Display questions

Hi all,

I am just a beginner with Mappoint. My problem is that once I've mapped the data on the map, I would like to display only the mapped territory.
I'm not sure I'm very clear, so let's explain with an example :
- I want to highlight departments in France considering the volume of sales in the departments
- Once this is done, I would like to display only France, and not the countries and seas around France
- I would also like to delete regions' names, how could I do that ?
- Is it possible to display other regions names instead (existing in an Excel file for example) ?

Thanks very much for your answers.

Etienne

No good news for you I'm afraid. However, you could draw a shape around the area you want to see and have a fill color block everything else but it would need to be drawn freehand.

Hi John.
I just want to do somethng like this. I want to display a territory (a set of zip codes) with a fill color.

How can I do this??

Thanks.

Hi locuelas,

That is where MapPoint's Territory Wizard comes in.

Try this:

Make an xls file in Excel that 3 columns
1) ID - Fill sequentially 1 to n
2) Postal Code - any zips you wish
3) Territory - named assignment for each zip
Save and close.

Open MapPoint, go to the Data Menu>Territories
Either import or link the xls file

MapPoint will immediately recognize what you want
to do, as long as the xls file is set up correctly.
(It MUST have a column named Territory)

Mike Mattys

Hi,
thank you for your response, but I would like to do this programmatically. Is this possible?
Is there any way to do it? (any example, any documentation,...)

Thank you for all.

Hi locuelas,

Yes, go to MapPoint Help
Look under Programming Information
Look under Methods
Scroll to ImportTerritories

Mike Mattys

Hi,
Thank you, Mike. I would like to run the example which is in the MapPoint Help to know if is what I want. Which libraries are necesary to use?

Thanks

locuelas,

Please explain?

No matter what development environment are you using,
the reference to the MapPoint library is clearly marked
as is the reference to the MapPoint ActiveX control.

Are you a developer? If not, I am.

Mike Mattys

Hi,
I need to display a map showing a set of zip codes. I think it isn't very difficult, but I have to get it as soon as possible and I don't know very well the MapPoint API.

I would like to know if there's an example to get it programmatically (in C#). Can you help me?

Thanks.

Sorry, if VB6 doesn't help.
I'm learning C# also, I'm sure it's easy ...

Mike Mattys

Hi,
I want to program it in C#, but if you can help me in VB6 it doesn't matter.
I've read some Mappoint documentation. There are two methods (ImportData and DisplayMap), but I don't know how can I use them.
Any idea? I'm in the right way?

Thanks

Etienne,

I did a Google search on ImportTerritory.

It seems that there is a definite problem that
others have tried to solve and could not.

I'll have a look at it and let you know.

Mike Mattys

Hi Etienne,

Here's my example, I hope it helps you:

I have an Access database with one table in it named AK01
It has 2 fields: Zip and TID

Zip contains all zipcodes in my territory (Alaska) and
TID contains "AK01" for each zip.
oDS is a MapPoint.DataSet
DLG2 is a common dialog box

Private Sub mnuImportTerr_Click()
DLG2.DialogTitle = "Mattys Consulting 2008"
DLG2.Filter = "Access File|*.mdb|Access Addin|*.mda"
DLG2.CancelError = False
DLG2.ShowOpen
If Err.Number <> cdlCancel Then
If DLG2.Filename <> "" Then
ImportTerritory DLG2.Filename, "AK01"
End If
End If
End Sub

Public Function ImportTerritory(strFileName As String, strTblName As String)
Dim arZips(1, 1) As Variant
arZips(0, 0) = "Zip": arZips(0, 1) = geoFieldPostal1
arZips(1, 0) = "TID": arZips(1, 1) = geoFieldTerritory
Set oDS = oMap.DataSets.ImportTerritories(strFileName & "!" & strTblName, _
arZips, geoCountryUnitedStates, , geoImportAccessTable)
End Function

Hi,
I've added an image, called "territorio.jpg". That's what I want to display in a web page.
Is possible to call the web service to get something like this programmatically?
Is there any "layer" which display the territory (with a fill color) showing only the postal codes with the pushpins?

Thanks.