Thank you for all your help Eric.

In addition to purchasing MapPoint, will I need any other software to plot ship positions on a map using lat/long from a database? Any add-ons I need to purchase.

What type of license will I need to purchase since I'm going to load MapPoint on one server, then multiple users within a WAN will be running queries and plotting ship locations from a website

Just want to make sure I have my homework done up front so I get all the software in one delivery and don't have to order more.