: zip code office name internal/external. Any ideas? Thanks!! ... dwhatley: Pushpin numbers I need numbers 51 through 99 to match the current 1 through 50 red pushpins. Darcy ... hodag: Resizing / Reorienting maps I have created two maps of Europe that are linked to data. The country outlines show up with different colors depending on growth rates for the selected period. No problem there. Now, I want to insert the maps into a PPT slideshow. I do not want to take the full screen image, but rather a cropped image. This causes me two problems: 1. Is there a way I can specify (with great precision) the zoom? I can, of course, copy the map into PPT and use the Picture Toolbar and the crop tool, but that g... HPE: Map USA and Canada Simultaneously by County Is it possible to map the USA and Canada simultaneously by county (or sub-county) in Mappoint? If so, could someone please provide the manual steps and or the Excel VBA code? I have heard that this can be done, but I have never actually seen it. Any information would be greatly appreciated. HPE ...

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