MapPoint 2009

We set up a new blog for MapPoint 2010, see http://www.mappoint2010.com.

MapPoint 2010 will be shipping October 1st, but is available for pre-order now.

We’ve lowered the price for MapPoint 2009 North America and Europe to $249. This includes free USPS Priority Shipping within the United States. FedEx Shipping to Canada is $20 and FedEx Shipping to Europe and elsewhere is $70.

All orders include six months of access to the MapForums Downloads section which includes a number of MapPoint templates, PTM files, and utilities. See the list of downloads here –

http://www.mapforums.com/mapforums-plus-downloads/

The MapPoint User Survey originally started in late February was scheduled to last until March 17th. We got an extention to March 31st to give us time to publish a third newsletter – we still got about 30 new responses with the last newsletter! After the 31st we finally took the links down on our landing page. However, if you still haven’t filled it out, the MapPoint User Survey is still continuing on the MapPoint Product Home Page until the middle of April.

The MapForums Store at http://www.mapforums.com/mappoint.php has now been updated to reflect the availability of MapPoint 2009 North America and MapPoint 2009 Europe.

Orders can be placed with either the Plimus payment processor (which accepts a variety of forms of payment) and Paypal.

The store also now includes the MapForums Plus membership which is $99 for a year of access.

Take this survey to let the MapPoint Team know!

 http://www.infosolutionsgroup.com/Surveys/MapPoint_3/

All entries will be have a chance to win one of FIFTY $25 Amazon gift certificates. Imagine if there are only a couple hundred respondents you would have a very good chance of cashing in that certificate at Amazon soon

MapPoint 2009 Europe now available. For more details see Microsoft’s product page at http://www.microsoft.com/uk/Mappoint/MapCoverage_European.aspx

Order through MapForums.com to receive a free six month MapForums Plus membership including several tools and data downloads. More details at https://www.plimus.com/jsp/buynow.jsp?contractId=2181586

A MapPoint 2009 Europe trial has appeared recently on Microsoft’s UK web site –

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/Mappoint/trial.aspx

Thus far, the English, German, Spanish, and Italian language versions are available. Actually I’m not sure if there was a French version in years past or if it is still coming.

The MapPoint 2009 API is unchanged from MapPoint 2006. Some very minor changes had been made between MapPoint 2002 and 2004 and 2006, but MapPoint 2009 does not contain any new Properties or other settings. The biggest and most noticeable change is the look of the interface, the buttons have a black background and can be change to Large buttons. Other notable changes including moving the Select box function from a button in the buttonpad to the right-click on the mouse. Finally, the Pushpin Symbols were updated.

To order MapPoint 2009 through MP2Kmag/MapForums, go to this storefront – https://www.plimus.com/jsp/dev_store1.jsp?developerId=184002

MapPoint 2009 Europe (English) is available for download on MSDN for subscribers, and for a while at least, the media was available through volume licensing.

However, due to a flaw with the MapPointControl.ocx file in the distribution, MapPoint 2009 Europe will be re-released. A new download will be posted on MSDN, and new media will be provided for volume licensing. We do not know if any retail copies were produced or sold.

I don’t know about costs, but it seems a beta or even a limited, unofficial beta might have been useful!

Order MapPoint 2009 through MP2K Magazine and receive free shipping and free six months of access to MapForums Plus benefits including the MapPoint Power Tools spreadsheet and data downloads.

https://www.plimus.com/jsp/dev_store1.jsp?developerId=184002