>>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 <<

MapPoint is not really designed for this.. honestly I'd recommend getting the trial and investigating more.

If it's feasible, you might consider installing MapPoint 2004 on each person's computer and then having a custom COM add-in the queries the database and plots the ships on their desktop.

Also, you might look at the MapPoint web service, pricing starts at $8,000.

Eric

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