Hello from Dubbo (NSW, Australia). I am very anxious to get the nuts and bolts info on the ancillaries of mappoint. eg. available tooling to render maybe import raw data from au. mapping authority input my data capture for mappoint applic. please tell me YES the file edit design options tools etc can do it! cheers

We get quite a few enquiries like yours. Unfortunately Microsoft doesn't offer detailed Australian map data for MapPoint, and it is not possible to add your own data to MapPoint. So you will have to wait until Microsoft adds Australian coverage - unlikely in the next 12-18 months, but a distinct possibility in the medium term.