interactive web maps generated by MapPoint-popular mapping technology, Microsoft is very important to businesses in several fields, including real estate, package delivery, and commercial air travel. In particular, it provides an integrated set of products, servers, and services to enable a business to track the precise location of remote assets, thereby reducing operational costs and increase productivity. Whether the asset is a truck, taxi, or even a force field, MapPoint can tell you exactly where every moment. Programming MapPoint in O'Reilly. NET from showing you how to use MapPoint to build custom applications for desktop, web, and mobile devices. Chandu Thota, one of the main developer Microsoft MapPoint and author, has organized the material into four main sections, each dedicated to different MapPoint technology: MapPoint 2004 - calculating routes, rendering data maps, integrating with Global Positioning System (GPS) to obtain real-time location of MapPoint Web Service - techniques for finding points of interest, creating applications using the APIs and Route Search API, rendering maps and polygonsMapPoint LineDrive Location Server - deployment scenarios, getting real-time location using mobile phones, managing contacts and privacy settings for MSN Virtual Earth - the basics of programming with new MSN Virtual Earth APIs The book gives an jumpstart for working with these technologies, including in-depth discussion about the core concepts and sample code provided in C #.