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I have a requirment of using a map on my shopping site in US. I have the ZIPCode and the longitude/latitude informatiom. currently i am using the google map on my website which is done only by adding a piece of javascript code on my website. Now i want to impliment mappont inseted of google map. what is the method. im so confuded by reading on microsoft.com/mappoint. do i need to use a webservice or it is simple like google map. i am using asp .net 2 vb.net coding

Regards
Rajiv

Hi Rajiv,

You cannot use MapPoint for it because of licence agreement, but you can use MapPoint web service or Microsoft Virtual earth. The latter is free for use.

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Thanks for ur reply, can u plz tell me the procedure of using it in my website.

I mean how ro register/ and use the web service in my website.

I only want my purpose to be served. means showing desired location maps from zipcode/long lat on my own website

Regards
Rajiv

Hi Rajiv,

I think you can find the info you want on these urls:

Microsoft® Virtual Earth™
Download details: Virtual Earth SDK

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